Posted on 09/17/2004 12:27:53 PM PDT by watsonfellow
> > "These are snippy times, I'm afraid. I was tempted to > > snip back, and your > > gracious email was appreciated.
> > > > We can discuss the extent of federal funding > > anytime. For the record, > > CPB (not PBS) does give NPR around $1 million p.a. > > in competitive grants for > > news programs. None of it is for operating costs. > > Some stations receive > > CPB grants for operating. It averages around 13% of > > the stations' budgets. > > And yes, some of that money comes back to NPR is > > program fees and membership > > > > dues.
> > > > I agree with you that Ridley's status as a swing > > voter is problematic > > because of the donations. I was told that the > > producers are going to address > > > > that for next week. > >
> > The Gallup vs Pew polls is also something that I > > have asked the editors > > for a response. I hope to have answers to both for > > next week's column. > >
> > Regards, > >
> > Jeffrey Dvorkin
BTTT for another interesting media fraud.
It's getting harder and harder for them to pull the wool over our eyes. Good job!
Once again... the blogosphere keeping careful watch over what the MSM is doing.
Al Gore is deeply saddened that he ever invented the internet.
Let formatting be your friend, too.
What is the context for this post? Is the "Swing Voter" some segment they have on NPR to purport to present a voter who has not made up his mind?
Funny how we can fact check strangers while blogging in our pajamas on a different continent than the old media can fact check among their own liberal friends.
go to this PBS link:
http://66.102.9.104/search?
q=cache:WJr_4HMwy10J:www.pbs.org/now/commentary/ridley3.html+john+ridley+liberal&hl=en
wherein Ridley writes (revealing his exact views):
"Yeah, all of us in this country share general concerns. But does a flat percentage answer to a broad based question really reflect the views of a
politically liberal,
fiscally conservative
African-American man married to an Asian-American woman making a living in Hollywood? Not anymore than it does the politically conservative, fiscally libertarian European woman married to a Middle-Eastern guy living in Iowa."
Good for you. The guy already voted for Kerry with his wallet. That should disqualify him as a swing voter.
Not sure what the purpose of all this was anyway. In light of recent events and the polls showing Bush pulling away, we already have a good idea of where the swing voter is heading.
Or better yet, tell them that if he also contributes $500 dollars to Bush, he can stay. :-)
Nice detective work. Kudos to the person(s) who revealed this fraud. NPR is a Democrat machine, anyway.
>>>>>Why couldn't
>>you
>>>>>edit out
>>>>the carats before
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Maybe their swing voter is actually a swinger and misunderstood.
maybe by swing voter they meant one who swaps domestic
associates with others...yeah, that's the ticket.
(Sorry, I couldn't resist.)
Nice work. Yeah, I heard the broadcast this morning and the guy sounded like an awfully smug liberal to me. His condescending comments about the Swiftboats and George Bush's tax cuts made me suspicious. Great work. Keep your pajamas on. ;-)
Because I am in Singapore, drunk on gin and tonic and not sure how to forward the email I got from the NPR Ombudsman to free republic format.
By the way, shouldn't you be E Unibus Plurum....or at least according to the not so late, not so great Al Gore?
I found some background here...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1219026/posts
The bloggers figured this out far too fast. Proof positive that this swing voter is actually a Karl Rove plant intended to make NPR look bad.
translation please?
Al Gore once said the motto was "from one many" of course the liberal media never pounced.
So you invert it and change the cases, and you get E Unibus Plurum....to fit in with Al Gore's ideology.
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