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Friday, July 08, 2011

[ItsAllAboutMeMan] NPR and nuclear power

 

I'm wondering if anybody at FAIR has looked at this issue.  I see that somebody looked at CBS in 2007... how about NPR in 2011?

I will acknowledge that a lot of what I believe I've heard  - a pro-nuke bias in the wake of a huge nuclear disaster, as my fellow visionary, or perhaps delusional kook Milan Shakar posted on the NPR website - is a matter of tone, rather than outright and outrageous bias.

Milan Shakar (MilanShakar) wrote:

Why in the wake of a huge nuclear disaster does NPR's coverage over the past few weeks seem weirdly tilted toward nuclear power? I know there is a (small) bit of nuance in the stories, but not that much, and to read the headlines and first few paragraphs you would think the stories were largely positive.

One thing I value about FAIR is how when you study a media outlet (like NPR) you monitor it for an extended period, and you measure quantifiable things.  I'm not sure this can easily be quantified, but it looks like something is there to me, and I'm wondering if anybody's looking into it.

They recently did a story about how US-style training might have helped the Japanese in their disaster (in much the same way boxing lessons might help me win a match with Mike Tyson?).  A number of listeners/readers called bullshit on them, there was a remarkable concensus... when I went back to the site today, I found 2 or 3 nuclear advocates have pasted their opinions all over the comments.... ridiculing any notion that they are in the pay of / or are associated with the industry.  Maybe it's true. I just found the timing interesting.

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Thursday, July 07, 2011

[ItsAllAboutMeMan] Fwd: The Takeaway: News of the World, No Longer

 

I wrote to PRI (but was not able to post on their webpage, they are even more chickenshit than NPR):

When I saw this in my email: "The Takeaway: News of the World, No Longer" momentarily I thought it meant The Takeaway was being cancelled. The warm, fuzzy feeling soon faded when I realized you were talking about somebody else. Murdoch could have saved himself a lot of problems by following NPR and PRI's lead; just forget about "reporting" entirely, and just interview other journalists, and pass along government propaganda as if it had something to do with the truth.  Bad Rupert!  No sushi!

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Tomorrow on The Takeaway

Sometimes the big news is the news itself.

After mounting pressure in the wake of a earth-shaking scandal in Britain involving reporters hacking the cell phones of murder and terrorism victims, News Corp. tabloid News of the World is closing. It's a historic development in the world of print media, and a huge change for the publication's employees. What's next? We'll learn more from News Corp. expert and author Sarah Ellison, and speak with someone whose phone may have been targeted by the tabloid. 

Another crisis still faces a different sort of corporation. The American government sits on the brink of debt default. Today, President Obama had a "constructive" meeting with top lawmakers to try and hash out a deal. Sounds familiar, doesn't it? We'll check in with The Takeaway's Todd Zwillich to get to the brass tax. 

While U.S. politicians struggle with a dearth of cash, Africa grapples with a deadly lack of water. International aid groups are appealing for help in the worst drought in 60 years that may threaten the lives of millions. It could be the biggest world news story you aren't hearing about, and we'll learn more with the help from Nicholas Kristof of the New York Times as well as reporters from our partners at the BBC. 

Also in the show, we'll continue our summer music series with Jim James of the band My Morning Jacket, finish off our "My America" series with actor John Turturro, and talk about this weekend's movie releases. 

These topics and more tomorrow, on The Takeaway. 

—Ben Johnson



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Tuesday, July 05, 2011

[ItsAllAboutMeMan] Re: [Alex Carr] v0v

 

Hey Lizzette

It's been a long time since there's been any action on the Alex Carr list.  Alex is way too busy with his career to post here anymore, but we are all happy for his success. 

Tell me more about this k2h - sounds interesting. Is it anything like a2m?

2011/7/5 Lizzette Coreen <elidaquyen@kw.com>
 

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