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In reply to the discussion: I'm VERY LIBERAL... I listen to NPR!! [View all]cbayer
(146,218 posts)42. Reading comments work, but I really like hearing a good story
and I particularly like it when it is told from different perspective with some fact checking thrown in. Interviews appeal a great deal to me, and some of the people that work for NPR do really great interviews and don't let their guests get away with much.
Each to their own, but demonizing NPR has become sport for some who probably have very few sources they consider OK, and I'm pretty sure those sources are highly biased in their direction.
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OP is very concerned about enforcing a Liberal orthodoxy, meaning everyone agrees with his version
stevenleser
Feb 2015
#30
And of course, none of YOUR favorite journalists and pundits self promote at all. Just like its ok
stevenleser
Feb 2015
#59
OP got the message here, as many other Liberals have, that the Dem Party doesn't need the Liberal
sabrina 1
Feb 2015
#48
No you missed the message...the FAR Left doesn't have the corner marked on what IS a Liberal...
VanillaRhapsody
Feb 2015
#52
The 'Far Left'' is a Republican smear on Democrats. See Boehner's latest use of it re Obama
sabrina 1
Feb 2015
#55
The Far Left is a Right Wing smear, used most recently by Boehner: 'Obama listens to the FAR LEFT
sabrina 1
Feb 2015
#71
There are Liberal Democrats and there are Left Leaning Independents....
VanillaRhapsody
Feb 2015
#80
And you sure as hell don't want your party line vote polluted by those awful left-independents..
Fumesucker
Feb 2015
#93
I don't want those Left Independents thinking THEY control OUR party...and THIS forum
VanillaRhapsody
Feb 2015
#94
If you won't vote for the winner of the Primary if it is HRC.....then you are useless to us anyways.
VanillaRhapsody
Feb 2015
#97
and I never said your name directly...I meant if that is your position...then that is the reality...
VanillaRhapsody
Feb 2015
#99
If you think you're the only one who gets to tell Democrats WHO will be their candidates,
sabrina 1
Feb 2015
#109
1. It's about as "balanced" as the rest of the mainstream media is, which is to say if you think
Chathamization
Feb 2015
#10
NPR actually has more commercial time than a "top hits" FM station when you count in
world wide wally
Feb 2015
#16
They are center on some things, left of center on others and progressive on still others.
cbayer
Feb 2015
#33
Only if you won't vote for whom WE the Democrats elect in OUR Primary Election
VanillaRhapsody
Feb 2015
#60
Do you know for a fact how Bernie will vote? You dear Nilla can say how you will vote, that does not
Autumn
Feb 2015
#65
Yes I know who dear Bernie will vote for should Hillary Clinton win the nomination....
VanillaRhapsody
Feb 2015
#66
Dear Nilla I am not even willing to bet Hillary will run. However I am willing to bet I will throw
Autumn
Feb 2015
#68
NO I am asking YOU....YOU who seems to think she knows so much....want to gamble on your foolish
VanillaRhapsody
Feb 2015
#92
NO I have given YOU the answers I have chosen to give you in response to your questions.
Autumn
Feb 2015
#96
I meant to ask these folks the other day if any of them have $10,000 they want to bet
randys1
Feb 2015
#81
No, I am just someone who spends lots of time protecting or trying to help in protecting
randys1
Feb 2015
#105
That would be a fools bet, you don't know and you don't have a clue who they will vote for.
Autumn
Feb 2015
#106
What's annoying to me is that any time a right-winger brings up NPR, they're
bullwinkle428
Feb 2015
#7
As Joe Madison always says if you don't want to listen to real radio there's NPR
bigdarryl
Feb 2015
#12
I get my right-wing news from NPR's right-friendly commentators Mara Liasson and Cokie Roberts
Orrex
Feb 2015
#14
I am extremely far left/liberal and do not listen to NPR cause it became rightwing
KittyWampus
Feb 2015
#17
Did I miss something? What is the purpose of this thread? it seems like a response
themaguffin
Feb 2015
#32
Exactly, the tsunami of right wing garbage is exceedingly difficult to completely ignore..
Fumesucker
Feb 2015
#41
The rightward slanting terrain even impacts who people think they are - most self-identified "Very
leveymg
Feb 2015
#56
I notice that OP about the "very liberal" poll being only 5% against Hillary has dropped off
Fumesucker
Feb 2015
#67
I'm liberal ...because I like liberals ...who are liberal ...liberally speaking of course.
L0oniX
Feb 2015
#37
“I am not a member of any organized political party. I am a Democrat.” Will Rogers
Agnosticsherbet
Feb 2015
#47
It can't be otherwise with only two parties that actually count for anything..
Fumesucker
Feb 2015
#49
And yet conservatives and Republicans are still screaming about ultra liberal NPR
Fumesucker
Feb 2015
#73
There's more to it than that, they are "playing the refs" and have been doing so for decades..
Fumesucker
Feb 2015
#77
Dubya's NPR? That's how I think of it. Ever since his 911, NPR has been RW. nt
valerief
Feb 2015
#79
57% of republicans think Obama is a Muslim...I can go on...both parties the same?
randys1
Feb 2015
#83