Public Radio: Easter Scrooge
by Ned RiceI have three words for the next person who tries to tell me there’s no liberal bias in the mainstream media. Or more precisely, three letters: N, P, and R, as in National Public Radio. This past Saturday’s “Morning Edition” ended with an interview of Rowan LeCompte, the 85-year old man who has devoted his life to creating and maintaining the stained glass features of the National Cathedral in Washington. After briefly recapping his subject’s remarkable life-in-art host Scott Simon took the interview in a different direction by asking LeCompte, “Do you believe in God?” His response was as follows:
“I believe in kindness and love, and there are those who say those are God. I don’t know, but I respect and love kindness and love, and worship them, and if I’m worshipping God, then I’m delighted.”
Hmmm. Well, no, Mr. LeCompte, you are most definitely not worshipping God by worshipping kindness and love, as worthy as those two pursuits might otherwise be. Even I, a non-practicing Christian, know that. But he continued:
“I love love, and I love kindness, and I wish the churches would emphasize more the kindness. Kindness to everybody,” he added, rather pointedly.
With this interview being broadcast on Holy Saturday– the day before Easter, the single holiest day in the Christian calendar-did veteran host Scott Simon try to steer the interview into slightly less contentious waters? By asking, say, a question about some technical aspect of creating stained glass? He did not.
Q: Could I get you to talk just a little bit more?
A: Whatever you wish.
Q: It occurs to me that we could fairly describe you as…well, perhaps as a believer in kindness as opposed to a deity. I’m touched by the fact that you and the Bible are in the same business-you illuminate these stories.
A: Well, I’m certainly not trying…to yell at people for what they’ve done and to say that they’ll be in Hell.
If you’re keeping score at home Mr. LeCompte has (so far) denied the existence of God, suggested that the Church (by which I take it he means Christianity) is unkind, and strongly implied that the purpose of the Bible is to “yell at” people and tell them they’re going to hell. Was he finished? He was not.
“There cannot be Hell,” LeCompte went on to say, “except as we make it. There’s Hell on Earth, certainly…I’ve tasted it.”
Perhaps LeCompte felt that his evisceration of Christian doctrine was incomplete until he also denied the existence of Hell and, presumably, Heaven.
Let’s review: On the day before Easter millions of Christian listeners (whose tax dollars subsidize NPR) got to hear a sad, bitter old man denounce their God, their church, and their Bible with the cheerful assistance– if not the actual prodding– of a seasoned radio veteran like Scott Simon. This took place on NPR, which is a veritable Ground Zero of politically correct obeisance before every possible ethnic, ideological and religious faction on Earth except, of course, the predominant American one, Christianity.
As any longtime NPR listener can tell you, the network has nothing but contempt for traditional American institutions, especially conservative ones like Christianity. And while they’re generally better at cloaking their enmity towards the church under that public radio aura of detached objectivity, that hatred reared its ugly head during the LeCompte interview.
If you think I’m over-reacting, imagine a slightly different, yet parallel scenario. It’s the night before the start of Ramadan, and someone with some peripheral connection to Islam– the owner of a bookstore where the Koran is sold, let’s say-goes on public radio and roundly denounces the tenets of the Muslim faith. Can you imagine the public outcry, the rioting, the car burning that would ensue? It would make those riots over the Mohammed cartoons in Amsterdam seem like a day at the beach.
Fortunately, such a thing could never happen. Listener-supported National Public Radio would never dream of insulting anyone’s religious beliefs. Unless, of course, they happen to be Christians.
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Hogwash. The man was asked what he believed, and he answered honestly. Do you feel that Simon should have refused permission to state his beliefs? that NPR should have buried the interview for fear of upsetting someone? Wouldn't eliminating dissenting viewpoints be just another form of political correctness?
