NPR Ties the Right & Limbaugh to Death Threats Against Gorelick (TOTENBERG TRANSCRIPT)

MRC ^ | 12:05pm EDT, Wednesday April 21, 2004 | BRENT BAKER, KEN SHEPHERD

[fight_truth_decay]

April 19 Morning Edition on NPR, the MRC's Ken Shepherd accessed the audio file on the NPR Web site and painstakingly transcribed the entire story. To listen to the story via either RealPlayer or Windows Media Player, go to: http://www.npr.org/rundowns/segment.php?wfId=1842206

That comment was a runner-up in the "I'm a Compassionate Liberal But I Wish You Were All Dead Award (for media hatred of conservatives)" category in MRC's 1999 "DisHonors Awards" for the most outrageous quotes of the decade. To view a RealPlayer clip of Totenberg in action: http://www.mediaresearch.org/notablequotables/dishonor1999/welcomeaward6.asp

Then last October she seemingly desired to hasten the death of Army General Jerry Boykin for having supposedly expressed the view that the war on terrorism "is a Christian crusade against Muslims." Totenberg hatefully advocated: "I hope he's not long for this world." When the other panelists on Inside Washington were taken aback by her wish ("You putting a hit out on this guy or what?" and, "What is this, the Sopranos?"), she quickly backtracked: "In his job, in his job, in his job, please, please, in his job." See: http://www.mediaresearch.org/cyberalerts/2003/cyb20031020.asp#1

For RealPlayer video of that exchange: http://www.mediaresearch.org/notablequotables/bestof/2003/best1-3.asp

That quote was a runner-up in the MRC's "Best Notable Quotables of 2003: The Sixteenth Annual Awards for the Year's Worst Reporting."

And for examples of media figures blaming conservatives and talk radio hosts for the Oklahoma City bombing, see our 1995 "Special Purveyors of Hate & Division" issue of Notable Quotables: http://www.mediaresearch.org/notablequotables/1995/nq19950508.asp

I have cut the body of the story leaving the transcript. Visit the http://www.mediaresearch.org/cyberalerts/2004/cyb20040421.asp for full text.

[BushisTheMan]

We know we are getting to them about removing Gore-lick when they use these tactics against us (old and worn out tactics, by the way).

Keep up the e-mails to the 9-11 commission and to the Jersey girls.

[EggsAckley]

Your screen name is the most perfect for posting this article. Truth Decay, indeed.

These people make my stomach hurt.

[RetiredArmy]

Hate the FBI, and the second thing they did was CALL THE FBI when they got these alleged death threats! Funny how they have no use for anything until it is against them personally, then they want the 101st Abn Div to protect their sorry asses.

[worryfree718]

Let me get this straight:
NPR makes some mindless connection to Rush Limbaugh and a generic phone threat . . . but when Alex Baldwin on a nationwide talk show makes a specific threat to stone Henry Hyde, his kids and grandkids then, well, that's just old Alex and his 'personal opinion.'

I'm better now . . I just had to write it out and read it so I now realize I'm the crazy one.

Hey everyone . . . . thanks for listening!

[Steven W.]

Even Nina's rabid defense (I use rabid because Nina is a DOG) of Gorelick demonstrates Gorelick must testify to clarify what, exactly, she intended to do with regards to the wall and her memo & related actions thereof.

[cricket]

These folks continue to be 'their own worst enemy'. Only a Liberal will go this far. Stop the death threats, Jamie. . .and just resign.

In the meantime, she and the gang at NPR should be sued.

[cricket]

Forgot to ask; since emails can be traced. . .what is happening with Gorelicks claims?

Surely you cannot make such a serious charge without more to backup than face value e-mails from your computer.

[Sunshine Sister]

These people just can't stand it that we can see through them via talk radio. Thank goodness. These bottom feeders must be exposed for who they are!

[plain talk]

the wall was not created during the Clinton administration but by the Reagan and first Bush administrations in the 1980

Wrong. Jimmy Carter admin. I believe 1978?

[cricket]

"Funny how they have no use for anything until it is against them personally, then they want the 101st Abn Div to protect their sorry asses."

So true; and after they get the news bump for their efforts; probably cancelled their next meeting.

Want to know; just what is going on re this investigation. . .

[dead]

Jamie Gorelick, 9/11 Commission member: "Someone called the house and threatened to blow it up, and blow me up."

You know, Jamie, if this story were actually true, you could call the FBI and they could trace the call. If the call was placed from anything other than a pay phone, they could catch the person making the terroristic threats against you.

Of course, since it didn’t happen, don’t bother.

[dead]

Inside Washington host Tina Gulland: "I don’t think I have any Jesse Helms defenders here. Nina?"
Nina Totenberg: "Not me, I think he ought to be worried about what’s going on in the Good Lord’s mind, because if there is retributive justice, he’ll get AIDS from a transfusion, or one of his grandchildren will get it."

[Arrowhead1952]

Gorelick: "I'm recused from anything that occurred during my tenure."

Translation:

I may have screwed up the ability to track down and prosecute terrorists that I will not testify.

[vandykelastone]

People still listen to NPR? The closest I get is having to put up with Juan Williams and Mara Lyason on Fox News Sunday. Jeez!

[SpinyNorman]

This tactic is so shallow. "Someone" calls in a bomb threat, and now Gorelick claims she cannot step down from the commission because it would be kowtowing to the person(s) making the threat ("I don't think the Commission should be intimidated. Then it would be a mistake for any one of us to be forced off the Commission. I think it would be terrible.")

It will undoubtedly work, defusing calls to get her to step down for legitimate reasons.

How pathetic she, and the rest of the Clintonistas are.

[an amused spectator]

Media Shenanigans ping - Demi NewsHo Nina "Totenkopf" Totenberg Is At It Again

Our friends at MRC bust da bee-atch.

On, Off, or grab it for a Media Shenanigans/Schadenfreude/PNMCH ping:
http://www.freerepublic.com/~anamusedspectator/

[Grampa Dave]

This vile liberal wished death on Jesse Helms and his grand children.

Listed below is a link to about 200 hits on such a search of this vile b$tch and her remarks about Senator Helms.

http://search.yahoo.com/search?x=op&va=Nina+Totenberg+Jesse+Helms+Death+Threat&va_vt=any&vst=0&vd=all&fl=0&vf=all&ei=ISO-8859-1&vm=p&n=20

[noexcuses]

8??#? Gorelick, 9/11 Commission member: "Someone called the house and threatened to blow it up, and blow me up."

One has to wonder how your every day right wing nut gets a hold of a high profile commissioner's private home phone number anyway.

[adam_az]

"Wrong. Jimmy Carter admin. I believe 1978?"

The genesis is Senator Frank Church and the Church Commission - and his bootlicker Ted Kennedy.