Okay, NPR just repeated the fucking lie about ACORN (re: Breitbart)

[bullwinkle428]

They talked about the "embarrassing videotape that showed the group offering advice to a couple dressed as a pimp and a prostitute". This Breitbart/O'Keefe horseshit was completely debunked almost immediately after it had surfaced!

[Ian David]

1. "Liberal Media" my ass. n/t

[stillwaiting]

2. That is absolutely unacceptable.

NPR surely knows it's a lie.

[glinda]

3. They need to called on this. Start a petition online telling them to retract their lie.

[JSnuffy]

6. That'll show em...

... nothing gets stuff done like internet petitions.

I wish I could bold this smilie

[glinda]

14. Gives them bad press they do not like.

Spreads the word pretty quickly also which will affect donations and sponsors.

[firehorse]

4. heard that too, turned it off, shocked.

[coffeenap]

5. Which show was it? Who reported? I want to get in touch with NPR--

it used to be my first love and first job.

[bullwinkle428]

8. It was on "All Things Considered" this afternoon. Neda Ulaby was the reporter. There is a link

to the audio report if you just scroll down a bit on this page...

http://www.npr.org/programs/all-things-considered/

I guess the thing that disgusted me the most was that this was included as a "great accomplishment" of his, when it should have been used to illustrate what an incredibly duplicitous and deceitful asshole he was.

[coffeenap]

16. Thanks! I agree--so incredibly disappointing to see what their reporting has become... nt

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

7. What a shock

Amazing to watch the so-called librul media line up to felate this guy's corpse.

[nadinbrzezinski]

9. I heard it and after calling my LOCAL station

on misinfo regarding the occupy movement... I am shocked I tell you.

their response to my challenge, "how could we know?'

Go down to the Occupy site and spend a few hours with them... preferably at least 20 and at least five GA's.

[kenny blankenship]

10. NPR=Nice Polite Republicans

Kinda like a certain political party that didn't used to be full of Reagan-loving Republicans, but now is. I stopped listening to both of them and now I feel a whole lot better!

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

11. You mean National Petroleum Radio? I'm shocked! nt

[EFerrari]

12. Send them THIS LINK from Media Matters:

http://mediamatters.org/columns/201002170008

[IDemo]

13. Ever since Steve Inskeep cut off Barney Frank, my NPR listening has been limited

But yes, I did hear the above bullshit on the drive home from work today. And Mittens wants to get rid of them, why?

[Fumesucker]

15. Why wouldn't they think that?

The house voted 345-75 to defund ACORN..

Only 75 *Democrats* voted to save ACORN, clearly the other Democrats and all the Republicans believed the tale, they certainly voted as if they believed it..

Why should NPR be more accurate than the Democratic party about something that was once of great benefit to the Democratic party?

I'm not even mildly surprised by this.

[Blue_Tires]

20. Very true

Manufactured outrage is one of the best tools because the original narrative still lingers in the public mind long after being debunked...

[Blue Owl]

17. NPR has gone to hell in a totebag

n/t

[just1voice]

18. NPR--Needless Propaganda Recitals

They went reich-wing a while back, a choice they made and must live with. I don't believe a word ever said on NPR, I can't. Sure, some "stories" may be true but NPR has lost all credibility.

[ieoeja]

19. I am still waiting for someone to explain to me why that would be wrong.

Was it ACORN's place to judge who was worthy or unworthy of help?

[bvar22]

21. NPR had been repeating LIES for a long time now.

I used to love NPR Minnesota Radio,
but now all I listen to are Prairie Home, and Car Talk.
Sometimes Wait, Wait can be worth the listen.