Well, wasn't that interview special? Nobody's telling the artist or NPR to avoid viewpoints. The man's views seem very reasonable, though that's not the issue. It was deliberately chosen to air on a day that is part of the three holiest days on the Christian calendar. Maybe for the Ramadan special they can feature a very nice, kindly gentleman who prepares Halal food for the local mosque. And then they could have him talk about his hog-butchering business away from the mosque crowd. A good story about a man who has fine personal beliefs, and thinks that the Muslims are nice people who just don't understand the benefits of a well-rounded diet. Let me hear a loud "jihad!"
Wow, and I guess it just happened that NPR was interviewing this guy on the day before Easter and pushing him about his beliefs? NPR chooses what to air and when, and they chose to air an interview attacking Christian beliefs during what many see as the holiest time of the year. Let's see them do that before Ramadan and Yom Kippur and then you can say "Hogwash", but not until. Their editorial decisions highlight their bias.
=== “I believe in kindness and love, and there are those who say those are God. I don’t know, but I respect and love kindness and love, and worship them, and if I’m worshipping God, then I’m delighted.”===
This is hippie babble; at least he’s delighted like a drooling ignoramus.
==== Listener-supported National Public Radio would never dream of insulting anyone’s religious beliefs. Unless, of course, they happen to be Christians.===
Bottom line, muslims will cut their throats of the liberal dregs in the media if they insult them, Christians and Jews will not. Being the gutless cowards that liberals are they go after easy targets. This was perfectly displayed when the leftist gayhadist cockroaches went harassing gray haired Mormon ladies over Prop 8 but didn’t go to the hood in East LA and Compton where there was overwhelming support. This is of course because those two cities are predominantly black and Hispanic.
Liberals are cowards to the core.
For those who think it's no big deal that NPR deliberately included ONLY a non-Christian stance on the Christian faith – answer this. Where in that interview did NRP give an opposing viewpoint of a person who supports the Christian faith, etc. Hello? Do we hear crickets?
The point Mr. Rice is making is that NPR intentionally poked and prodded until it got an interviewee to make a statement on faith. But that wasn't what the interview was about – it was about the man's job. Yet NPR demanded that the man reveal his moral and (non) religious stance on the Christian faith – a stance which did support, indeed it opposed the Christian faith. To put it in perspective, what would you have said if NPR had interviewed the head of GM or AT&T on THEIR religious beliefs? No, this was a deliberate fishing by NPR to elicit remarks which degrade the Christian faith. That's not by accident – it's design.
And proof that NPR is only interested in anti-Christian faith views is the dead silence I get to the question – where in that same program did NPR include equal time for someone devoutly supportive of the Christian faith? Yup, bring on the crickets.
The degenerates at NPR should take note that Muslims consider Abraham, Moses and Jesus to be prophets.
There is a faction in America which extolls every deviant thing as good and wholesome and normal. NPR is one of the more mellifluous voices of that faction. When King Jesus was carrying the Cross through the streets of Jerusalem to Calvary the heathen mob hit him and spit on him and pulled his beard and cursed him. That mob is still with us. Simon's interview with LeCompte reminded me of some grafitti I once read in a men's room. It was written thusly: God is dead. Nitsche
Nitsche is dead. God
NPR is appalling. I cannot tell you how many times I've had to comment on some story of theirs. I cannot believe I used to listen to them regularly. Now between their contempt for religion, hatred of Pres. Bush and now worship of Barack Obama and their blatant bias against Israel (just to name a few things!) I can barely stand five minutes before I have to shut it off.
My understanding is that Barack Obama does not believe in hell, and he isn't sure about the existence of heaven–he thinks that heaven is like tucking his daughters in bed at night. At least that's according to a Cal Thomas column in which Thomas cited Chicago Sun-Times religion writer Cathleen Falsani, who has interviewed Obama at length.
As for the NPR story, what else would you expect?
Satan has a good point; NPR plays crap like this because nobody is likely to freak when they do it. I also noted the bashing of the Mormons and contributors for prop 8 when the real voters were in the minority communities. NPR would not do muslims or other similar communities because they fear them.
