NPR on Film: Loves Eco-Terror, Hates Capitalism, ‘Transphobic' Rowling

Clay Waters
April 15th, 2023 10:31 PM

National Public Radio’s ideological bias extends to its movie reviews. Fresh Air’s “critic-at-large” John Powers praised a new movie about a band of eco-terrorists fighting the energy industry: "How to Blow Up a Pipeline" review: Contrast that with the ideological contempt NPR critic Aisha Harris displayed toward a feel-good movie about how the famous “Air Jordan” sneakers…

 

Rachel Maddow, the Obama Era's 'Defining Liberal Newsman

Tim Graham
April 4th, 2012 6:51 AM
Brent Bozell mentioned that NPR "Fresh Air" host read from her own contributor John Powers for The American Prospect liberals on how many ways Rachel Maddow was fabulous. The long tribute is worth more attention. Powers began: "I can’t say for sure when it happened—it was after Barack Obama’s swearing-in yet before Keith Olbermann got suspended for giving money to Democrats—but at some point…
 

NPR's 1992 DVD Memories: 'Altar Boy' Stephanopoulos, 'Flat-out Movie S

Tim Graham
March 23rd, 2012 6:48 AM
Younger political junkies may not remember it, but watchers of the 1992 Clinton campaign can recall "The War Room," a documentary filmed inside the Clinton campaign. There's a new DVD of the film, out so National Public Radio just had to praise it. On the program "Fresh Air" Wednesday,  film critic John Powers described George Stephanopoulos as "a sweet but overbearing altar boy" while James…