NPR Host Laughably Claims That 'Taliban Has Never Been an Enemy of the

June 21st, 2011 1:40 PM
While the prospect of a US withdrawal from Afghanistan is looming, some are at work pushing a revisionist history of America's involvement there. One NPR host even went so far as to claim that the Taliban, the brutal government toppled during the 2001 US invasion, "was never an enemy of the United States." Even a cursory review of the history of the invasion belies that hat statement, made by…

Former ABC and NBC Reporter Yearns for Chinese Dictatorship in USA to

April 21st, 2010 11:02 AM
Former ABC and NBC reporter John Hockenberry now hosts a New York public-radio morning show called The Takeaway, and he stunned listeners on Tuesday by channeling his inner Thomas Friedman. He yearned for a Chinese dictatorship in a segment lamenting how slowly the federal government is funding railroad projects:  JOHN HOCKENBERRY: You know, it makes you yearn for a Chinese dictatorship,…