Posted on 05/04/2005 5:34:05 AM PDT by MississippiMasterpiece
The guys who host "Car Talk" on National Public Radio -- brothers Tom and Ray Magliozzi -- were in Washington yesterday to visit with some of the powerful government officials whose support for public radio is so vital. They also sat for a rare interview.
"George Bush is a [unprintable vulgarity]," Tom Magliozzi says, about three minutes into the interview.
Rule Number One: When you're trying to ensure government funding, it's best not to refer to the head of said government as an unprintable vulgarity.
Maybe this is why the "Car Talk" guys rarely give interviews.
"Yeah, you probably shouldn't say that," says Doug Berman, executive producer of public radio's most popular weekend show, who is sitting across the breakfast table at Cafe Luna on P Street. NPR spokeswoman Jenny Lawhorn agrees. As do Ray and Tom, aka "Click and Clack, the Tappet Brothers" at least until Tom essentially repeats himself, twice.
This is the part of the story where NPR officials make it clear that the views of the show's personalities do not reflect those of its management.
"I'd like to point out that 'Car Talk' is editorially independent," Lawhorn says.
"Their jokes and jabs," she further states in a follow-up e-mail, "aren't in any way the official views of NPR and its member stations."
This is an important distinction, since local public radio stations rely partly on the largess of Congress, some of whose members are Republicans. These stations, in turn, pay fees to NPR for programming. So NPR executives are understandably sensitive to what they call their "perception problem" -- that NPR is often considered a bastion of liberal sensibilities that are winning little love from Washington these days, or, for that matter, funding.
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The Dixie Chicks of car repair?
I don't listen to welfare radio no matter what their POV is. The opinion of theives is automatically discounted.
"Hi Guys - Love your show. 1985 Volvo 240 wagon makes noises whenever it passes by a car with a "Bush/Cheney" sticker on it. I'm a teacher in Rye, New york".
- A typical Car Talk Segment
Probably very few...true libs....They are watching Fahrenheit 911
Lot's of sheeple I'm sure don't even know anything about "The Duke's" politics...Besides that...the political times were different back in J.W.'s day...many Dem's were more conservative then, than most Repub's now.
So...the heck with Frick and Frack.
They are VERY funny.
Even rabid foam-at-the-mouth liberals can be amusing sometimes.
I never listen to NPR or watch PBS. I try to support for profit stations and their sponsors...
You got that right! The state is full of glib dumbells.
I'll pass on being a participant...........
And, it's not much better here in CT,either.
Can't remember the source, but I read a while back, that neither of these yahoo's even own a car. I think it's for environmental (or mental) reasons.
Only NPR would have a car-talk program hosted by people who don't even like cars enough to purchase one...
Fletcher J
All of them. John Wayne was in movies where the military was actually portrayed as the good guys. Can't have that you know.
John Wayne was in movies where white civilized Americans were seen as superior to mexican invaders or to semi-civilized violent natives. Heresy!
John Wayne was in movies where men were men and women were glad of it. Not a poofta to be found. How discriminatory
John Wayne SMOKED in his movies!. Oh the inhumanity
Liberals hate John Wayne because John Wayne loved America and liberals hate America
"I suggest a call in with loads of car problems that turn into political lessons."
Dear Click and Clack...my girlfriend and her car keep pulling to the left...how can I stop this?
I think it's airborne........
WelfareRadio... good... I like that. Will save for future use!
I'm sure that they would love to hear our advice about keeping their leftist BS politics to themselves:
http://www.cartalk.com/email/email.html
Chalk up two more uneducated "celebrities" who fancy themselves political scientists, giving advice on how to run the country.
Well said LOL!
Me too. One less thing I have to read now.
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