The "Liberal" Media

Topic had been closed for terminal topic abandonment. Now it's reopened.A discussion on Minnesota Public radio:Does public radio have a liberal bias? | MPR NewsThere is a bit of current news at the recording beginning, and also in the middle.It's been a while since I listened to it, but one thing I remember is a conservative commentator's example of liberal bias.There was a earlier MPR (or maybe NPR) story where the CEO of Intel (whose name I don't recall) proposed something along the lines of a 5 year tax moratorium for new businesses. The public radio interviewer asked "Can we afford this?". The conservative commenter cited this question as being liberal bias, as anything proposing reduced taxes is a conservative position. Anyway, something for you to listen to. The whole thing is 54:08, including the local news breaks.Moose

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Professor, geology, Whatsamatta U
Evolution - Changes in the environment, caused by the interactions of the components of the environment.

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"Do not meddle in the affairs of cats, for they are subtle and will piss on your computer." - Bruce Graham

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"The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness." - John Kenneth Galbraith

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"Yesterday on Fox News, commentator Glenn Beck said that he believes President Obama is a racist. To be fair, every time you watch Glenn Beck, it does get a little easier to hate white people." - Conan O'Brien

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"I know a little about a lot of things, and a lot about a few things, but I'm highly ignorant about everything." - Moose

Transcript:
http://www.onthemedia.org/transcripts/2011/03/25/03Comments:
http://www.onthemedia.org/...odes/2011/03/25/segments/159091There is also a download link (MP3) for the audio, available at either of the above pages.Added by edit:

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Despite the commonness of such claims, little evidence has ever been presented for a left bias at NPR, and FAIR’s latest study gives it no support. Looking at partisan sourcesincluding government officials, party officials, campaign workers and consultantsRepublicans outnumbered Democrats by more than 3 to 2 (61 percent to 38 percent). A majority of Republican sources when the GOP controls the White House and Congress may not be surprising, but Republicans held a similar though slightly smaller edge (57 percent to 42 percent) in 1993, when Clinton was president and Democrats controlled both houses of Congress. And a lively race for the Democratic presidential nomination was beginning to heat up at the time of the 2003 study.

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Source: FAIR - FAIR is the national progressive media watchdog group, challenging corporate media bias, spin and misinformation.MooseEdited by Minnemooseus, : See above.

Rachel Maddow has a new book out (which will be mentioned in the following).The main NPR page:
Rachel Maddow: The Fresh Air Interview : NPRThe first 2 paragraphs:

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For much of the past decade, journalist Rachel Maddow has hosted her own radio and TV shows. And for much of that time, the popular MSNBC host has been thinking about how the United States uses military force and how it starts and end wars.

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Maddow's new book Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power traces how U.S. national intelligence agencies have taken over duties that were once assigned to the military, and how this shift has increased the public disconnect from the consequences of war.

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The interview transcript:
Rachel Maddow: The Fresh Air Interview : NPRLink to interview mp3 download (20.4MB):
http://pd.npr.org/...r-mp3/npr/fa/2012/03/20120327_fa_01.mp3The interview links are also available via the main NPR page link. There are also some interview highlights at the bottom of that page.In all, something for you Rachel Maddow fans to read/listen to. I caught the tail end of the interview when it was broadcast.Moose

The unedited version of the interview (with more discussion of the book content) is supposed to be available, but I can't track it down. Maybe someone else can find it.Moose