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Defending My Rich Man's Dump

Linda Keenan | Posted 07.07.2008 | Green

Read More: Environment, Recycling, National Public Radio, Dumpster Diving, Wellesley Massachusetts, Junk Recycling, Garage Sales, Take It or Leave It, Green News

NPR's portrait of Wellesley, MA's "Take it or Leave it" center was incomplete. No wonder angry listeners focused on trashing the rich instead of praising efforts to recycle.

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Obama - Is Oregon the Bellwether for the Nation or Just a Bunch of Latte Liberals?

Thom Hartmann | Posted 05.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Kari Chisholm, Liberal Stereotypes, Barack Obama Oregon, National Public Radio, Thom Hartmann, Radio Station, Oregon Primary, Barack Obama, Obama Oregon, Oregon, Politics News

Referring to Oregon as a largely white but affluent state is about as incorrect as you could possibly get. And the subtext to this in my mind is, frankly, racist. They're back to using the old pejorative definition of the term "liberal."

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The Military Analyst Scandal Dies -- Even on NPR?

Harry Shearer | Posted 05.08.2008 | Media

Read More: Military Analysts, Journalism, Npr, National Public Radio, New York Times, Pentagon Propaganda, Media News

Maybe we're not surprised anymore when hidden motives paraded before us are ignored by the corporate media. Have we also moved beyond public radio being held to a higher standard?

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Don't Be A Whiner

Giles Slade | Posted 05.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hbo, Library of Congress, Al Gore, Cnn, National Public Radio, Harvard University Press, Recession, Hillary Clinton, Walt Whitman, Darth Vader, Super Delegates, Reverend Wright, Barack Obama, Steve Nash, Olympics, Politics News

Superdelegates are defecting. Maybe I know how Hillary feels. The "critical success" of my last book left my family broke and tired. My publisher mad...

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You're Listening to NPR: National Pentagon Radio

Norman Solomon | Posted 03.27.2008 | Media

Read More: Robert Siegel, Pentagon, National Public Radio, War, Npr, News Media, Iraq, Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Journalism, War Coverage, Media News

When it comes to politics and war, the range of perspectives on National Public Radio isn't any wider than what we encounter on the avowedly commercial networks.

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Ken Stern, NPR CEO, Steps Down After Clash With Board

AP | Posted 03.06.2008 | Media

Read More: Ken Stern NPR, NPR Boss Leaves, NPR Boss Quits, NPR Boss, Ken Stern, Npr, National Public Radio, Media News

WASHINGTON — National Public Radio's chief executive is stepping down, the network's board of directors announced Thursday. Ken Stern, who spen...

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PRI's 'Fair Game' Brings You The McLaughlin Group Mashup

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Npr, John McLaughlin, National Public Radio, Mash-Up, McLaughlin Group, Andrew WK, Fresh Air, Politics News

Something I've learned from the talkback I've received from the Sunday Morning LiveBlogs is that a lot of you love some McLaughlin Group. And it's ea...

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Bloggers Go To Bat For Obama

Eric Boehlert | Posted 03.04.2008 | Media

Read More: Msnbc, Blogs, USA Today, National Public Radio, Breaking Campaign News, Fire Dog Lake, AOL News, Associated Press, Fox News, Nedra Pickler, Barack Obama, Jane Hamser, Breaking Media News, Daily Kos, Americablog, Media News

Nearly 15,000 protest letters sent in just a matter of days in response to a single AP news article? That could mark the dawn of a new era in progressive media activism.

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Radio, Radio

Paul Nair | Posted 03.04.2008 | Media

Read More: Satellite Radio, Npr, XM Satellite, National Public Radio, Sirius, Clear Channel, Radio, College Radio, North Carolina, Xm, Media News

I've found myself temporarily living back in my native North Carolina for a month. I've been spending hours a day it seems behind the wheel. And what is driving without the radio?

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Bill Clinton Is Right About the Campaign Coverage

Eric Boehlert | Posted 12.19.2007 | Media

Read More: Media Criticism, Matt Drudge, Robin Givhan, Cbs, Steve Adubato, Msnbc, Media Matters for America, New Hampshire, John Edwards, Vince Foster, Paul Krugman, Washington Post, Newsweek, Bill Clinton, Abc, Time, Charlie Rose, National Public Radio, Pbs, Nbc, Harvard's Center for Public Leadership National Leadership Index, Chris Matthews, Barack Obama, Mark Halperin, Time.com, Cnn, Iowa, Breaking Politics News, The Note, New York Times, Fox News, Hillary Clinton, The Page, Whitewater, Media News

I'm almost nostalgic for the days when the press paid too much attention to campaign consultants since at least those dispatches had some substance to them.

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What If You Gave A Debate On NPR And Nobody Liveblogged It?

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 12.05.2007 | Politics

Read More: National Public Radio, Dennis Kucinich, Joe Biden, Democratic Debates, John Edwards, Chris Dodd, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Mike Gravel, Politics News

Did you miss it? That's too bad! Mike Gravel was there! Here's what happened.

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Will Someone Please Tell Kaiser Permanente to Shut Up?

Doug Bremner | Posted 11.12.2007 | Media

Read More: Mcdonalds, Npr, Calcium Supplments, National Public Radio, Media Bias, Kaiser Permanente, Advertising, Vitamin D Supplements, Media News

Laugh at what stupid public service announcements Kaiser is putting on the radio.

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NPR Turns Down Bush Interview

Washington Post | Howard Kurtz | Posted 09.26.2007 | Media

Read More: Bush Interview, White House, National Public Radio, NPR Rejects Interview, Media News

The White House reached out to National Public Radio over the weekend, offering analyst Juan Williams a presidential interview to mark yesterday's 50t...

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