Steve Inskeep, who certain NPR diehards will never forgive for replacing the sainted Bob Edwards on "Morning Edition" (some of the critics, who also like to claim that NPR has "dumbed down," refer to "ME" sarcastically as "Inskeep & Co."), proclaims in Rupert's WSJ that his net is (ahem) fair and balanced, while around 500 comments to the article testify that he's not changing anyone's minds:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704050204576218543378702266.html?mod=djkeyword Of course, I believe that as what Paul said yesterday about MSNBC outside of Rachel and Ed, what NPR more reflects is "Beltway thinking" or "official Washington" more than any particular political view--and that's been true ever since Frank Mankewicz (the man who said that "Prairie Home Companion" would not be understood by anyone outside of Minnesota) was net president during the financial crisis of the early 80s. For the far right, that's too center for their taste (and they don't like the fact that to them NPR voices are all female, effeminate- sounding men or people with accents, not like those "real men who sound like everyday Americans" Bill O'Reilly, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and Michael Savage). And to the far left, like the Urbana, IL librarian who writes the NPR-sucks blog NPR Check while he worships St. Amy Goodman, "Beltway thinking" is another way of saying "conservatism," "pro-government" (or, to put it more truthfully, "pro- Pentagon") and "corporatist"--meanwhile, they never suggest an alternative to "corporatism," which makes it sound like they want Soviet-style Communism. -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