How about a Time or Newsweek cover story: "The Koran: Was Mohammed making It up as he went ?"
Well said, Carolyn.
I would go listen to the story and comment myself, except I am so tired of commenting on there! Nothing ever changes on NPR.
Dear NPR,
Perhaps you could interview some mohammadean clerics regarding their doctrines concerning infidels ? Naturally you being the brave "journalists" will hold their feet to the fire with pointed questions and a no nonsense handling of your guests…
Complete with a full-page picture of Mohammed, I hope.
It doesn't stand for Nutty People Ranting?
Ned, you're just a skateboard full of buzz kill.
Yep, they're pretty much a bunch of spineless eunuch wussies. They also attack our troops' efforts with rhetoric for the same reasons. Neurotic pansies all of them.
Excellent observations, Mr. Rice, and overall post. Only I think you could have hit even harder, your points with examples, because this sly sneakiness by NPR just flies on by the heads of the Left, in any intellectual sense, while it validates or affirms their emotional and spiritual loathing of Christ and those who believe in Him as Savior and Lord.
The story you're referring to actually ran on "Weekend Edition," the evening show, Not Morning Edition, which ran, among other things that day, a story on religious murals in inner cities, and a profile of the gospel group Mary Mary. Which mean NPR's nefarious plan to offend Christians is pretty scattershot. LeCompte didn't come off to me as sad or bitter, and I didn't find anything about the piece offensive except Scott Simon's usual unctuous, sycophantic tone. Honestly? I found it an exquisite irony that a man who won't declare a belief in God has spent his career glorifying Him. But if you listen to the whole piece I think he he does believe, no matter what he says. Just my two cents. I don't see what's insulting about what he said. Pitiful maybe. He didn't say Christians were dumb or foolish…HE just doesn't believe, which is his right. And the story didn't run Easter morning, after all.
I agree with what Mr. Rice has said here, except that I don't think it's correct to characterize Christianity as a conservative institution. It's a small point in the context of his post, but I think it's important.
It is true that conservatives are more likely to be church-going Christians than moderates or liberals are. But it's absolutely possible to be a completely orthodox Christian and have very liberal beliefs.
In my own religion—I'm a Catholic—there is no official church teaching regarding immigration reform, socialized medicine, welfare laws, the AIG bailout, or the death penalty. (And actually, what guidance there is regarding capital punishment is opposed to it.) Catholics are free to follow their own (well-formed) consciences in these matters. It's a puzzle how hard it is for President Obama to find an acceptable ambassador to the Vatican, isn't it?
My point is that as a Catholic conservative, I have more in common with fellow (orthodox) Catholics who are liberals than I do with say, a conservative libertarian. Although I'd probably prefer the libertarian's company.
“I believe in kindness and love, and there are those who say those are God. I don’t know, but I respect and love kindness and love, and worship them, and if I’m worshipping God, then I’m delighted.”
Matthew 7: 32: If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them.
7: 46: Why do you call Me, 'Lord, Lord,' and do not do what I say?
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When I was much younger and still sorting out my political beliefs, I listened to NPR daily. In fact I sent contributions to my local Public TV station and my local NPR station. One of the big topics then was apartheid in South Africa. At the time, Renaldus Magnus was president. As I listened to NPR and the nightly news, I began to recognize certain repeating themes. One such theme was apartheid bad, Reagan and USA bad for not putting an end to apartheid in South Africa. It became a daily rant with them, in quiet and polite public radio tones of course. It got to the point where I would stop listening to them for a few days then tune back in. It was the exact same template. I tried this a few times always with the same results.
Additionally, lots of awful things "experts" on NPR predicted to come about with Reagan in office never materialized. In fact, the opposite happened in most cases. The economy was turning around, the hostages Iran held during Jimmy Carter's reign of error were freed, we didn't nuke anyone, etc.
