In case you missed Cokie Roberts on NPR this morning...

[Orrex]

She went out of her way to highlight Clinton's "untrustworthiness" again, which is apparently both the cause and the effect of the latest order to release additional emails.

Got that? Clinton is untrustworthy. As in "she can't be trusted." Because she's untrustworthy, and people don't trust her. And in case you forget, you can tune into the Liberally-biased NPR any time of day for a reminder.


Thanks, Cokie. You're a credit to your profession.

[5X]

1. She never disappoints, does she. n/t

[apcalc]

2. Suffers from CDS...

[gordianot]

3. Trust is an issue with all politicians.

Trump is barking mad and should have been incarcerated or rendered penniless years ago.

[BlueMTexpat]

4. While I concur generally that she

has certainly become disappointing as a journalist over the years, Cokie is NOT a Trump supporter, by any means. See, e.g., http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/03/14/470340825/npr-clarifies-cokie-roberts-role-after-anti-trump-column and
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/cokie-roberts-donald-trump_us_57b45b9fe4b0edfa80da567c

Perhaps she feels that she has to give an impression of "balance." Ah, the "librul" media ...

[Orrex]

5. That's part of what baffles me, in fact.

She has stated more or less explicitly that he's wholly unfit to serve as President, and she even took some heat a few months back in that incident you correctly cite.


But she never lets up on Clinton, either. Weird.

[BlueMTexpat]

6. Trying to prove that

she is "fair" by making false equivalencies to keep herself relevant, methinks.

She should just STFU, IMO.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

12. Except for this morning, I do not listen to NPR until later in the day...

I am not familiar with her remarks; but another announcer just said "Trump advocates extreme vetting" for immigrants.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

15. Cokie gives good voice.

She does NOT put good judgment or thought into what she says, however.

[lindysalsagal]

16. The pundits are hired to play the D part or the R part

They may not be scripted, but pretty close. They have to fill time somehow since this election's been over for months.

[BlueMTexpat]

18. It would be nice, however, if they could actually fill time

discussing issues that matter or debunking Trump's lies rather than blathering on and on with RW GOPer TPs.

[lindysalsagal]

19. I'm sure your tv has an off button.

Or you could pull the plug.

[BlueMTexpat]

20. I'm giving you the benefit of the doubt

that you did not mean to sound as snarky as you did. But just once.

[LWolf]

7. I missed it, but

I don't disagree.

It amazes me that so many people on all sides of the political playing field demand that media pander to their side. Of course, it's become business as usual since the Reagan era, but still.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

8. I've always hated this woman. She poses as a moderate but is anything but.

[Odin2005]

9. Koooookie Roberts is full of shit, as usual.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

10. NPR, has been a leader in defending Native rights and criticizes Trump too...

Real news will not lean toward Trump or Clinton. Did the news announcer emphasize "unworthiness" as heavily as the Opening Post indicates?
NPR, just said Trump has been "back and forth" on his position on immigration: Is this trustworthy?

[Iliyah]

11. Real news is surpose to rely on the facts where the viewers decides.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

14. Modern "news" has disressed into opinion and conjecture...

Most other media is worse than NPR.

[bigwillq]

17. I don't think most politicians can be trusted.

Where's my job, NPR?!

[BigDemVoter]

21. This is the same fool who claimed that GWB was "presidential" and "Churchillian" with his idiotic

"speech" after 911.

I loathe her.

[Major Nikon]

22. I've always thought of her as pretty banal and monochromatic

She never seems to offer any original thoughts or commentary and seems to just repeat things that weren't that interesting when someone else said them.