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NRaleighLiberal

(59,940 posts)
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 11:21 AM Mar 2016

Just listened to first 15 min of Diane Rehm. Upset! Are you upset? I am not upset!

They are tripping over themselves. They asked a Michigan reporter about the night - she mentioned Hillary, Kasich, Trump and Cruz and Rubio - not Sanders. Stu Rothenberg and Tom Jelton said "the journalists and pundits got it wrong" as if the king and queen makers (in their minds) can see outside of the bubble they live in.

They went back to the MI reporter and asked her specifically about Bernie's win - she mumbled something about how it caught Bernie and his group by surprise, and that it was due to Dems crossing over to vote for Kasich.

Blah blah blan - after 15 min I just LMAO.

Berning through the pundits so-called expertise. I love it!

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Just listened to first 15 min of Diane Rehm. Upset! Are you upset? I am not upset! (Original Post) NRaleighLiberal Mar 2016 OP
Yea, Dems for Kasich! StandingInLeftField Mar 2016 #1
I had to quit Rehms show when even after the Vermont election they could only talk about LiberalArkie Mar 2016 #2
it was due to Dems crossing over to vote for Kasich. lunasun Mar 2016 #3
I'm not positive about this but Merryland Mar 2016 #4
Diane Rehm did one of the first interviews with Bernie right after he announced appalachiablue Mar 2016 #5
In 50 years of interviewing (or whatever the correct # is), Bill and Hillary are the people merrily Mar 2016 #7
And she doesn't realize the Roaring 90s are Over apparently. Beltway Blindness, there's appalachiablue Mar 2016 #9
Nice to see you, btw. Have you voted yet? merrily Mar 2016 #10
Yes indeed and I'm looking forward to voting for Bernie again in November. appalachiablue Mar 2016 #11
That's funny. merrily Mar 2016 #12
It's Showtime! All the Way to Philly- appalachiablue Mar 2016 #14
Oy. What's Rendell up to these days? merrily Mar 2016 #16
Fast Eddie, I'll check with peeps in PA. I've not read anything significant appalachiablue Mar 2016 #18
Fracking ties? But Andrea Mitchell Greenspan continued? Matthews, too? Smell test fail. merrily Mar 2016 #20
Look at his sordid lobbyist work. If credible, I couldn't find much else. Gotta run- appalachiablue Mar 2016 #23
I am not saying Rendell has no conflicts. I am saying that MSNBC has a very high tolerance for merrily Mar 2016 #26
Dems crossed over to vote for Kasich? Fawke Em Mar 2016 #6
Let's assume that's true. Let's assume Hillary did not get the votes polls led her to expect merrily Mar 2016 #17
I find Diane Rehm to be a very bad talk show host. SheilaT Mar 2016 #8
Thankfully Diane Rehm's show will terminate after this election season BernieforPres2016 Mar 2016 #13
For those who may not recall the controversy between Rehm and Bernie BernieforPres2016 Mar 2016 #15
There were two incidents, not only the dual citizenship. Oh, yes, I think merrily Mar 2016 #19
Susan Page, USA Today made the same error about Bernie on a weekend panel appalachiablue Mar 2016 #21
Same as which error? Made up duel citizenship or made up All Lives Matter? merrily Mar 2016 #22
All Lives Matter, Netroots issue. appalachiablue Mar 2016 #25
I missed the all lives matter lie BernieforPres2016 Mar 2016 #24
Accrding to the local NPR employee here: Afraid of being eliminated by GOPer win... Eleanors38 Mar 2016 #28
Thank you for that info. I never bought into the assumption that Hillary would, merrily Mar 2016 #29
I am doing well! Thanks for asking. I hope you are well, too. Eleanors38 Mar 2016 #30
The "Socialist" BBC seems to be doing fine. merrily Mar 2016 #31
SOP for NPR. I listened to one NPR story which discussed the Sanders... Eleanors38 Mar 2016 #27
Diane McCarthy is on my forever SOL list. Kalidurga Mar 2016 #32

LiberalArkie

(15,686 posts)
2. I had to quit Rehms show when even after the Vermont election they could only talk about
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 11:24 AM
Mar 2016

how good Clinton did in the election. I do not think they even mentioned who she ran against.

