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NPR Anchor Doesn’t Know Boston
All Things Considered’s Independence Day edition featured an excellent piece about The Songs That Make You Proud Of Your Country. (No surprise, The Boss was the boss of them all, with not just “Born in the USA” but “Rosalita” as … Continue reading
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Tagged 1983 NBA All Star Game, ATC, Marvin Gaye, Michele Norris, NPR, Star Spangled Banner
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NPR = ‘Nvestigative Public Radio
Tuesday was a banner day for investigative reports on NPR. Start with Morning Edition’s major takeout on the 2005 Congressional mandate that dollar coins be issued with the image of every U.S. president: $1 Billion That Nobody Wants Politicians in … Continue reading
Jacoby: ‘Don’t Know Much About History’ . . . Of National History Tests
Boston Globe columnist Jeff Jacoby’s latest piece joins the legion of those lamenting the historical illiteracy of America’s youth: WHEN THE Department of Education last week released the results of the latest National Assessment of Educational Progress — “the Nation’s Report Card’’ — the … Continue reading
Did NPR & PRI Rip Off WSJ?
It’s not a rhetorical question. It’s a real question. Here’s the Wall Street Journal’s A-Hed on Wednesday: Talking Basketball, in Spanish, Is Definitely No Slam Dunk ‘Donquear’ Would Be Spanglish; Covering the NBA Finals for Latino Fans MIAMI—Broadcasters covering the … Continue reading
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Tagged A-Hed, All Things Considered, Edward Schumacher-Matos, NBA, NPR, NPR Ombudsman, PRI, Spanglish, The World, Wall Street Journal, Xerox journalism
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Steve Inskeep Nails Jell-O To The Wall
In the wake of On the Media‘s Sisyphean effort to debunk the charge that NPR’s news coverage has a liberal bias, Morning Edition co-host Steve Inskeep ventured into the lion’s den – the Wall Street Journal op-ed page – to … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill O'Reilly, James O'Keefe, NPR, On the Media, Sarah Palindrones, Steve Inskeep, Wall Street Journal
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‘On The Media’ Nails Jell-O To The Wall
(Fun fact to know and tell: When asked why there’s a hyphen in Jell-O, the great Fred Allen said, “That’s where the banana goes.”) When we last left On the Media, NPR uber-personality Ira Glass had tasked the show with … Continue reading
Why NPR Should Stand For ‘No Precipitous Response’
Did NPR drop the hammer too quickly on vanquished CEO Vivian Schiller, who was scuttled in the immediate wake of the National Punked Radio sting by the pimplicious James O’Keefe? Good question, now that strange bedfellows Glenn Beck and NPR … Continue reading
‘On the Media’ Ramps Up NPR Rumpus
From our Chasing Your Own Tail desk: Big J journalism hall monitor On the Media addressed, as it should have, the current woes of NPR (National Pander Radio), whose chief fundraiser got caught sucking up to some phony Muslim contributors, … Continue reading
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WSJ’s NPR Commenters Nail Jell-O To The Wall
NPR anchor Steve Inskeep’s Wall Street Journal op-ed last week defending NPR against charges of liberal bias has thus far drawn numerous Letters to the Editor and even more Web comments (919 by last count). Representative sample: William Ledsham wrote: … Continue reading →