NPR insults Bernie supporters.

[leftcoastmountains]

No I haven't listened to the radio segment but look at the comments below.
Bernie supporters attack!! Bernie doesn't have to attack we will!

http://www.npr.org/2015/09/02/436966658/biden-fuels-speculation-of-presidential-run-with-college-affordability-speech#commentBlock

[still_one]

1. NPR is not what it used to be. NPR also made false allegations against Bernie saying "he had dual

citizenship with Israel", which was a lie, even after he corrected them multiple times. The next day an apology was issued.

[merrily]

6. Diane Rehm. On another show, she claimed he said "ALL Lives Matter." Hillary and O'Malley said it.

Bernie did not, yet he's the only one she claimed said it.

Career

Rehm began her radio career in 1973[4] as a volunteer for WAMU's The Home Show. In 1979, she took over as the host of WAMU's morning talk show, Kaleidoscope, which was renamed The Diane Rehm Show in 1984.

Rehm has interviewed many political and cultural figures, including John McCain, Barack Obama, Madeleine Albright, and others. She has said that her most touching interview was with Fred Rogers of the PBS program Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, conducted just before his death.[4] Rehm considers her interviews with Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton to have been "amazing experiences."[5]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diane_Rehm

[erronis]

16. I've been a longtime admirer of Diane Rehm and her show, but I think she is no longer

The person she was 10 or 20 years ago.

I've listened to her telling heads-of-state to be quiet and answer the questions that she posed.

Perhaps the frequent botox injections she's had for her vocal cord issues have caused some other problems.

Of course, WAMU has been beset by partisan politics from the beltway crowd, as has NPR and PBS. After living so close to that DC bubble, even a level-headed person like Diane can lose her way. Sorry to see her go.

Anyone else remember what they did to Bob Edwards?

[merrily]

22. Something is very off.

[rusty quoin]

34. I think their wings have been clipped during the Bush years.

I stopped listening but every once in awhile I will hear a comment from a once brave reporter that makes me cringe. They want to keeps their jobs at the expense of obvious truth.

Diane did great Friday shows though the early to mid 2000s. Terry Gross has always been great. I have listened to her starting in the 80s.

Public radio and TV use to be great. I remember the battles in the Gingrich congress to bring it down. It didn't matter how rational the arguments from witnesses were, the thing was that the republican house was going to bring it down.

[glinda]

36. Conservatives always apologize when no one is listening.

[malokvale77]

2. As I read those comments...

That Tony Tig song was playing in my brain. LOL

Feel The Bern, indeed.

[Wellstone ruled]

3. With the Koch Foundation Funding much of their programing,

right on cue.

[cascadiance]

54. Yep! And Koch brothers along with the Clintons also helped build up the DLC in the Democratic Party

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/07/12/1223137/-PBS-And-NPR-Subsidiaries-Of-Koch-Industries

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x498414

The Koch brothers spending a billion on this election and now the NPR and the DLC have been bought up all adds up to a tidy sum of "bought and paid for!"

People need to move off of NPR to other radio sources that put on shows like Democracy Now instead if they haven't already.

[sabrina 1]

57. Good information to have. It certainly explains why we are hearing and seeing the same talking

points show up here and elsewhere. Bernie supporters being so 'evil' eg. They are getting sloppy, their talking points so easy to see now.

Should expose them every time they show up and keep the conversation on what they want least, the ISSUES.

[Le Taz Hot]

4. Mara Liasson

used to work for Faux Nooz. Any questions?

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

10. She still does. She's a far right-wingnut.

[Le Taz Hot]

12. Great.

NPR hasn't been NPR for quite a number of years now. I rarely listen anymore.

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

19. I would listen to Goodman, but NEVER waste my time with Mara Liarson

[MoveIt]

39. To be clear, Amy Goodman is only associated with the Pacifica Radio Foundation

Some of the local NPR stations may carry Pacifica's 'Democracy Now' but Amy Goodman or Pacifica is not by any means affiliated with NPR.

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

47. Well, I hear her on NPR. That's all I was saying.

Regardless, my point was to never listen to the right-wing wind-bag Mara Liarsin.

