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Bias at NPR Radio
NPR Radio ^ | Host Renee Montagne talks with author/comic John Ridley

Posted on 09/17/2004 3:17:39 AM PDT by palmer

I listened to NPR Radio this morning and discovered... bias! The host Renee Montagne talked with John Ridley about his quest to be a "swing voter" in the fall election. He has moved from LA to Milwaukee where he will vote. He will be interviewed from now until the election as he sarcastically bashes both Kerry and Bush with, IMO, a strong emphasis on bashing Bush.

This morning for example the only "good" thing he had to say about Bush was that Bush cut his taxes and "how could he be against that?". Maybe I'm being oversensitive, but it sounded sarcastic to me. He also professed agnosticism on memogate, a sign of either willful ignorance or deceit.

In any case, he was presented as a swing voter who has voted for both republicans and democrats. But his record in opensecrets.org looks a little different. If he is really "RIDLEY, JOHN LOS ANGELES,CA 90069 SELF EMPLOYED/OTHER", then his donations are:

3/23/2004 $500 Kerry, John and
1/21/2004 $500 Clark, Wesley

Does that sound like an unbiased swing voter to you?


TOPICS: Editorial; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: defundnpr; liberaltalkradio; madaszell; mediabias
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I'm posting this simply because I'm pissed off.
1 posted on 09/17/2004 3:17:39 AM PDT by palmer
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To: palmer

The internet exposes another liar.


2 posted on 09/17/2004 3:20:51 AM PDT by Straight Vermonter
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>>I listened to NPR Radio this morning and discovered... bias! <<

Who'd have thought!!! I can't believe it! Next you'll be saying CBS is biased as well.

(My heart goes out to you! I have been forced to listen to NPR when I can't find anything on AM and they really suck! Except Click and Clack)


3 posted on 09/17/2004 3:23:13 AM PDT by netmilsmom (Does a clean house indicate that there is a broken computer in it?)
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Bias at NPR??? No way! Tell me it's not so... :)

Seriously? I don't know if they pretend to not be biased, know they are and lie to the public about it, or if they lie to themselves when they tell themselves they are a part of an objective and unbiased media.

4 posted on 09/17/2004 3:23:46 AM PDT by GBA
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To: netmilsmom

Ridley reminds me of Click (or is it Clack) in his sarcasm except it's not as funny because he's too pompous.


5 posted on 09/17/2004 3:25:34 AM PDT by palmer (Solutions, not just slogans -JFKerry)
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I've seen NPR links on Slate, but I've never listened. I just automatically figured if Slate was pointing to it, it was liberally biased. Guess I was correct.

http://fray.slate.msn.com/id/2106623/


6 posted on 09/17/2004 3:25:44 AM PDT by Capricam
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National "Public" Radio , bias paid for by our Tax money, hardly seems fair.


7 posted on 09/17/2004 3:27:36 AM PDT by AmericanMade1776 ((John Kerry is now in full retreat))
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To: Capricam

Thanks for the link, I'll check it tomorrow to see if they post today's story.


8 posted on 09/17/2004 3:28:39 AM PDT by palmer (Solutions, not just slogans -JFKerry)
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To: netmilsmom

I like NPR, they have some great programing. If their programming does not agree with me, I turn the radio off.


9 posted on 09/17/2004 3:29:23 AM PDT by AmericanMade1776 ((John Kerry is now in full retreat))
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To: palmer
Nah, it sounds like NPR is cooking the political books. Then again, what would you expect of them?

Does that sound like an unbiased swing voter to you?

10 posted on 09/17/2004 3:29:34 AM PDT by GOPJ
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He has moved from LA to Milwaukee where he will vote.

And he'll mail his absentee ballot to L. A.
11 posted on 09/17/2004 3:31:59 AM PDT by Beckwith (John Kerry, sign the Form 180 - petition at http://www.SignForm180.com)
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Bias at the National Pretentious Radio!? I'm shocked. Shocked, I tell you. That's funded with taxpayer dollars! There can't be bias there! (/puke)

I used to listen, but gave up shortly after 9/11. It was Daniel Shore, that paragon of unbiased newsreporting, that pushed me over the edge.

12 posted on 09/17/2004 3:32:01 AM PDT by aardvark1 (Something was seared in my memory but I forgot what it was.)
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To: palmer

Where are donations found?


13 posted on 09/17/2004 3:33:50 AM PDT by Sybeck1 (Kerry: how can we trust him with our money, if Teresa won't trust him with hers!)
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Why do you or I have to give our tax dollars to our sworn enemies at PBS and NPR?


14 posted on 09/17/2004 3:34:07 AM PDT by FormerACLUmember (Free Republic is 21st Century Samizdat)
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I doupt that he he a swing voter, unless he is referring to his sex life!


15 posted on 09/17/2004 3:39:05 AM PDT by stockpirate (Kerry; supported by, financed by, trained by, guided by, revered by, in favor of, Communists.)
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To: AmericanMade1776
National "Public" Radio , bias paid for by our Tax money, hardly seems fair.

Hey, it's like all tax paying Americans were in a labor union.

16 posted on 09/17/2004 3:39:29 AM PDT by Major_Risktaker ("Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Those Who Threaten It.")
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"Where are donations found?"

http://www.opensecrets.org/


17 posted on 09/17/2004 3:39:55 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
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To: palmer
Yes , I heard the same interview on NPR. How much you want to bet this "unbiased" swing voter decides "after much soul searching" that he just can't vote for Bush because of (insert democrat talking point) and decides to vote for Kerry right before the election and then NPR will claim all the swing voters across the country are voting for kerry because of (same democrat talking point).

It reminds me of the seminar callers that call Rush and Hannity and claim to be "undecided" and then spout every Kerry campaign talking point

18 posted on 09/17/2004 3:40:13 AM PDT by apillar
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To: Sybeck1
Go to http://opensecrets.org and follow the instructions to "Look Up an Individual Donor".
19 posted on 09/17/2004 3:41:48 AM PDT by palmer (Solutions, not just slogans -JFKerry)
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To: Major_Risktaker

Maybe we should form a Union for Taxpayers.


20 posted on 09/17/2004 3:42:16 AM PDT by AmericanMade1776 ((John Kerry is now in full retreat))
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