E.J. Dionne's Proof NPR Isn't Liberal: They Have 'Conservatives' Like David Brooks On
The Washington Post's E.J. Dionne said Sunday that NPR is one of the best news organizations in the world and challenged anyone to find evidence the radio network is the slightest bit liberally biased.
To prove his claim, Dionne hysterically pointed out to his fellow "Meet the Press" panelists that whenever he's on NPR, he's often countered by "conservatives" - like New York Times columnist David Brooks (video follows with transcript and commentary):
E.J. DIONNE, WASHINGTON POST: See, I think there are two issues here. The first issue is, NPR is quite simply one of the best news organizations in the world, and anybody who thinks that they are liberal biased, I challenge them to do what a student of mine once did at Georgetown, take a week of transcripts, take a month of transcripts and examine it for political bias. You're not going to find it. Fox News, on the other hand, is a Republican propaganda network that put into circulation the false idea that Obama went to--President Obama went to a madrassa, and they stoked the tea party. They stoked, not the tea party movement, but the death panels. That's on the one side. On the other side, I think NPR made a mistake in the way they handled this. I was a member of a union for a long time. I think employees, contract employees included, deserve some respect. What they should've said is sat Juan Williams down, he's done a lot of good work for them, and say, "Look, you have a choice here. Look at the context you were on with O'Reilly. You could barely get your points out in the middle of the propaganda. Do you want to work for Fox, that's OK, but--or you want to work for us, that's OK. But you've got to decide," if I may use Fox's slogan. They should have handled it that way. But this should not be used to run a smear campaign against NPR.
Two minutes later, Dionne offered proof NPR isn't liberally biased:
DIONNE: Should I just say, David and I argue politics on NPR all the time. So I should disclose that. And I would note, I'm a liberal. I'm always countered by David or somebody more conservative than David.
HAROLD FORD, FORMER TENNESSEE CONGRESSMAN (D): Is that possible?
DIONNE: Thank God it is.
And there it is. NPR isn't liberally biased because it uses "conservatives" like Brooks to counter liberals like Dionne.
Of course, calling Brooks a conservative is like calling an ox a bull: he's thankful for the honor, but would prefer to have back what's rightfully his.
More humorously, Brooks doesn't even consider himself conservative. When I interviewed him at the Republican National Convention in 2008, he told me he's a right-leaning moderate.
Yet he and other moderate-righties like him are what NPR and PBS have on to counter the far-left leaning views of folks like Dionne.
And this is what they call balance.
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Stunning
Submitted by cobokat on Sun, 10/24/2010 - 6:54pm.
I watched this today in total disbelief!! The fact that no one on the panel even challenged him was even more shocking! These liberal political pundits must think we're all stupid. Didn't EJ get the Nina Totenberg memo??!! No wonder David Gregory's ratings are down. Of course This Week on ABC was no better.
I saw it this morning and chuckled
Submitted by Galvanic on Sun, 10/24/2010 - 7:16pm.
Of course Dionne thinks Brooks is a conservative. The New York Times says so.
As for your assessment of liberal pundits -- Yes, they do think we'll all stupid.
And in upcoming weeks, watch for Juan Williams to get invited as a guest panelist to sympathetic MSM shows as a "centrist."
And "conservatives" like
Submitted by motherbelt on Sun, 10/24/2010 - 9:57pm.
And "conservatives" like David Brooks are the ONLY kind that NPR (and the NYT) will tolerate.
Ox?
Submitted by SATerp on Sun, 10/24/2010 - 7:08pm.
"...like calling an ox a bull: he's thankful for the honor, but would prefer to have back what's rightfully his." I think you mean 'steer' for 'ox', but your point is certainly apt!Terp
Submitted by Noel Sheppard on Sun, 10/24/2010 - 9:53pm.
Terp,
It's actually a quote from the movie 1776 attributed to Ben Franklin. If you know the difference between an ox and a bull, you'll get the joke. ns
It's all a matter of
Submitted by Jer on Sun, 10/24/2010 - 7:18pm.
