I think NPR has changed alot, seems to have gone down hill quite a bit after gingriches lobbying for privatization of public tv and radio. I don't listen to them anymore either. I stomached the piece they did about not needing to recycle because they claimed there is plenty of land fill and recycling doesn't save that much energy, but I drew the line when they presented a human interest piece about a guy who tortured his pet armadillo by trying to drown it periodically. The last story I heard by the local affiliate was simply a pack of disinformation and lies. They had a pr rep from the local train authority on who was skilled only at prevarication and insulting the local people who called in. The interviewer didn't seem to have done any homework, and didn't bother challenging a single statement that was made regardless of how idiotic they sounded.
They
probably did select a military family to play to the common sentiments regarding the military. Stories which are emotional and largely content free tend to attract the attention of the same unquestioning unthinking part of the public that trusts in the nightly news.
--- On Mon, 7/5/10, mdnagel@verizon.net <mdnagel@verizon.net> wrote:
From: mdnagel@verizon.net <mdnagel@verizon.net>
Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] NPR.org - Not So Neighborly Associations Foreclosing On Homes
To: livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org
Date: Monday, July 5, 2010, 11:22 AM
There are FAR more people devastated by the housing shenanigans outside the military (military personnel). Not only are we led to not be sympathetic to them, but we're programmed to actually view them as being the CAUSE of the economic collapse. Yet, here we are being sympathetic to military personnel. Why? Because the "troops" support the very elite who created this problem in the first place. This is just another "support the troops" piece of journalism, aimed at ensuring that we're all beholden to the military-industrial-complex. "I hate that they let Monsanto get their name out by sponsorship" And the fact that Boeing and other makers of life-ending equipment are also sponsors of NPR should tell you that NPR really can't be all that unbiased. BTW - I _USED_ to listen to NPR, until I became hip to their hidden/subtle propaganda. The CBC's "As It Happens" is, IMO, one of the best
programs. -Mark Nagel Everett, WA Jul 3, 2010 10:35:04 AM, livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org wrote: >NPR seems like the best source on my radio. They don't try to inflame
>me. I hate that they let Monsanto get their name out by sponsorship.
>
>Marty
>On Jul 2, 2010, at 5:16 PM, wrote:
>
>> I also find NPR to have good reporting, they must be liberal
>> extremists :-)
>>
>>
>> ---- Emery Mitchamore wrote:
>>> Sounds like you were so upset by the first part of the story that
>
>>> you didn't notice the really important stuff toward the end: A
>TX
>>> State Senator owns a large HOA management company, and he is
>>> blocking reform legislation. Now, if that isn't the most blatant
>
>>> example of
official misconduct ever, it's close. The soldier's
>
>>> story was simply to get more attention to a serious problem in Texas.
>>>
>>> Further, it sounds like you really haven't listened to NPR very
>
>>> much. Most pundits describe NPR as Liberal Extremists.
>>>
>>> E. E. "Mitch" Mitchamore
>>> www.hillcountrynatives.net
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Jul 1, 2010, at 2:22 AM, mdnagel@verizon.net wrote:
>>>
>>>> Ah, NPR, National Pentagon Radio...
>>>>
>>>> Maybe if the US wasn't spending $1 trillion per year on dropping
>
>>>> bombs on colored people this kind of crap wouldn't happen?
>>>>
>>>> Frankly, I'm tired of having our collective chains yanked in
>
>>>> "support" of the
troops*, which is merely a euphemism
>for
>>>> stealing tax payer money and funneling to "defense" contractors.
>>>>
>>>> * It's an all volunteer force. No one forced them to work
>for
>>>> such a crappy employer (pays crappy wages and won't watch their
>
>>>> backs)!
>>>>
>>>> The other translation of NPR is National Petroleum Radio. They
>
>>>> never question our unending pursuit of killing others in the name
>
>>>> of oil. They are no friends of ours, as what we need to do is
>to
>>>> stop applying oil to our food production... FACTS: the US
>>>> military consumes more oil than any other single entity on the
>
>>>> planet; yes, we're burning crops (ethanol) so that the Pentagon
>
>>>>
can burn MORE fossil fuels.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Just saying.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -Mark Nagel
>>>> Everett, WA
>>>> (former Marine; as if that should afford me any special treatment!)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Jun 30, 2010 07:32:09 AM, emitch@att.net wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Emery Mitchamore thought you would be interested in this story:
>
>>>>> Not So Neighborly
>>>>> Associations Foreclosing On Homes
>>>>> http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?
>>>>> storyId=128078864&sc=emaf
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> This message was included:
>>>>>
>>>>> Given recent discussions about threats to our
freedoms, I
>
>>>>> thought you should
>>>>> see this story, which absolutely sickened me.
>>>>>
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