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==Controversies==
 
==Controversies==
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[[NPR]]'s [[Nina Totenberg]] said on air of Sen. [[Jesse Helms]]' claim that the government may be spending too much on AIDS research,
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:''I think he ought to be worried about what's going on in the Good Lord's mind, because if there is retributive justice, he'll get AIDS from a transfusion, or one of his grandchildren will get it."''<ref>Nina Totenberg of National Public Radio, July 8, 1995, Inside Washington. [http://reason.com/blog/2010/10/21/what-wont-get-you-fired-from-n]</ref>
   
[[File:Alamosa shooting3.png|right|300px|thumb|BLM terrorist James Edward Marshall IV, an attorney, shot an innocent pick-up driver at a stop light in Alamosa, Colorado.<ref>https://coloradosun.com/2020/06/28/black-lives-matter-shooting-alamosa-colorado/</ref>]]
 
[[File:Alamosa shooting3.png|right|300px|thumb|BLM terrorist James Edward Marshall IV, an attorney, shot an innocent pick-up driver at a stop light in Alamosa, Colorado.<ref>https://coloradosun.com/2020/06/28/black-lives-matter-shooting-alamosa-colorado/</ref>]]
 
New Orleans-based National Public Radio commentator Andrei Codrescu said of [[Christian]]s,  
 
New Orleans-based National Public Radio commentator Andrei Codrescu said of [[Christian]]s,  
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:''The [[Rapture]], and I quote, 'is the immediate departure from this Earth of over four million people in less than a fifth of a second,' unquote. This happily-volatilized mass of the saved were born again in [[Jesus Christ]]....The evaporation of four million people who believe this crap would leave the world an instantly better place.''<ref>Andrei Codrescu, ''All Things Considered'', December 19, 1995.</ref>
 
:''The [[Rapture]], and I quote, 'is the immediate departure from this Earth of over four million people in less than a fifth of a second,' unquote. This happily-volatilized mass of the saved were born again in [[Jesus Christ]]....The evaporation of four million people who believe this crap would leave the world an instantly better place.''<ref>Andrei Codrescu, ''All Things Considered'', December 19, 1995.</ref>
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Michel Martin, host of NPR’s ''Tell Me More'', on [[CNN]] had this exchange with Margeret Carlson:  
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*During the [[Leftwing insurrection of 2020]] NPR made the false claim that alleged "[[white supremacist]]s" were using vehicles to run down alleged "peaceful" rioters based on an edited video from [[Louisville]], Kentucky.<ref>https://twitchy.com/samj-3930/2020/06/22/journalism-is-dead-part-9999-receipt-filled-thread-details-what-really-happened-in-louisville-with-driver-who-allegedly-struck-protester/</ref> The allusion was intended to bring to mind a 2017 Charlottesville incident in which a protester was run over.  In Alamosa, [[Colorado]] a 27 year old white [[Black Lives Matter]] protestor shot an innocent driver in the head who was trying to avoid protesters blocking the street at an intersection.<ref>https://krdo.com/news/2020/06/06/video-shows-moments-surrounding-alamosa-protest-shooting/</ref>  Another was shot in [[Provo, Utah]].<ref>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jun/30/black-lives-matter-protester-shoots-suv-driver-in-/</ref>  After riling leftists with false reporting,<ref>https://youtu.be/DnTAO0n2FUI</ref> NPR later had to walk back its claim about the Louisville incident when it was discovered that the driver, who was black, was in fact the victim of a violent [[leftist]] assault.<ref>https://www.bizpacreview.com/2020/06/22/don-jr-calls-for-defunding-npr-after-it-gets-caught-using-wrong-photo-by-mistake-937761</ref>
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*In late August 2020, NPR promoted a book outright justifying looting.<ref>Two references:
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*[https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bronsonstocking/2020/08/29/npr-promotes-new-book-that-justifies-looting-n2575303 NPR Promotes New Book That Justifies Looting, Property Damage]
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*[https://thefederalist.com/2020/08/31/amid-riots-ripping-the-country-npr-promotes-book-in-defense-of-looting/ Amid Riots Ripping The Country, NPR Promotes Book ‘In Defense Of Looting’]</ref>
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*NPR has promoted [[politically correct]] wording on abortion.<ref>Bohon, Dave (May 29, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/culture/faith-and-morals/item/32469-npr-memo-directs-journalists-on-how-to-sanitize-politicize-abortion-terminology NPR Memo Directs Journalists on How to Sanitize, Politicize Abortion Terminology]. ''The New American''. Retrieved May 30, 2019.</ref>
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*Michel Martin, host of NPR’s ''Tell Me More'', on [[CNN]] had this exchange with Margeret Carlson discussing the Ground Zero Mosque:  
    
:MARGARET CARLSON: ''And wouldn’t it be a great thing if they moved it a few blocks? And Muslims and Americans who still worry would be talking to each other. Let’s compromise.''
 