So I stopped listening to NPR and stopped contributing to my local public radio station. (I know they play classical music when "the news" isn't on, but I can only handle so much of it). About 2 years went by before, on a lark, I decided to tune them in again. Yes friends, you guessed correctly, it was still apartheid bad, Reagan and USA bad. What a joke.
Not long after that, I stopped contributing to my local public TV station. They mailed a program guide every month (I guess they still do). The month I "pulled the plug" on them was when they sent a taxpayer/viewer donation supported program that had a full page ad proclaiming they were proud sponsors of some gay day (or whatever – I forget exactly) in my state. What that had to do with programming apparently was above my pay grade. So that was the end of donating to them for me. I still like a few Public TV shows like The Red Green Show and This Old House, but I just can't support them anymore.
If the Fairness Doctrine is re-instated, will there be conservative viewpoints on NPR? That would be fair, after all.
I'm not holding my breath.
"I wish the churches would emphasize more the kindness"
Yeah, why do we have to hear about sin, hell, damnation, and judgment? What's wrong with these people, Rowan?
"Mercy and truth have met together; Righteousness and peace have kissed"–Psalm 85:10
Because you can't have mercy and peace without truth, righteousness, and justice. They're all flip sides of the same coin. But if you even mention the tough, adult parts like obedience, sacrifice, and accountability; then you're a "hater," a "bigot" or a "fanatic."
The world is supposed to hate Christians. Why is anyone surprised? What's surprising is that it took this long to surface here in America. I'm guessing that Rowan doesn't hate anyone. But hate doesn't always come at you with profanity and threats. Sometimes it comes disguised as a polite, smiling interviewer or an angel of light.
Right. Because if we discuss the man´s wooly theology among ourselves that is just as if we crucified Christ a second time.
Actually, Patricius… had we been there, we probably would have been spitting and cursing Jesus ourselves. Thank God he is a loving God.
I always have to chuckle when I hear that people listen to NPR… I don't believe I've ever listened for more than 5 minutes.
It is true some churches could use friendlier people… well, most churches could probably use some more friendly faces. However, most people are craving truth… and while most certainly God is love, he is also just. I see 'feel-good' sermons on TV and wonder 'when does he get to the point about how God, through Jesus, can (and has!) meet/met your needs.'
You're right, Aquilas… Jesus told us not to be surprised when the world hates us. And, yes, it can be a subtle hate.
a full-page comic.
You are correct, sir… perhaps the point here is that NPR is public funded and there are obviously people in this 'public' that would have liked to see a balanced story; not thrown a bone with a story about a Christian pop group. I went searching on NPR's website and found only 1 story directly relating to Easter (sounds of Easter in America) on Easter Sunday!
So, if we add the stained glass, the Mary Mary, and the murals we have a grand total of 4 stories relating to faith (according to my searches) and only 1 story on Resurrection Sunday itself. So… in 3 days 4 stories aired relating to the Christian faith. Incidentally, I searched on Christian, and two of the same stories (the musical groups and the sounds of Easter) came up for those 3 days. A search on 'Christ' turns up the mural story.
Understand what we're getting at?
As a side note… did you all know that NPR charges for transcripts? No big deal, I guess. Or is it?
best sleep aid on the market.
NPR = Network of the People's Revolution.
While many want to believe Christianity should always be loving and forgiving, it's not ours to judge and punish, they forget the purpose served by criticism and punishment when it leads offenders to rethink their actions and repent. When you don't rebuke an a-hole today so they know you feel wronged, don't you share some responsibility for when they burn later after never realizing they weren't doing what was right?
Maybe if Christians were more violent and riot-prone they'd think twice about letting some old man say he didn't believe in god on the radio
Often these "OMG they're bashing Xtianity; they'd never DARE to that to ISLAM" stories smack more of jealousy than offense.
So how many stories would they have to do to hit their Jesus quota? Ten? Twenty? I see you've mastered the FNC 'research' tactic of googling two words at the same time and reporting the results as if that means something, but isn't it possible that NPR covers a broad range of topics on any given day and there was something that wasn't indexed on the site, or that you missed in your search? Here (http://news.google.com/news?um=1&ned=us&h... is a search for "Easter," which turns up a number of stories from the weekend.
