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Mnpaul Donating Member (754 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-13-08 03:07 PM
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I caught NPR lying about John Edwards
Source: NPR

Election 2008
Nevada Next Battleground for Clinton, Obama
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Weekend Edition Saturday, January 12, 2008 · The next test for the Democrats is in Nevada, which holds caucuses a week from Saturday. A lack of money has led John Edwards to focus his efforts in South Carolina, leaving the contest to Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.




Read more: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18045560&ft=1&f=1003


But he is the original post as it appeared yesterday.


I contacted the campaign and they must have contacted NPR. John Edwards is not dropping out of the Nevada caucus.
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fenriswolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-13-08 03:09 PM
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1. you should ask fair.org for a job :) kudos for civic duty
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acmavm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-13-08 03:09 PM
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2. NPR? You mean Neocon Propaganda Radio? No surprise that they're
lying. They have been for 7 years.
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catmandu57 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-13-08 03:11 PM
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3. I gave up on national propaganda
long ago, They lied again surprise surprise surprise.
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Warpy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-13-08 03:20 PM
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I gave up 3 years ago
when Stupid was doing his Potemkin town meetings to drum up support to destroy Social Security. They had a series of wingnuts on describing the plan over and over again, using the same words, culminating with that snake Mehlman. Nothing from the other side was presented.

At that point I swapped the station on my clock radio to the commercial classical station. NPR was not a nice way to wake up.
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Evergreen Emerald Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-13-08 03:12 PM
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4. I did not read it that way. I read that he is not going to campaign
there and focus on SC.
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Yael Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-13-08 03:15 PM
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5. Good for you. Thanks!!
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sojourner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-13-08 03:16 PM
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6. quelle surprise!
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PSPS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-13-08 03:20 PM
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7. NPR ain't what it used to be
I threw in the towel on them quite some time ago.

One morning, though, I had the misfortune of overhearing their broadcast in which their "reporter," Anne Garrels, managed to both glorify and condone torture at the same time.
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patrice Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-13-08 03:22 PM
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8. I used to give them money all of the time (and that's no exaggeration).
I stopped doing that.
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petersjo02 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-13-08 03:27 PM
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9. I gave up on NPR about 10 years ago.
Even that long ago, I could see the direction they were heading and knew it wasn't for me. I used to listen to it on my way to and from work and all day on Saturday, sometimes on Sunday, too. I miss it--the way it used to be.
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robcon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-13-08 03:37 PM
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10. Lie=intentional deception.
No evidence of lying... perhaps mistaken.
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balantz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-13-08 04:21 PM
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11. NPR is a good example that "Public" now means "Corporate."
I began listening to NPR in the mid eighties and have been saddened by their buyout by the neocons several years ago. What a disgrace they have become. I wish some of their old reporters would speak out about this.
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balantz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-13-08 04:22 PM
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12. Thank you for acting on this.
:hi:
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uppityperson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-13-08 04:24 PM
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13. Please edit to follow LBN rules.
For instance, headline needs to be actual headline from article.
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fascisthunter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-13-08 04:25 PM
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14. Since NPR Went Private it's Been Co-Opted by Corporate America
It's now an arm of the corporate greed that has corrupted everything else in this country.
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Kolesar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-13-08 04:30 PM
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15. That is hardly correct
NPR is still the most credible news source outside of a few of America's newspapers.
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Liz7 Donating Member (55 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-13-08 04:38 PM
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16. agreed
It's not perfect, but it's heads above most.
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Kolesar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-13-08 04:40 PM
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17. Welcome to our forum!
:hi:
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danalytical Donating Member (603 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-15-08 08:43 AM
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18. Not True, NPR is still good
Edited on Tue Jan-15-08 08:44 AM by danalytical
NPR is consistently the best source of news out there, other than the internet anyway. And NPR fought off the attempt to Republicanize it a few years ago, they successfully ousted the politically appointed CEO of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Did you follow that?

Maybe they just got it wrong on this one. I like Edwards, but I also like NPR.
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cali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-15-08 08:45 AM
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19. NPR? I catc h them lying every single day.
I heard Juan Williams lying his ass off this morning.
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