Comments on: Not what you expect from NPR http://www.bookwormroom.com/2008/06/26/not-what-you-expect-from-npr/ She escaped from the belly of the liberal beast Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:48:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Quisp http://www.bookwormroom.com/2008/06/26/not-what-you-expect-from-npr/#comment-25507 Quisp Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:53:58 +0000 http://www.bookwormroom.com/?p=3168#comment-25507 I had a similar NPR journey. I'm wondering if your memory of the post-Lewinsky coverage of Clinton matches mine. I don't recall overt defenses of the man, but they suddenly began using soundbites of his voice at every possible opportunity. The craftiness of that broadcast decision came to epitomize NPR to me. The network's been pretty pro-Hillary (unsurprising) so I'd expect a few pot-shots at Obama before they settle back into the party line. I had a similar NPR journey. I’m wondering if your memory of the post-Lewinsky coverage of Clinton matches mine. I don’t recall overt defenses of the man, but they suddenly began using soundbites of his voice at every possible opportunity. The craftiness of that broadcast decision came to epitomize NPR to me.

The network’s been pretty pro-Hillary (unsurprising) so I’d expect a few pot-shots at Obama before they settle back into the party line.

]]> By: Zhombre http://www.bookwormroom.com/2008/06/26/not-what-you-expect-from-npr/#comment-25486 Zhombre Thu, 26 Jun 2008 23:28:34 +0000 http://www.bookwormroom.com/?p=3168#comment-25486 Senator Obama may not have sufficient Teflon to last the four months to the election. This guy's ambition, arrogance and shiftiness may yet be evident to the voting public. It's a game of last man standing for McCain and he's won that game before. If the North Vietnamese couldn't break McCain, if the Republican establishment and talk radio couldn't bring McCain to heel, is some well-tooled Chicago machine politician with ambition in wildly inverse relation to his experience going to best hinm? Don't bet on it. Senator Obama may not have sufficient Teflon to last the four months to the election. This guy’s ambition, arrogance and shiftiness may yet be evident to the voting public. It’s a game of last man standing for McCain and he’s won that game before. If the North Vietnamese couldn’t break McCain, if the Republican establishment and talk radio couldn’t bring McCain to heel, is some well-tooled Chicago machine politician with ambition in wildly inverse relation to his experience going to best hinm? Don’t bet on it.

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