So I was up this morning and had the misfortune of listening to the Nice Polite Repulicans' Morning Edition. Lynn was doing the particularly lame media reporting on the media's reaction to a "best seller" story on Jerome Corsi's widely debunked piece of shit Obama Nation. So I called her up. more after the jump.
I told her I'd heard the story and asked her whether she was aware of the irony of doing a story on how the media's very reporting on a book promotes its core message whether its been read or not. She said she was very aware of the irony. I remarked that the story didn't show that. I asked her why her story had't just debunked the books false claims. She said that was done wednesday night by another NPR reporter and referred me to the ombudsman. I asked why she even did this story noting its dubious news value. She said because it was assigned to her and she had a [hack] job to do.
So let me get this straight I'm listening to drivetime radio in the morning but to get balance for that story I have to have listened the previous night? Oh and NPR IS promoting the book
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. Its just sad how far NPR has fallen.