Shock: NPR Touts Activist Who Opposes Destroying Confederate Memorials

August 23rd, 2017 8:30 PM
On Wednesday, NPR's Morning Edition surprisingly featured former U.N. Ambassador Andrew Young, who opposes the dismantling of Confederate memorials across the United States. Young, a close associate of Martin Luther King, contended that the controversy was "a total distraction that is undercutting most of the progress we made." Journalist Ailsa Chang zeroed in on the Confederate sculpture on…

Goldwater-Bashing NPR Also Boosts Socialist Bernie Sanders for Preside

July 12th, 2014 3:25 PM
The very same National Public Radio that highlighted the fringy "extremism" of the 1964 Republican convention on Thursday night spent Thursday morning boosting the idea of a socialist President of the United States. Their online headline was "Could a Socialist Senator Become a National Brand?" Morning Edition anchor Steve Inskeep introduced a promotional story on Sen. Bernie Sanders of…

NPR Hits the Liberal Jackpot, Finds Racist Anti-Obama Voter In Cajun L

February 27th, 2014 10:53 PM
There are few things that might please liberal journalists more than finding that elusive voter that proves a dearly held theory: anti-Obama voters really hate black people. It’s all about his race, not his policies. NPR hit that jackpot on Tuesday’s Morning Edition in a seven-minute story on Sen. Mary Landrieu (D) seeking re-election in Louisiana. In seven minutes, NPR’s Ailsa Chang never…