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NeoGreen

(4,031 posts) Tue Dec 11, 2018, 09:20 AM Dec 2018

Why the "F" do I listen to NPR if all I get is Inskeep...

...rehashing Hannity talking points and faux snooze propaganda with John "Torture is just A OK!" Yoo?

F you Inskeep:

https://www.npr.org/2018/12/11/675524217/russia-probe-could-lead-to-constitutional-dilemma-yoo-says

Russia Probe Could Lead To Constitutional Dilemma, Yoo Says
December 11, 20187:45 AM ET
Heard on Morning Edition

Steve Inskeep talks to John Yoo, former deputy assistant attorney general under President George W. Bush, who offers his perspective on the probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election.

I call BULLSHIT!

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Why the "F" do I listen to NPR if all I get is Inskeep... (Original Post) NeoGreen Dec 2018 OP

I turned off NPR in 2011 for bothsidesism sharedvalues Dec 2018 #1

It's horrible! Anon-C Dec 2018 #2

Inskeep is one of the worst "BothSIDERISTS" IMO hlthe2b Dec 2018 #3

Our NPR station is begging for the year end donations...... a kennedy Dec 2018 #4

Yeah I can barely tolerate NPR jcgoldie Dec 2018 #5

I really appreciate NPR. Listen to it a lot. WeekiWater Dec 2018 #6

sharedvalues

(6,916 posts)

1. I turned off NPR in 2011 for bothsidesism

Reply to NeoGreen (Original post)

Tue Dec 11, 2018, 09:22 AM

Dec 2018

I suggest you turn it off too.
Podcasts are way better and more informative.

Anon-C

(3,430 posts)

2. It's horrible!

Reply to sharedvalues (Reply #1)

Tue Dec 11, 2018, 09:26 AM

Dec 2018

hlthe2b

(102,283 posts)

3. Inskeep is one of the worst "BothSIDERISTS" IMO

Reply to NeoGreen (Original post)

Tue Dec 11, 2018, 09:51 AM

Dec 2018

NPR can be objective without pandering to the RW, which has been the apparent goal for some time. DO they REALLY think they will reap donations and listeners by doing so?

a kennedy

(29,669 posts)

4. Our NPR station is begging for the year end donations......

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #3)

Tue Dec 11, 2018, 10:11 AM

Dec 2018

I turn them off. Oh, and I haven’t given to them for almost 5 years.

jcgoldie

(11,631 posts)

5. Yeah I can barely tolerate NPR

Reply to NeoGreen (Original post)

Tue Dec 11, 2018, 10:25 AM

Dec 2018

The 2016 election cycle did it for me. Riding to work every morning was literally... "Donald Trump held a rally in which he spent an hour and a half spewing racist epithets and lied about every single thing he said, then he laughed about sexually assaulting women, sucked off Vladimir Putin, made fun of a disabled person, and threatened a bunch of reporters with violence.... BUUUUUUT now we are going to spend the next 15 minutes with a group of rednecks at a diner in Buttfuck, Oklahoma who just aren't happy about Hillary's emails..."

WeekiWater

(3,259 posts)

6. I really appreciate NPR. Listen to it a lot.

Reply to NeoGreen (Original post)

Tue Dec 11, 2018, 10:31 AM

Dec 2018

The fund drives seem to have increased. I rarely turn on anything other than NPR in my car.

Some Inskeep tweets and retweets:

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Yes, he has interviewed Bolton and Yoo. He has also interviewed many on the left. He doesn't have a career of rehashing Hannity talking points.

Here is a transcript of his 2006 interview with Yoo. I like how he makes Yoo define his positions through example.

https://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=6190108

These things matter.

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