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    I like Prairie Home Companion and Wait Wait Don't Tell Me and Science Friday.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Irving View Post
    I like Prairie Home Companion and Wait Wait Don't Tell Me and Science Friday.
    NO YOU DON'T!

    but seriously, those shows are entertaining, I'm talking when they try to get serious about politics or news.

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    I listen to NPR every single day for hours at a time. I often get angry with them, but I prefer the constant news feed over the talking heads of talk radio. Plus I'd rather have to deal with changing the station for a week during pledge drives than the terrible commercials on AM talk radio.
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    I don't think anyone can deny that the NPR has become the spokesperson for the liberal left.

    However....

    This video only shows ones side of the conversation and focuses in on badmouthing of republicans. In order to be genuinely fair and unbiased we should have access to the entire interview.

    It's very easy to prove a point by using half truths (see Michael Moore).To see the real truth we need to see unedited footage of the conversation that took place.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Irving View Post
    I like Prairie Home Companion and Wait Wait Don't Tell Me and Science Friday.
    I can't STAND Garrison Keillor ... he comes off to me as a condescending elitist/leftist schmuck ... like he sees "common folk" as an odd curiosity to be lampooned and profited from (and ultimately controlled by urbane elites like himself).

    Wait Wait Don't Tell Me is more obvious in its leftist politics ... but I find it much more enjoyable (same with Car Talk).

    But frankly all these shows on NPR and PBS that people actually like will draw sponsor dollars and keep these media outlets afloat so they don't really NEED to steal money from me to fund the ones I don't like.
    Modern liberalism is based on the idea that reality is obligated to conform to one's beliefs because; "I have the right to believe whatever I want".

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    "Every time something really bad happens, people cry out for safety, and the government answers by taking rights away from good people."
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    A World Without Guns <- Great Read!

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    Here is an article: I guess the guy that resigned yesterday, was already leaving for a job, back in his home town in Colorado.


    http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/...hiller-resigns
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    Quote Originally Posted by Zundfolge View Post
    I can't STAND Garrison Keillor ... he comes off to me as a condescending elitist/leftist schmuck ... like he sees "common folk" as an odd curiosity to be lampooned and profited from (and ultimately controlled by urbane elites like himself).
    Is he the Prairie Home Companion guy? I can see what you mean, but I always kind of assumed that he came from a kind of rural background, since he is always talking about Lake Wobegone, MI. I assume that is a made up place.

    A few weeks ago, he did one of his Guy Noir skits that slammed all of NPR, Al Gore, the Left, and the Environmentalist movement. It was totally awesome and I tried to find it to post on here, but had no luck.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Irving View Post
    Is he the Prairie Home Companion guy? I can see what you mean, but I always kind of assumed that he came from a kind of rural background, since he is always talking about Lake Wobegone, MI. I assume that is a made up place.

    A few weeks ago, he did one of his Guy Noir skits that slammed all of NPR, Al Gore, the Left, and the Environmentalist movement. It was totally awesome and I tried to find it to post on here, but had no luck.
    He's rural (and liberal) just like Ben & Jerry.

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