NPR Marks 9/11 By Hyping Counterterrorism's 'Disruption of Innocent Li

September 1st, 2011 7:06 PM
On Wednesday, NPR strongly hinted that they would bring their liberal bias into their special programming for the tenth anniversary of 9/11. Their planned reports on the mass atrocity includes an investigation which scrutinizes the efforts of private firms guarding soft targets like sports arenas: "[The] investigation...suggests that these kinds of programs are disrupting innocent people's…

NPR Bemoans That Few Think Obamacare Will Benefit Them

August 30th, 2011 8:12 PM
On Tuesday's Morning Edition, NPR's Julie Rovner promoted the supposed benefits of ObamaCare, and played up a recent poll which found that "about a third of those without health insurance think the law will help them, and that's because only about half know that it includes key provisions that will make insurance more available and affordable." The sole source for the correspondent's report…

CNN's Don Lemon Compares Libya 'Atrocities' With LGBT Discrimination

August 30th, 2011 11:00 AM
In a Thursday NPR interview, CNN's openly-gay anchor Don Lemon lumped discrimination against gays and lesbians in with atrocities committed in Libya. When asked why audiences should be interested in gay and lesbian issues, Lemon answered that "people are glued to what's happening in Libya, because it affects us. Any atrocity that's committed against one person affects us all and we are…

NPR Ombudsman Cries Foul on 'Ultra-Right' Label in Norway Story

August 27th, 2011 4:04 PM
On Tuesday, NPR ombudsman Edward Schumacher-Matos reached back to a July 26 story on the horrific shootings in Norway. Correspondent Sylvia Poggioli suggested the shooter, Anders Breivik “once belonged to the ultra-right Progress Party.” Schumacher-Matos lamented the “ultra-right” label, and asked Poggioli to explain herself. He called it "ultra-wrong." It quickly became clear that Poggioli…

NPR Trumpets 'Boost to Gay Rights' On Deportation Front

August 25th, 2011 9:58 PM
On Thursday's All Things Considered, NPR's Richard Gonzales slanted towards homosexual activists who laud the Obama administration's recent move to slacken its deportation policy and allow foreign-born nationals in same-sex "marriages" to stay in the United States without a green card. Gonzales found an opponent of the new policy, but noted that "his objection has nothing to do with sexual…

Liberal Columnist Kirsten Powers Slams Biden 'One-Child' Remark

August 25th, 2011 11:22 AM
Joe Biden's recent remark in which he said he "fully understand[s]" China's reasons for their 32-year-old one-child policy is an absolutely "appalling statement coming from an American leader." "What’s next? Will he say he isn’t 'second-guessing' and 'fully understands' that women are stoned for adultery in Iran?" Who said that? Michele Bachmann? Sarah Palin? Rick Santorum? Nope. Former…

Bozell Column: NPR, the Statism Network

August 23rd, 2011 9:51 PM
One of the greatest perversions of statism is the use of taxpayer money to push for ever more government spending and more government intervention. A casual listener to the far-left end of the FM dial, National Public Radio, will quickly conclude that NPR is one of America's leading offenders in this perversion. Let's just take one show, the August 22 evening newscast "All Things Considered…

NPR Anchor: Rick Perry Goes 'Against All Evidence' on Warming

August 22nd, 2011 5:43 PM
Right-leaning New York Times columnist Ross Douthat was thrown into the David Brooks chair on the weekly political roundatable on NPR's All Things Considered Friday. NPR anchor Robert Siegel insisted Rick Perry had a whole set of strange and anti-scientific statements that suggest he's "too far right" to be electable. Notice how NPR just rolls up everything they disagree with and loads it into…

Nina Totenberg: Obama Can Save Economy With 'A Lot of Very Populist Rh

August 20th, 2011 10:26 AM
Stock markets around the world are once again imploding in fear of a global double-dip recession. Appearing on PBS's "Inside Washington" Friday, NPR's Nina Totenberg said Barack Obama can cure what ails us with "a lot of very populist rhetoric" (video follows with transcript and commentary):

NPR Lets Obama, Former Administration Official Promote Stimulus-Lite

August 19th, 2011 5:45 PM
NPR's Scott Horsley apparently couldn't find any conservatives for his report on Thursday's All Things Considered, as he played nothing but sound bites from President Obama and former economic advisor Jared Bernstein. The two boosted a possible mini-stimulus, including "help for public works projects." Horsley played four clips from the President and two from Bernstein during the segment.

NPR Plays Up Secularist Change In Spain, Misconstrues Papal Visit

August 19th, 2011 8:54 AM
On Thursday's All Things Considered, NPR's Lauren Frayer emphasized the trend towards secularization in Spain during a report on Pope Benedict XVI's visit to the country for World Youth Day. Just as she did almost a week earlier, Frayer couldn't find any local supporters of the Pope, and completely misreported how the Catholic Church extended pastoral support to women who had abortions. Host…

NPR Devotes Over 4 Min. to Supposed Ethics Issues of Thomas, Scalia, A

August 17th, 2011 6:50 PM
NPR's Nina Totenberg spent more than 4 minutes on Wednesday's Morning Edition to supposed ethical conflicts of interest for conservative Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, and Antonin Scalia. By contrast, Totenberg devoted only 17 seconds to the more current issue of liberal Justice Elena Kagan's service in the Obama administration as a factor in upcoming cases before the…

All Left: NPR Publicizes Gay-Bert-and-Ernie Petition Lightly With Joke

August 13th, 2011 10:02 PM
Openly lesbian NPR arts reporter Neda Ulaby was given the assignment of making light news out of the gay-activism petition to get the Muppet characters Ernie and Bert married on "Sesame Street" on Friday night's All Things Considered. Her only sources for comment were a lesbian comedian and a liberal Time magazine TV critic. She did not interview the petition's author Lair Scott, who…

Krauthammer Smacks Down Totenberg: Obama 'Said He Wouldn’t Sign a Bi

August 13th, 2011 1:30 AM
Charles Krauthammer on Friday evening exposed a classic liberal media hypocrisy concerning the differing bar used to determine truthfulness in politicians depending on their political leaning. When "Inside Washington" panelist Nina Totenberg (NPR) asked if Republican presidential candidates might not have been totally honest Thursday evening when they all said they wouldn't accept a budget…