[MoveIt]

48. Agreed, Resolved

Mara Liason is one of the smarmiest over there. I can't listen to any of the news related NPR flagship shows anymore, they play way too stupid and do the he-said she-said game with republicans and smear anyone or thing even vaguely liberal.

[merrily]

5. Hillary is running against herself? How dishonest is that horseshit?

All my life, even before I knew about the NSA, I worked to keep a low profile. Must have been instinct. Now, I'm registering for one website and social media outlet after another to support Bernie. Sigh.

[leftcoastmountains]

7. merrily

Ditto here...

[merrily]

8. .

[BeanMusical]

31. That poster have a very familiar style.

Just saying.

[BeanMusical]

30. You look familiar...

[bvf]

9. I caught that too.

I mean, WTF?

From now on, I listen to NPR for TED Talks, PHC reruns, and the occasional game show (excluding Ask Me Another, a relatively recent arrival which, IMHO, is lame as all get-out).

I'll stick with DU henceforth for pointers to news on Sanders.

[erronis]

18. I also use DU as a replacement for NPR. While biased we all get called out for egregiousness.

Unlike the pundits on NPR. When this all started in the 70s(?) the staff was being paid 20-30K per year (my guess.) Now I'm believing that the "stars" get 80K+ but the reporting has not improved.

[Eleanors38]

53. It's happened before.

[bvf]

56. Oh, I know!

Just didn't feel like getting into laundry lists.

I've been wincing quite a bit for a long time about this thing or that I've heard on NPR, but it's reached critical mass lately, seems to me.

[Eleanors38]

58. Nothing like the BBC announcer who described Sanders as...

"Fringe," and on the "far left" in a routine dismissal. Heard on NPR.

[bvf]

59. I know who you're talking about.

I hope like hell he doesn't infiltrate Science Friday, because I still allow myself that, too, and it's just coming on here.

Oh, and Fresh Air, even if it's a retread.

[Eleanors38]

60. NPR's Ombudsperson had to respond to the same criticism on Aug 7th.

[left-of-center2012]

11. Hillary is running against herself?

And she's falling in the polls.

[merrily]

14. Well, they say she's a formidable competitor. I guess that proves it.

[daleanime]

21. ......

[bvar22]

50. I was laughing at that too.

"Hillary Clinton is only running against herself"...NPR

Its going to be really embarrassing when she comes in 2nd in a race against herself.

[Ed Suspicious]

51. lulz

[RoccoR5955]

13. I would expect no less from National Petroleum Radio

Yes, they changed their name. NPR, formerly National PUBLIC Radio, has become National PETROLEUM Radio, with funding from fracking companies, the Koch Brothers, and Exxon-Mobil. Listen to the breaks between the shows, and you will know that I tell no lies!

[merrily]

15. If anyone should be raving about Bernie's PAC-free campaign, it should be national public radio and

the public broadcasting network. One would think.

[Enthusiast]

45. One would think.

[aidbo]

24. Same stuff happens on TV

I love NOVA. Always great science programming. But I started seeing these "sponsored by the David H. Koch Foundation" ads before an episode.

Now I watch it online with Adblock.

[merrily]

32. Yes, but the influence of the Koch money is going to be in the program content anyway.

Another example of how right wing money builds right wing bias into a PBS show:

Washington Week in Review was first broadcast on 23 February 1967 on National Educational Television, making it the longest running show of its type on PBS. Since 1970, Washington Week has used a panel discussion format, moderated by a host. Gwen Ifill has been the host since Ken Bode was fired in 1999.[1] Ifill shortened the name when she took over, as a sign that "the show would spend more time looking forward".[2] In 2006, Washington Week made an agreement with National Journal which ensures that at least one National Journal reporter is on the show.[3]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Week

I stopped donating to PBS after Bill Moyers Journal had to scramble for money.

[glinda]

37. Perfect name for them now.

[mak3cats]

17. This OP was alerted on (WTF??)

(I think it's OK to do this?)

I would be Juror #6...

