Bill Chappell

Press Whitewashes Bloomberg Anti-Gun Group's Pathetic Presence at Indy NRA Convention
By Tom Blumer | April 30, 2014 | 10:21 PM EDT

Last weekend in Indianapolis, a reported 80,000 people attended the 143rd NRA Annual Meeting.

Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's group Everytown For Gun Safety was also present — but barely. Media coverage of that group's activities largely tiptoed around the tiny number of people, some allegedly paid, the group was able to gather. Let's start with a Sunday morning report from NPR's Bill Chappell (bolds are mine throughout this post):

NPR Notes 'U.S. Struggles to Evacuate Libya, Others Don't'
By Ken Shepherd | February 24, 2011 | 9:08 PM EST

Earlier today I noted that mainstream media have not been critical of the Obama administration's poor efforts at evacuating American nationals from Libya.

Oddly enough it appears the taxpayer-subsidized NPR has.

From Bill Chappell's Feb. 24 blog post, "U.S. Struggles to Evacuate Libya; Others Don't":