Merryland

(1,134 posts)
4. I'm not positive about this but
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 11:28 AM
Mar 2016

isn't Diane Rehm a personal "friend" of Hillary Clinton's? I honestly think I read that somewhere, can't vouch for it.

appalachiablue

(41,052 posts)
5. Diane Rehm did one of the first interviews with Bernie right after he announced
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 11:30 AM
Mar 2016

last May 1. Her first topic was 'you have duel citizenship, US and Israel'. Bernie said no he doesn't. Diane then said, 'how many other members of Congress also have duel citizenship?'. I wouldn't give her, or the National Petroleum Council the time day. How Bernie has the patience and tolerance to endure this stuff is just remarkable. I couldn't do it.

merrily

(45,251 posts)
7. In 50 years of interviewing (or whatever the correct # is), Bill and Hillary are the people
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 12:12 PM
Mar 2016

who impressed her most. So says her wiki. Explains a lot.

appalachiablue

(41,052 posts)
9. And she doesn't realize the Roaring 90s are Over apparently. Beltway Blindness, there's
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 12:23 PM
Mar 2016

a lot of it. Don't I know it well.

merrily

(45,251 posts)
10. Nice to see you, btw. Have you voted yet?
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 12:33 PM
Mar 2016

I did, March 1, Massachusetts. I was so proud to vote for Bernie.

appalachiablue

(41,052 posts)
11. Yes indeed and I'm looking forward to voting for Bernie again in November.
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 12:42 PM
Mar 2016


And his Inauguration of course, President Bernie Sanders!

appalachiablue

(41,052 posts)
18. Fast Eddie, I'll check with peeps in PA. I've not read anything significant
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 02:26 PM
Mar 2016

from him and have seen him only once on MSNBC in about two years, since he was bumped for fracking ties I think. That was abrupt.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/26/politics/hillary-clinton-ed-rendell-bloomberg/

merrily

(45,251 posts)
20. Fracking ties? But Andrea Mitchell Greenspan continued? Matthews, too? Smell test fail.
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 02:28 PM
Mar 2016

There must have been something else.

merrily

(45,251 posts)
26. I am not saying Rendell has no conflicts. I am saying that MSNBC has a very high tolerance for
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 03:43 PM
Mar 2016

conflicts. Matthews wife is running for office, needing the help of the DNC, and Alan Greenspan is, well, Alan Greenspan and has loads of ties to the Clintons. Yet Andrea and Chris "report" on Clinton and DNC matters--and without even a disclosure at the start of each show, as far as I know. So, if MSNBC cited his fracking ties as a the reason he disappeared, I would be dubious.

Fawke Em

(11,366 posts)
6. Dems crossed over to vote for Kasich?
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 11:41 AM
Mar 2016


When are these people going to realize that Bernie is going to keep winning, particularly in states like Michigan that don't require people to register with a party to vote in a primary. The Independents are the ones crossing left or right and, last night, they Felt the Bern.

merrily

(45,251 posts)
17. Let's assume that's true. Let's assume Hillary did not get the votes polls led her to expect
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 02:21 PM
Mar 2016

because her supporters voted for Kasich. What would that say about Hillary's policies and appeal? What would it say about polls?

Kinda the same things Bernie's supporters have been posting about her policies and about polls, no?

 

SheilaT

(23,156 posts)
8. I find Diane Rehm to be a very bad talk show host.
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 12:16 PM
Mar 2016

Much of the time she simply does not listen to what the guests say, asking questions that make her lack of listening glaringly obvious, and she seems pretty conservative, although not right-wing, to me.

I've gotten so I don't bother to listen to any of her politically oriented shows, so I won't be turning her on today. Although it might be fascinating, perhaps hilarious, to listen to her after Bernie wins the nomination.