My wife had PBS on Easter Sunday night, and there was a spot on the growth of Atheism and the "persecution" they faced in the christian nation. Stay classy, PBS, stay classy.
I hope you posted this to the Comments section. (Though I'm sure it will be removed immediately.)
Jealous? Of an ideology that teaches that unbelievers who do not wish to convert are to be subdued or killed? Of an ideology that teaches women are like property? Of an ideology that brings nothing but hatred and oppression wherever it goes?
Yeah, right. There's so much to be jealous about.
This reminds me of one of the (many) reasons why I no longer listen to NPR. The bumper music for their religion stories/interviews is "Godless" by the Dandy Warhols. Great song, but playing in that situation is obviously someone's idea of a sly joke.
On the day before Easter, I had an old friend tell me that he wasn't going to church on Easter, that he and his wife had given up on the "myth". These are two people who live and die by the talkingpoints put out by Obama and friends. Before they were regular church goers, ushers, and pretty active in the church. We're not talking fire and brimstone, just Presbyterians (chosen frozen) with a very liberal outlook.
So the new talking point is definitely antiChristian and all these idiots are climbing onboard like lemmings. I think the Dems may have charted some new territory in order to stake a claim against a largely chimeric religious right that they think might be a chink in the armor. It's something to look out for.
Why do christians whine and moan so much? What are they doing listening to NPR? Why do they swear that even if you are a good righteous person you will go to hell if you do not worship "their" god?
Go to church, worship your god and shut your pie hole. And that is not aimed at christians but all religions.
whizbang, why do Christians whine and moan???? Um, I guess we should just cut peoples heads off that disagree with us. The lame-stream-chicken-media can attack Christianity because they can get away with it. How would you feel if whatever your religion you worshipped was under attack (maybe you're an atheist or earth lover, or maybe obama is you god)? Would you shut your pie-hole? Doubt it.
Car Talk. That's the one and only reason to listen to a NPR station.
No pertinent reporting
No papal respect
Not very christian of you, Ray. My point is whining and moan only makes you seem weak. And an easy target. The christian thing to do is to live your life in a righteous manner and ignore the LMM (liberal mass media).
But here is my point. I am sick up and fed with everyone pushing their religion as the only one that could possibly be the right one. Even amount christians the baptist claim to be the only one, as do the catholics, as do the evangelicals (which I believe means go bother your neighbors), as do the witnesses. This all does not seem very christian to me.
I live a moral and righteous life and do not need to be threatened or rewarded by some god to do it. Yet I am told time and time again that my actions are meaningless and only my belief matters. I am amused and do not complain because they know not what they do.
I do not whine about some insignificant radio program.
Go to church, worship your god and shut your pie hole. Not aimed at christians but all religions.
gee Mike, I guess it was just a coincidence that they interview an athiest. You are an idiot.
To decide what is fair, first they have to define what is neutral. Here, we'll do it with 4 line graphs. This point is small government, here's strong military, this one is unimpeded private ownership and use of property, and this is full rights per the Constitution. Now draw the four lines to the left from the starting points, pick the neutral points, and realize the only given is when a conservative speaks that alone requires a rebuttal.
Come to think of it, where are the militant feminists these days? Here's a perfect male-dominated target, and they've vanished!
That sounds like a mighty fine whine to go with that cheese. Will you be taking your own advice, vwhizbang?
*MissQuinn*
Whizbang, you seem sincere, but also very very simple (as in simpleton).
OF COURSE every religion pushes itself as truth, to the exclusion of other religions. That's the entire freaking point you idjit! Even ridiculous groups like Unitarians and Episcopalians, who don't take a strong stand on the existence of God, the divinity of Christ or authority of the bible and syncretically incorporate elements of every faith tradition (or at least every element that would be appealing to your typical Whole Foods shopper) are themselves making an exclusionary claim about the nature of truth. As are atheists such as yourself.
