NPR at it again

[sally343434]

They must be reading their scripts again.

So on today's Weekend All Things Considered (5/9), Cheryl Corley (who masquerades as a journalist) is "interviewing" Phil Gingrey (R - Georgia) about the torture scandal. She asks, "Is this a 'psychological Pearl Harbor' in Iraq?"

Gingrey says that 9/11 was a 'psychological Pearl Harbor' to the US and says, "look what they did to us," trying to imply, yet again that Iraq had something to do with 9/11.

Naturally, Corley smoothly goes on to the next line in her script without challenging Gingrey on his lie. I guess her future invitations to the lavish Washington dinner parties are assured for her stellar performance for The Cabal.

Utterly disgusting.

[amber dog democrat]

1. And what did the Iraqis do to us?

I am still waiting for an answer. Or who was "they"?
I would have jumped on that one too.

[zonmoy]

5. They had something we wanted to take

oil.

[hlthe2b]

2. I heard that too and have already fired off a nastygram to NPR...

I think we need to organize a concerted response whenever the media allows this blatant attempt to tie Iraq and 911 to go unchallenged.

[buckFushCoder]

3. it's not just the media

it's a lot of regular people who think the two are related.

and a few people thought that might-is-right and believee that a show of force in iraq would positively affect how things go in other countries. what they didn't really grasp is that how things go is "down into the pits of hell," when your foreign policy reeks of contempt and disrepect for other countries.

[Kenzo]

4. WHERE have you guys BEEN???!!!

Hey...new member.

MAD KUDOS to you guys for pointing out the very same questions that have hunted me for months.

" WHO ARE 'THEY' "

My God. Everytime some ignoramus wants to justify the war, they say nonesense like "look what 'they' did to us on 9/11". Thats not the worst part. A new poll out recently shows that over 70% of Americans actually believe there was a connection between Iraq and 9/11. I blame two things. ONE: Since Kerry supported the war in the first place, he doenst really have the credibility to oppose it now. TWO: Many Americans bask in their ignorance. Too many of us see the world as 'America....and everyone else'.

[KewDistLine936]

6. It's the perfect pronoun

I agree, 'they' can be used not only to tie 9-11 to Iraq, but, if Bush wanted it to be so, any other country that got in his way. Not sure if that will happen (or has...)
Is it just me, or was NPR an alright news source not too many years ago? Nowadays it's all about the scripted interviews; weren't they once the true fair and balanced?

[Aspe4]

7. it irks

the hell out of me, too when people lump Iraq and Al Queda together. as much access as Americans have to info, you'd think they'd be less ignorant.