Posted on 12/10/2015 7:37:02 AM PST by PROCON
NPR Morning Edition host Steve Inskeep is a big fan of President Obama, and when he interviews him, he helpfully sets him up. In a recent interview on race relations, Inskeep added little prompts instead of questions. That's not what Ted Cruz received on Wednesday's show. Inskeep was blunt when discussing the new Trump idea of banning Muslims from entering America:
STEVE INSKEEP: All this led to a bottom-line question when Senator Cruz visited our studios. [To Cruz] Which Muslims do you want to keep out of the United States?
TED CRUZ: Well, I'm not sure that's the way I would put the question. What I would say is what is the obligation of the president and commander in chief? And the first obligation is to keep this country safe.
NPR posted the full transcript online. What that demonstrated was that NPR and Inskeep routinely sliced out (for time and surely, for political convenience) Cruz whacking away at Democrats. Here's the rest of Cruz's answer to that, sliced at mid-sentence:
(Excerpt) Read more at newsbusters.org ...
I would like to see the next President pull all funding for NPR and PBS. Let them make it in the free market and see what happens.
Ping.
Ditto, and add Planned Parenthood to the list.
Exactly. How are they different than any of the other liberal media outlets? There is already a surplus of those.
The media market needs more competition not another member of the liberal media cartel.
I would make an example of Inskeep for doing that. Promise.
Your wish is Ted's command:
https://www.tedcruz.org/five-for-freedom-summary/
See number 6 under part II.
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