It's true of any ideology. Libertarians push libertarianism, conservatives push conservatism, liberals push idiocy, I mean liberalism. What do socialists push? Now you're getting the hang of it!
You state that you do not "whine about some insignificant radio program" – but at least the whiners here are the ones paying for the damn program they're complaining about – a program that airs nationwide under the auspices of our government.
You, on the other hand, are "whining" about a post on a blog.
So why don't you go to, um … some analog for church for you atheist types (maybe an adult book store?) and um, shut your pie hole.
Not aimed at atheists but all assh*oles!
I guess it didn't bother because I don't look to any media outlet for info about my religion. I just don't see why it's upsetting you guys. NPR covers a lot of topics. I thought this was an interesting story, not an attack on anyone's faith. Not really sure what your point is about the transcripts. Doesn't everyone charge for them? Peace.
Absolutely. And I've heard many of their interviewers do this. I heard Terri Gross interview someone who wrote a really interesting book about brain science and brain injuries caused by IEDs. The man had been in Iraq and had such a brain trauma and the majority of the interview was (rightly) about the science and the effects of living with the condition he had which was interesting. And then in the last five minutes she, very very craftily, tried to get him to air an anti-Bush anti-military, anti-Iraq war stance. He hedged a lot and it was clear he didn't agree with where she was trying to go. But because of the way she asked the questions he was led into answers that made him sound like he was anti-Bush, anti-war, anti-military, when it was clear he had a more nuanced and reasonable critique about the military handling of injuries and treatment, but was not, overall, anti-Bush, or anti-Iraq war. But springing it on him in the last 5 minutes made it impossible for him to develop a nuanced answer. It was really really nasty journalism especially because it all sounded so reasonable.
Thanks for doing this post — more NPR fisking!
Yet another whine about the opposition's media. This is getting really old. For over a year we tried to get support to create a conservative version of NPR and guess what the response was? You would think we were talking about Sasquatch. The conservative establishment's willful cluelessness when it comes to communications is mind boggling. They're like the people who don't understand that freedom of the press only exists for those who actually *own a press.* And why doesn't the Right own a public radio press?
1) "Nobody listens to that crap, it's boring!" Yeah, Arbitron reports 2.3 million republicans listening to public radio every week and what is the Right doing to provide content to those listeners? Nothing.
2) "Hey, we've got Rush, Hannity, Savage, what's the problem?" Ummm if they were enough to save the day, why do we have a Marxist in the Whitehouse? Think a little "surge" might be in order?
3) "But I don't see a profit in doing public radio!" Ok, the Right won't respond to an enemy bent on their destruction unless they can make a profit off their own demise. Doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out who's going to win that one.
4) "We should just de-fund public broadcasting!" Nice excuse to do nothing because it ain't gonna happen and tax money only amounts to 15% of their budget anyway. If you paid for 15% of a new Corvette, wouldn't you wanna come up with some gas money to drive it around once in a while?
5) "Yeah, yeah, that's a great idea, lemme know how it works out!" Translation: "I hope he doesn't find out who my donors are…"
6) "Let's put up a flashy new website instead!" Newsflash for conservatives: The general public lives in RadioLand and TVLand, not InternetLand. Radio and TV first, Internet second.
By the way, if you're disgusted with NPR, do a google search on Amy Goodman who runs the KGB Broadcasting Network. She's on 700+ non-commercial tv/radio stations in 46 out of 50 states. And what is the Right doing to counter this? Nothing because they don't even know she exists. Ever heard of freespeachtv or LinkTV? I didn't think so. The Left spends tens of millions annually on non-commercial propaganda that makes NPR look like the John Birch Society and the Right spends NOTHING.
Until the Right understands that they have a message distribution problem and creates their own non-commercial and commercial media distribution to counter the Left, you can stick a fork in them because they're done.