:MARGARET CARLSON: ''And wouldn’t it be a great thing if they moved it a few blocks? And Muslims and Americans who still worry would be talking to each other. Let’s compromise.''
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:MARTIN (NPR): ''Did anybody move a Catholic church? Did anybody move a Christian church after [[Timothy McVeigh]] – who adhered to a cultic, white supremacist cultic version of Christianity – [[Oklahoma City bombing|bombed the Murrah building in Oklahoma]]?''<ref>CNN's ''Reliable Sources'', August 22, 2010.</ref>
 
:MARTIN (NPR): ''Did anybody move a Catholic church? Did anybody move a Christian church after [[Timothy McVeigh]] – who adhered to a cultic, white supremacist cultic version of Christianity – [[Oklahoma City bombing|bombed the Murrah building in Oklahoma]]?''<ref>CNN's ''Reliable Sources'', August 22, 2010.</ref>
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NPR has promoted [[politically correct]] wording on abortion.<ref>Bohon, Dave (May 29, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/culture/faith-and-morals/item/32469-npr-memo-directs-journalists-on-how-to-sanitize-politicize-abortion-terminology NPR Memo Directs Journalists on How to Sanitize, Politicize Abortion Terminology]. ''The New American''. Retrieved May 30, 2019.</ref>
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*[[NPR]]'s [[Nina Totenberg]] said on air of Sen. [[Jesse Helms]]' claim that the government may be spending too much on AIDS research,  
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:''I think he ought to be worried about what's going on in the Good Lord's mind, because if there is retributive justice, he'll get AIDS from a transfusion, or one of his grandchildren will get it."''<ref>Nina Totenberg of National Public Radio, July 8, 1995, Inside Washington. [http://reason.com/blog/2010/10/21/what-wont-get-you-fired-from-n]</ref>
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During the [[Leftwing insurrection of 2020]] NPR made the false claim that alleged "[[white supremacist]]s" were using vehicles to run down alleged "peaceful" rioters based on an edited video from [[Louisville]], Kentucky.<ref>https://twitchy.com/samj-3930/2020/06/22/journalism-is-dead-part-9999-receipt-filled-thread-details-what-really-happened-in-louisville-with-driver-who-allegedly-struck-protester/</ref> The allusion was intended to bring to mind a 2017 Charlottesville incident in which a protester was run over.  In Alamosa, [[Colorado]] a 27 year old white [[Black Lives Matter]] protestor shot an innocent driver in the head who was trying to avoid protesters blocking the street at an intersection.<ref>https://krdo.com/news/2020/06/06/video-shows-moments-surrounding-alamosa-protest-shooting/</ref>  Another was shot in [[Provo, Utah]].<ref>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jun/30/black-lives-matter-protester-shoots-suv-driver-in-/</ref>  After riling leftists with false reporting,<ref>https://youtu.be/DnTAO0n2FUI</ref> NPR later had to walk back its claim about the Louisville incident when it was discovered that the driver, who was black, was in fact the victim of a violent [[leftist]] assault.<ref>https://www.bizpacreview.com/2020/06/22/don-jr-calls-for-defunding-npr-after-it-gets-caught-using-wrong-photo-by-mistake-937761</ref>
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In late August 2020, NPR promoted a book outright justifying looting.<ref>Two references:
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*[https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bronsonstocking/2020/08/29/npr-promotes-new-book-that-justifies-looting-n2575303 NPR Promotes New Book That Justifies Looting, Property Damage]
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*[https://thefederalist.com/2020/08/31/amid-riots-ripping-the-country-npr-promotes-book-in-defense-of-looting/ Amid Riots Ripping The Country, NPR Promotes Book ‘In Defense Of Looting’]</ref>
      
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