It's all a matter of perspective, Noel. While you and the average NB conservative consider Dionne a "far left" pundit and Brooks a centrist or "right-leaning moderate", the majority of your counterparts on the left view Brooks as a "conservative" and Dionne as a "left-leaning moderate".
Jer
First time I saw EJ on tv...
Submitted by notinstl on Sun, 10/24/2010 - 9:11pm.
I didn't know who he was, but have read some of this crap on realclearpoltics.com. I actually came back into the room to see who was spouting this nonsense and was amazed that noone batted at eye....it's nice to finally put a face with the garbage he writes......totally understand now.
Brooks is a conservative and
Submitted by celator on Sun, 10/24/2010 - 7:48pm.
Brooks is a conservative and elephants really do fly.
EJ....You've been intellectually asleep for at least 20 years, and 1968 is over and is not coming back. Really,
Williams Is More Conservative than Brooks
Submitted by libBuster on Sun, 10/24/2010 - 7:52pm.
Juan Williams may be more conservative than Brooks. And Williams is a liberal.
That's a great point.
Submitted by celator on Sun, 10/24/2010 - 8:01pm.
That's a great point.
So Dionne doesn't even teach
Submitted by snaggletoothie on Sun, 10/24/2010 - 7:51pm.
So Dionne doesn't even teach well enough for his students to be able to identify liberal bias. He is stupid enough to brag about his obvious shortcomings.
Actually...
Submitted by mrbuddhafreak on Sun, 10/24/2010 - 8:02pm.
I think the fact is that his students can recognize HIS liberal bias and write their papers to scores points (marks) with him. That's the positive spin. The negative spin is that they are already indoctrinated enough to agree with him and they just go from there.
The majority of ALL counterparts are on the left
Submitted by Tomorama on Sun, 10/24/2010 - 7:54pm.
the majority of your counterparts on the left view Brooks as a "conservative" and Dionne as a "left-leaning moderate". We'll shit Jer, if they consider them that, they must be correct in your little myopic world. Those same geniuses say that Juan is a Conservative. I'd say consider the "sources", but then that wouldn't matter would it.I can't remember the last time Brooks stated anything that was remotely conservative or FOR conservative's viewpoint.
Yeah, David Brooks and
Submitted by Van Halen on Sun, 10/24/2010 - 8:31pm.
Conservative like David Brooks and Kathleen Parker and Arnold Schwartzenegger and John McCain and...
Liberals don't know conservative
Submitted by pbthinker on Sun, 10/24/2010 - 10:11pm.
Anyone who believes that David Brooks is anything more than Conservative Lite, has no clue what a Conservative is. The Washington Post hires a Conservative for a blog, who ends up with a liberal bunch on Journolist. They hire another conservative Kathleen Parker, who has tried, since her arrival at the Post, to show that she has a lot of respect for David Brooks.
I doubt there will ever be a drive to understand conservative thought so we'll just have to deal with the almost-conservatives being the spokesmen for conservatives, to liberals.
NYT Conservative
Submitted by m1xram on Sun, 10/24/2010 - 10:24pm.
A conservative on NYT, you lost me.
The opposite of Left is Freedom.
If you were a U.S. Marine
Submitted by Captain Repus on Mon, 10/25/2010 - 12:14am.
If you were a U.S. Marine would you enjoy sharing a foxhole with E.J. DIonne?If you were a Army Special
Submitted by Captain Repus on Mon, 10/25/2010 - 12:08am.
If you were a Army Special Forces soldier would you like to share a foxhole with Brooks?Ask, Tell, Discharge
Submitted by Captain Repus on Mon, 10/25/2010 - 12:37am.
Ask, Tell, DischargeNow that’s an eye
Submitted by ninerdog on Mon, 10/25/2010 - 8:17am.
Now that’s an eye opener… NPR is so far left that they think the far left is conservative… WOW just WOW.
Only Liberals are stupid enough to call David Brooks ...
Submitted by jawebster1 on Mon, 10/25/2010 - 12:09pm.
a Conservative. No true Conservative would ever claim David Brooks as one of their own. Did everyone hear Rush make fun of Brook's latest column (on flocking) last Friday? It was hilarious. (Not the column, it was Rush that was hilarious.)
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