NPR Reporter Says Christians Should Burn

Focus On The Family ^ | Dec. 3, 2004 | Terry Phillips

[Lindykim]

NPR Reporter Says Christians Should 'Burn' by Terry Phillips, correspondent

Hateful voice mail message to conservative group leads to resignation. A National Public Radio (NPR) reporter has resigned after a hateful voice mail message she left for a conservative group was made public.

Rachel Buchman worked for WHYY in Philadelphia, an NPR affiliate, when she called the offices of the Web site laptoplobbyist.com to express her outrage over an e-mail the group sent to her opposing special rights for homosexuals.

"You're evil, horrible people. You're awful people," she said, identifying herself only as "Rachel." "You represent horrible ideas. God hates you and He wants to kill your children. You should all burn."

Chris Carmouche, publisher of laptoplobbyist.com, said he's accustomed to liberals being offended by his group's moral stands—but added that Buchman's message was over the top.

"We want people to know that this is not an isolated incident," he said. "People have to realize there's not just a media bias, but in many cases there is a media hatred, toward anything conservative, Christian or traditional."

After Carmouche posted a recording of Buchman's message on his Web site, she apologized for "a personal matter that was turned into a public issue."

"Rather than call my journalistic integrity into question," she said. "I decided to resign for personal reasons." Carmouche said it's too late for her professional reputation to be salvaged.

"Conservatives will no longer tolerate the reporting of liberal vitriol as fact," he told The Washington Times. "We will not tolerate the Dan Rathers of the world spoon-feeding the public liberal propaganda. And we will call the 'old media' to account when they make their biases and bigotries obvious and deviate from commonly acceptable standards of journalism."

FOR MORE INFORMATION Take a closer look at the mainstream media's liberal bias by reading the CitizenLink commentary "Cheering in the Press Box" by Gary Schneeberger.

[Caipirabob]

Bump!

See my comments per post #20.

[Aeronaut]

How's that?!? The really hard part on her is that I mean it.

Nicely done.

[Landru]

HA!!
You got yourself one of those modern new-fangled brains, huh. The kind that can be wash out with just soap & water?
Kewl. {~now doesn't *that* make ya just wanna hurl?}
I've still the "old" kinda brain, gotta drain, refill & replace the filter. Just like changing oil on a Chevy. ;^)

OK enough lame attempts at wit.
Here's *my* top 3 quotes, in decending order, just *like* David Letterman does it.

#3:"'Rather than call my journalistic integrity into question,' she said..."

:o)

#2: "'I decided to resign for personal reasons.'"

;^)

And now, drum roll, please...

#1:"'Carmouche said it's too late for her professional reputation to be salvaged.'"

Gee y'think?

And to think, NPR -- National Public Radio -- employed this one.

~sigh~

...think she's the exception at NPR? {g}

[No Surrender No Retreat]

She will probably as usual regard them in contempt for feeding her. I was wondering if there is a bottomless pite in some distant land for her to seek refuge? Have any suggestions?

[PatriotGirl827]

Now that was funny! And thank you for your service, Ranger!

[NY.SS-Bar9]

Rachel Buchman (Left)

"...God hates you and He wants to kill your children. You should all burn."

[Fintan]

 

Click the pic and see Ms. Buchman (l) and her cohorts...

 

[Puppage]

the smug attitude that they are more reasoned and sophisticated

You forgot smarter and more caring.

[taxed2death]

These whacked-out ultra lib types never fail to put a smile on my face each morning.....
They go through life one pill away from a nervous breakdown.

[Vic3O3]

ping

[NY.SS-Bar9]

37 seconds ;)

[Theophilus]

Rather than call my journalistic integrity into question

Read: "The people at WHYY were concerned about whether or not I might actually believe in hell, thus my journalistic integrity was potentially compromised."

[samtheman]

Yes, note the standard non-apology apology.

They all do this so well, and in such a standard fashion.

Is there a book on the subject? Non-Apologizing For Dummies?

[KSCITYBOY]

More LWL. (left-wing love).

[SeaBiscuit]

"We want people to know that this is not an isolated incident," he said. "People have to realize there's not just a media bias, but in many cases there is a media hatred, toward anything conservative, Christian or traditional."

Yes, we know. We know there are many more like Rabid Rachel out there ...And their numbers shall fall sharply within the next four years.

[the invisib1e hand]

leftwing meltdown update.

[grey_whiskers]

What was it Jesus said to his disciples, about "The day is coming, when he who kills you will think he is pleasing God."
Don't have time to consult a concordance right now...

[backhoe]

I continue to be amazed, and appalled, at how, when the Smiley-Face mask slips off so many of the Left, you see the skull beneath.

It surely isn't pretty. A fairly blatant example is this one:

 Garrison Keillor: Homegrown Idiot -- Keillor is stuck in this time warp, when liberal did mean 'nice to black folk' but before the horrors of true leftism (Stalinism, FDRism, Maoism, Ho Chi Minhism) were revealed to the world.

And this:

When it's OK to hate -- This may become a landmark article and really singes and exposes the liberal thought.

...but us folks on the right are the "intolerant" ones...

[BenLurkin]

Where the hot chicks party! >>>>>>>>

[ForGod'sSake]

You got yourself one of those modern new-fangled brains, huh.

Nah, same old tired brain with a retrofit ;^)

Seems this election has set the lefties on edge. They appear more, uh, tense doncha think; stressed even. God knows I love it!

FGS