BernieforPres2016

(3,017 posts)
13. Thankfully Diane Rehm's show will terminate after this election season
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 01:50 PM
Mar 2016

But given that NPR mostly does the bidding of its corporate sponsors these days she will probably be replaced with somebody worse.

BernieforPres2016

(3,017 posts)
15. For those who may not recall the controversy between Rehm and Bernie
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 02:02 PM
Mar 2016

Here is a column from the NPR ombudsman recapping it and criticizing Rehm pretty harshly.

http://www.npr.org/sections/ombudsman/2015/06/12/413981429/diane-rehm-and-a-bungled-interview-with-senator-bernie-sanders

Her pathetic so called apology included this line:

"However I am glad to play a role in putting this rumor to rest."

She elevated a "rumor" that existed only in the anti-Semitic dark back alleys of the internet and put it out in the mainstream media, presenting it first as a fact to Sanders.

I don't buy her story that somebody suggested to her on Facebook that she should ask Sanders about this. It has David Brock written all over it.

merrily

(45,251 posts)
19. There were two incidents, not only the dual citizenship. Oh, yes, I think
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 02:26 PM
Mar 2016

she claimed Bernie had said "All lives matter," when in fact Hillary and O'Malley said it and Bernie was the only one who did not say it. And they didn't correct it until after a commercial break.

Then, of course, there was NPR's claiming that they weren't covering Bernie because he was doing nothing worth covering. When he did something worth covering, they'd cover it. Not his rallies with 30,000 in attendance, not the fact he was not accepting any money except individual donations and was still racking up millions, not any of the other sea changes. Oh yes, and he was running for the Democratic Presidential nomination. NWCMA (Not worth covering, my a$$)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1280109865

appalachiablue

(41,052 posts)
21. Susan Page, USA Today made the same error about Bernie on a weekend panel
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 02:29 PM
Mar 2016

days after the event. What sloppy journalism or intentional false info.

BernieforPres2016

(3,017 posts)
24. I missed the all lives matter lie
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 02:37 PM
Mar 2016

Was that after the dual citizenship lie? I would think Rehm would not have doubled down on Bernie. I got the impression that she nearly lost her job over the dual citizenship lie. She said it was the worst experience of her career and only a few weeks later she announced she would be retiring after this election season.

 

Eleanors38

(18,318 posts)
28. Accrding to the local NPR employee here: Afraid of being eliminated by GOPer win...
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 05:07 PM
Mar 2016

and are all in for Hillary. This employee said that NPR is under heavy criticism for its Hillary slant.

merrily

(45,251 posts)
29. Thank you for that info. I never bought into the assumption that Hillary would,
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 05:57 PM
Mar 2016
of course, win the general. I think we are seeing how desperate people are for a candidate other than her.

Your NPR peeps need to know that Bernie does better than Hillary in head to head match ups with GOPers, including Trump.

And they deserve every bit of that criticism. All the msm does, but NPR is a public station. In light of that, they've been utterly disgraceful, IMO.

Hope you've been well. I don't think we've run into each other since shortly before Christmas.
 

Eleanors38

(18,318 posts)
30. I am doing well! Thanks for asking. I hope you are well, too.
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 06:26 PM
Mar 2016

NPR and the Beltway: Like a lot of us, these folks are getting older, esp. in careers (MSM-oriented) which are dissolving away. The biggest problem is ceding authority to corporate while expecting the latter to wink & nod and let the "liberals" have a safehouse of admittedly important issues centered on civil rights and protections, sympathy-environmentalism, and sufficient money to prop up D.C.-based lobby groups. These calcified institutions are literally feel fighting for their lives. And corporate power doesn't give a crap about that. It has both parties.

merrily

(45,251 posts)
31. The "Socialist" BBC seems to be doing fine.
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 06:50 PM
Mar 2016

(Don't mind me: I am still in shock about Downton Abbey ending.)

 

Eleanors38

(18,318 posts)
27. SOP for NPR. I listened to one NPR story which discussed the Sanders...
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 04:54 PM
Mar 2016

phenomenon without mentioning guess-who one time. You have to admire the verbal gymnastics.

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