NPR reporter today had not heard of Cheney's terror task force..

[grannylib]

Caller from Kentucky was talking about Chimpy naming Cheney to head up this little counterterrorism task force, and the reporter (it was Talk of the Nation) had NEVER HEARD THIS BEFORE!!!!!!
WTF??????
WE all know that Chimpy even stated that he would occasionally chair meetings of this group himself, but it NEVER met, he NEVER chaired so much as one meeting....HOW THE HELL could a national news reporter be completely unaware of this????

Franken's question that he stated on the Daily Show last week was priceless:
If you took the number of times the task force met, plus the number of times you chaired the meetings, and took that number times the national debt, what would the product be and why?

Great question, would love to see Chimpy try to answer that....

[lutherj]

1. Yeah that's Neil Conan that does Talk of the Nation, and I often

find him annoying. He always moderates the show by limiting it to a safe, middle-of-the-road discussion.

I get the feeling that the right is trying to co-opt NPR. Walmart is a sponsor (how many Walmart shoppers listen to NPR?), and a few months ago the widow of MacDonald's founder willed 200 million to NPR.

[pollock]

2. Neil Conan used to be a lot better.

Asked hard questions, didn't pander to the status quo.
On the other hand, have noticed some shows on NPR are starting to soften the all right wing all the time routine. The Diane Rehm show is starting to have some non-rightists on the weekly Friday news survey show.

[Kolesar]

3. I liked when Al Franken was mocking Cheney's gestures on TDS w/JS

He did that trademark "leaning in" move that Cheney makes. It's hard to describe.

Too bad Al won't be able to do that on the radio.