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irisblue

(32,975 posts)
Sat Jan 25, 2020, 10:38 AM Jan 2020

NPR reporters & this Administration

IMO, the 2 base shows, Morning Edition and All Things Considered, (weekdays reporters mostly) have done butter soft interviews with the administration. Steve Inskeep & Mary Louise Kelly, have several times given me pause to reconsider my decades of membership. The local shows kept me in.

Locally produced shows, such as On Point, Here&Now, Fresh Aire, All Sides with Ann Fisher are usually good, but can do puff pieces too(giving Jeremy Hobson side eye for Peter Navarro,).



This morning, Scott Simon & Steven Groves had an interview, the frost in Groves voice when Simon asked about Pompeo/Kelly interview was glacial.


NPR has earned some of the disrespect that the admin is giving them b/c of NPRs past behaviors. I hope this stiffens NPR spines & they stop being complicit media and return to journalists.


YMMV

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NPR reporters & this Administration (Original Post) irisblue Jan 2020 OP
NPR lost me as a donor when W stole the 2000 election and they treated it as a Coventina Jan 2020 #1
Will be interesting to see whether they push back or Sucha NastyWoman Jan 2020 #2
This morning Simon was soft spoken but did back up spokes weasel Groves. irisblue Jan 2020 #4
Combativeness is not their style underpants Jan 2020 #3
Quit donating to NPR years ago. CousinIT Jan 2020 #5
The WH & Admin are peeved. irisblue Jan 2020 #6

irisblue

(32,975 posts)
4. This morning Simon was soft spoken but did back up spokes weasel Groves.
Sat Jan 25, 2020, 11:01 AM
Jan 2020

I hope so too. Too much is at stake

underpants

(182,807 posts)
3. Combativeness is not their style
Sat Jan 25, 2020, 11:01 AM
Jan 2020

I don't know her name (it might be Mary Louise Kelley) on just before 5 has really gotten into it several times that I've heard. I only catch it if I happen to leave work early. She interrupts their BS and doesn't suffer fools well.

The flip side is talk radio. I tune into both. The complete lack of content is staggering compared to NPR. Traffic, news (ABC oddly enough), weather then maybe 10 minutes of the RW Talking point of the day then ad after ad after ad. The bottom of the hour, I swear, can go the whole 30 minutes with nothing but the host voice over ads. This is the local morning and afternoon drive time hosts not Rush and Hannity etc.

The one thing I really wish NPR and the local VPM (Va Public Media) would stop are the station identification every half hour. I know it's required but you lose 20 seconds of the actual impeachment trial.

CousinIT

(9,245 posts)
5. Quit donating to NPR years ago.
Sat Jan 25, 2020, 11:20 AM
Jan 2020

They went off the rails during Bush II if not before. Not worth my money.

irisblue

(32,975 posts)
6. The WH & Admin are peeved.
Sat Jan 25, 2020, 12:25 PM
Jan 2020

Conor Finnegan (@cjf39) Tweeted:
Quite the statement from the nation's top diplomat: Sec Pompeo responds to @NPR, saying @NPRKelly lied and... insinuating she misidentified Ukraine on that map. "This is another example of how unhinged the media has become in its quest to hurt Pres Trump and this administration." https://t.co/9xdZWZs34o


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