National Public Radio folks read NewsBusters. The new show "Tell Me More" noticed that NB Senior Editor Tim Graham analyzed their sympathetic segment on anti-war mothers of fallen soldiers and how they felt about Cindy Sheehan's decision to abandon her activism for now because of mean conservatives.
On Friday's edition of "Tell Me More," NPR played host Michel Martin's Wednesday phone interview with Tim as he sat in his messy MRC office about his objections to the NPR piece, and he explained how the media didn't play up that Cindy Sheehan didn't merely suffer from derogatory names, but she also threw around a lot of derogatory names of her own. Tim also called out Martin for inaccurately suggesting on her blog that President Bush never met with Sheehan.
The interview lasted about two and a half minutes. The other half of the show's "Backtalk" segment featured Chicago Tribune reporter (and blogger) Mark Silva.
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Right, "lying bastard,
June 8, 2007 - 15:33 ET by motherbeltRight, "lying bastard," "evil maniac" and "filth-spewer" were just Cindy's affectionate nicknames for the President.
She also insisted that to satisfy her, President Bush had to " tell me that my son died for oil. You tell me that my son died to make your friends rich. You tell me my son died so you can spread the cancer of imperialism in the Middle East. You tell me that."
She not only wanted the President to meet with her a second time, she wanted to put the words into his mouth for their converstaion.
Tim, you tell the NB Staff th
June 8, 2007 - 15:34 ET by Chris NormanTim, you tell the NB Staff that a messy office is a sign of a great mind. :)
The dogs bark, but the caravan moves on.
- Arabian Proverb
In my case, a messy office is
June 8, 2007 - 15:39 ET by Tim GrahamIn my case, a messy office is proof that I simply cannot throw out old newspapers. "Wait! There might be bias in there!" As if I couldn't find it online...
I do like the old slogan "Creative Minds Are Rarely Tidy."
Creative minds also need a pe
June 8, 2007 - 15:53 ET by Chris NormanCreative minds also need a personal cleaning staff in the budget. Will it fly? :)
The dogs bark, but the caravan moves on.
- Arabian Proverb
No. I wouldn't let them throw
June 8, 2007 - 16:12 ET by Tim GrahamNo. I wouldn't let them throw anything away!
Ah. I see. It's a mess, but y
June 8, 2007 - 16:31 ET by Chris NormanAh. I see. It's a mess, but you're one of those guys who always know just where you can locate anything needed. Right?
The dogs bark, but the caravan moves on.
- Arabian Proverb
Tim - time to join the elctro
June 8, 2007 - 20:24 ET by FastEdTim - time to join the elctronic generation - even an old fogey like me knows - use the scanner! Create a file system, save to CD - like "Lying Times", "Poop From Post", etc. Then, a short text file with the key words, relating to the particular saved file - "Bush bash #n - LT-1/1/04, 5 items", "Bush bash #n+1 - LT-1/2/04, 2 items, (note, weather blamed on Bush and Rove)" - see! Easy!
There is no sense in being stupid, if you can't prove it! - my dad V
Tim, a neat desk is a sign of
June 8, 2007 - 23:06 ET by MikeBTim, a neat desk is a sign of a sick mind.
And some of us are really healthy. ;-)
"A communist is someone who reads Marx. An anti-communist is someone who understands Marx." Ronald Reagan
Tim, you tell the NB Staff th
June 8, 2007 - 15:34 ET by Chris Norman%$#@ double post!
Blog
June 8, 2007 - 16:24 ET by bubbler2222Tim,
Did she contact you out of the blue? I read your article and posted to Michel's blog about how hard it would be for Bush to send out his secret weapon (Lady Bush) since Ms. Sheehan had called Bush some nasty names. It got posted to her blog. It of course was the only response that did not blame Bush for trying to suppress the anti-war movement.
Cheers,
brucho
It was out of the blue, and q
June 8, 2007 - 22:08 ET by Tim GrahamIt was out of the blue, and quite a surprise. Liberal media outlets don't usually call and say "tell us why you found our story wanting." So if your unique post spurred the call, tks.
The other odd thing about the interview was how Martin started the interview twice (the first had audio difficulties) with the notion that either I didn't like her story -- or maybe I just didn't like her. That's kind of an unsettling question, and I decided to go straight into analyzing Sheehan. The hate-me? line was edited out.
Sheehan holding hands with the President
June 8, 2007 - 16:32 ET by Gary HallSheehan holding hands with the President, as he kisses her on the cheek.
A picture is always worth more than thousands of Sheehan's words:
http://img178.images...
Today they also ran an immi
June 8, 2007 - 16:58 ET by sarcasmoToday they also ran an immigration story featuring a NYT columnist and a wonk from the Brookings Institute. Spanning political opinion from left to far-left with my taxe$...
JMR