I normally can't stand NPR, but I have to stick up for Scott Simon, who is a fair man and probably the best interviewer in broadcast media. He is so good because he respects his guests, listens to them, and lets them speak for themselves, just like he allowed Mr. LeCompte to do in this instance. He rarely interjects or imposes his own opinions, rarely argues with his guests. I have often heard Simon interview evangelical Christians, Catholics, orthodox Jews — and even conservatives! — with the same respect he showed Mr. LeCompte. After at least ten years of listening to Scott Simon regularly, I still can't say with confidence where he stands politically.
NPR so often deserves the criticism it gets (not just for being slanted, but also for being so boring and predictable). When they get it right, as Scott Simon does week after week, we should praise them for it.
Not a surprising comment. The world is not a friend to grace to lead us unto God.
Hmmm. Scott Simon's political ideology. That sure is a puzzle.
Here's a hint. What network does he work for?
Need another hint? What rhymes with Lodless Geftist?
For one thing, get your Christian theology right. Jesus is the one who claimed to be God. Either he is or he is not. Go investigate the matter for yourself and come to a conclusion.
And for another thing, who do you think you are to tell us to shut up?
Thank you for the compliment.
Sadly, Elizabethe's statement below proves your last sentence. They don't give up. They just don't give up.
"But here is my point. I am sick up and fed with everyone pushing their religion as the only one that could possibly be the right one. "
1. And yet here you are, doing the same thing – saying that no religion is the right way.
2. Go argue with Jesus about his claims.
3. And go talk to any religion, since they claim to be the only one that's right. What matters is which one has the sufficient evidence on their side.
4. YOU in your hatred of religion in general and Christians in particular also claim to be right. And therefore I am sick of and fed up with people like you telling me to go worship my god and shut my pie hole.
I will not. Take your intolerance and hatred elsewhere. You will be called on it here.
If only each of you folks who voiced your disapproval of NPR here, would write to your legislators in Congress to halt the funding of NPR, perhaps that left wing propaganda tool (that we are all paying for) would finally be taken off the air.
Aside from the fact that you're obviously ignorant of what Christianity teaches, as opposed to what some individual Christians may think or say, I'd be wasting my time trying to present facts to an emotional driven whiner like you. Cut back on the estrogen.
I've been listening to NPR for years while I work. That the Good Lord it's followed by Rush Limbaugh! It takes at least an hour and a half of Rush to wash the ugly taste of NPR out of my head.
NPR has always been to the left, but for years I didn't think it was intentional, I guess I assumed it was because due to their biases, the writers, producers and reporters couldn't get decent paying jobs with a real news outfit, so they just gravitated to state jobs.
But as far back as the 2004 Presidential election, they threw off any pretense of reporting. They proved themselves to be schills for the left. During the last Presidential campaign, they did everything but report any one who disagrees with them should leave the country.
Now the transformation is complete. The Obama administration throws out a lie, NPR repeats it, as if by coming from the President, that's all the proof of truth they need. Anyone who would question anything coming from the left, is by definition, insane, a lunatic, and probably hoarding guns and chemicals for agri-bombs.
In the last couple of weeks I've heard at least two verifiable lies spouted by the Obama administrations. They were even caught – though the MSM spun it as gaffes, and NPR ever the lap dog, regurgitated it, as if it were scripture.
For years I've heard those on the left shriek with horror at the so-called "right wing attack machine." I've yet to see any proof that entity exists, but there is a "left wing attack machine." It's called the main stream media.
This is so well stated. I also used to listen to NPR at work. I loved it mainly for the coverage on music, movies, TV, books, etc. I also enjoyed listening to interviews with all sorts of fascinating people.
I've never been a political type person. I was very ignorant of the bias that is in the media and places like NPR. I just didn't realize it or pay much attention for many years. After 2004 and especially now after 2008 they don't even try to hide their views anymore. It's propaganda, pure and simple.
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