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WGBH=Whacked Good, Boston Herald
Our feisty local tabloid has found the perfect target: Brie-eating, Chardonnay-sipping, taxpayer-dollar-sucking public television. As in, local public broadcaster WGBH. Yesterday’s Boston Herald front page: Today’s addition: Your tax dollars turn on WGBH The flagship of public television, WGBH — … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Herald, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Howie Carr, liberal bias, NPR, PBS, WGBH
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WSJ NOT The Assignment Desk For NPR
Yesterday the hardworking staff wondered if there was any relationship between the Wall Street Journal’s Weekend Interview with Paul Johnson and a segment on Weekend All Things Considered, since both compared the current Middle East uprisings with the widespread European … Continue reading
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Tagged 1848 revolutions, All Things Considered, Guy Raz, Middle East, NPR, Paul Johnson, Wall Street Journal
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WSJ The Assignment Desk For NPR?
From the Wall Street Journal Weekend Interview with British historian Paul Johnson: Mr. Johnson says he doesn’t follow politics closely anymore, but he quickly warms to the subject of the Middle East. The rash of uprisings across the Arab world … Continue reading
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Tagged 1848, All Things Considered, Guy Raz, Jonathan Sperber, Middle East, NPR, Paul Johnson, revolution, Wall Street Journal
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Public/Private Sector Compensation Bakeoff (Manhattan Institute Edition)
Two days ago, splendid reader Steve Stein asked for some statistics to back up this claim made on NPR by a Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute (and noted by the hardworking staff). Mr. E.J. McMAHON (Manhattan Institute): I think … Continue reading
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Tagged E.J. McMahon, Kasia Zabawa, Manhattan Institute, NPR, Steve Stein
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Public/Private Sector Compensation Bakeoff (NPR Edition)
More slop from the debate over who makes better money: public sector or private sector workers. (Previous hardworking staff notes here and here.) From Dan Bobkoff’s piece on Friday’s All Things Considered: [I]s it true that many government workers have … Continue reading
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Tagged All Things Considered, compensation, NPR, private sector, public sector
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NPR And NYT Go Underground
The New York Times and NPR’s “All Things Considered” got cozy on Sunday with his ‘n’ her pieces on “the City’s Subterranean Wilderness.” Times reporter Alan Feuer’s lede: IT must have been the third or fourth day — time, by … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Feuer, ATC, Erling Kagge, Jacki Lyden, New York Times, New York Underground, NPR, Steve Duncan
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Public Broadcosting
First it was NPR sacking Wan (at the sight of Muslims) Williams for no apparent reason except NPR execs are a bunch of rabbits. (Apologies to rabbits everywhere.) To summarize: NPR=Not Particularly Rational. Now PBS has Texas-Chainsaw-Edited Tina Fey’s acceptance … Continue reading
First Amendment Things First
The Juan Williams/NPR rumpus has turned into a tempest in a Tea Potty, with innumerable conservatives claiming that the public broadcast network has violated Williams’ First Amendment right to free speech. Except it hasn’t. Handy First Amendment refresher course: Congress … Continue reading
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Tagged First Amendment, Juan Williams, New York Times, NPR, tempest in a Tea Potty
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Boston Herald’s NPR Headline Not Precisely Right
Saturday’s Boston Herald features this piece: NPR official admits fault in firing National Public Radio’s ombudswoman admitted the nonprofit botched the firing of Juan Williams for his remarks about Muslims making him nervous on planes, but the firestorm around the longtime … Continue reading
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Tagged Alicia Shepard, Boston Herald, Juan Williams, NPR, Ombudsman
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Free The Textbook 101
The cost of college textbooks is high on the radar screen of the Elite Mainstream Media lately, probably because Elite Mainstream Journalists have a lot of college-age kids. From Sunday’s New York Times: $200 Textbook vs. Free. You Do the … Continue reading
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