On Wed Sep 2, 2015, 09:09 PM an alert was sent on the following post:

NPR insults Bernie supporters.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/128045874

REASON FOR ALERT

This post is disruptive, hurtful, rude, insensitive, over-the-top, or otherwise inappropriate.

ALERTER'S COMMENTS

This is an obvious troll attempting to sew discord.

You served on a randomly-selected Jury of DU members which reviewed this post. The review was completed at Wed Sep 2, 2015, 09:17 PM, and the Jury voted 1-6 to LEAVE IT.

Juror #1 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: Doesn't seem offensive to me. Leave
Juror #2 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: No explanation given
Juror #3 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: No explanation given
Juror #4 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: We don't need trolls to start our discord. This does not seem worse than much of our Democrat-on-Democrat tussles.
Juror #5 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: No explanation given
Juror #6 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: I'm more inclined to give the benefit of the doubt to someone posting several positive items in support of Bernie than to someone who can't spell "sow" correctly.
Juror #7 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: No explanation given

Thank you very much for participating in our Jury system, and we hope you will be able to participate again in the future.

[Le Taz Hot]

20. Somebody voted to HIDE?

Oy vey!

[merrily]

33. Protecting a Fox New correspondent on NPR from criticism for dishonest reporting about

the Democratic Primary must be a high priority.

[MoveIt]

41. somebody knows who is alerting for npr

it aint us.

[Enthusiast]

44. Incredible.

[merrily]

25. Bernie Supporters sewing discord by supporting Bernie in the Sanders Group keep me in stitches!

Gee, I just can't imagine who that alerter was.

[merrily]

26. It sure should be OK. Jury results are posted everywhere else on the board.

[leftcoastmountains]

38. I got called out for this post?

I realized it was a bit inflammatory but not by much. Basically I was going after NPR.
But this is all new to me.

[merrily]

46. The post was NOT alert-worthy and the jury saw that.

NOTHING was wrong with your post and it helped Bernie. Do not be intimidated by pathetic alert stalkers.

[zeemike]

40. Yes it is OK to do that

In fact it is appreciated by many of us.

Sunlight is the best disinfectant.

[Jack Rabbit]

27. That was pretty disgusting

Say the name "Mara Liasson" and all I think is "Bush shill" for the way she dismissed all criticism of Bush and the way he "eon" the presidency during the run up to the Iraq war. She was Fox News on NPR. I have never forgiven her for that.

For those who didn't listen to it, don't. She didn't once mention Senator Sanders by name and even said that Biden's candidacy would be good for the paety because "rank-and-file Democrats don't want a coronation" and "right now, Hillary Clinton is basically running against herself."

Mara Liasson isn't even being dismissive. She's pretending, as she always has, that anti-establishmentarianism simply does not exist.

[fredamae]

28. Hang on folks

"It" isn't even really started yet. Brace yourselves for a Hellava lot more and a lot Worse. GOP/Corps/Corp Dems (leadership/PAB) are appearing more against Bernie (and progs) So, Hang on..........
I'm ready.

Ignore the baiting and needling and respond to the serious debates with the facts. Steady hands and sharp, focused minds at the wheel ...

[world wide wally]

29. In case you're interested, NPR spends more time advertising

(in their case, badgering people for money) than any typical FM station.I noticed that even here in Colorado Springs, their pledge drives now go on for at least 3 weeks. They used to doit in a little over 1 week. They depend on Koch more than most stations, and their political slant shows it.

[crim son]

35. I heard the story this afternoon and was sickened by the omission

so I am thrilled to read the comments and to add my own.

[Duppers]

42. When I just happened to catch this on the car radio,

I was thinking "wonder if any DUers are listening to this shit." Apparently many in the public are as pissed and appalled as I am.

Thanks for this thread, LCM.

[Enthusiast]

43. Boycott NPR. This is by design.

[dougolat]

49. Done, thanks

Fox roots showing, again!

[Eleanors38]

52. This is becoming de rigueur at NPR.

[left-of-center2012]

55. The pro-Iraq War, anti-same-sex marriahe Hillary

Against the new and improved 2015-2016 model?