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NPR bull^%@
As I was driving home last night I was listening to NPR. I actually kind of despise them - they're anything but liberal - but it's pretty much Hobson's Choice, since I don't care to listen to the crap that Clear Channel puts out on its ubiquitous "music" stations.
As they often do, the NPR whores were covering politics. A couple of things stuck in my mind. Or my craw.
One was a story about those goddamned undecided votors. The guest, a polling expert, said "According to polls, the thing that undecided votors dislike most about John Kerry is his flip-flopping."
Huh? Let me get this straight: Undecided voters dislike John Kerry because they think he's...not decisive enough?!?
These people need a serious boot to the head.
Mind you, I'm not even going to TALK about the mental qualifications of people who mindlessly swallow White House talking points.
The other thing that got to me was this. A reporter was doing a story about the standing of the USA in world opinion. She said that world opinion about the US had become "polarized".
Now, polarization means a movement towards two opposite positions. But as far as I know, world opinion has been moving in only ONE direction - against George W. Bush and, to a lesser extent, America (look for anti-US feeling to increase if we actually elect the bastard this time). If there are any countries out there that like us BETTER than they did four years ago, I haven't heard of them.
Chalk it up to the media's noxious habit of pretending to be impartial by insisting that there is no such thing as the truth, I guess.
Note to self: remember to program in the new Boston and Providence carriers of Air America Radio.
As they often do, the NPR whores were covering politics. A couple of things stuck in my mind. Or my craw.
One was a story about those goddamned undecided votors. The guest, a polling expert, said "According to polls, the thing that undecided votors dislike most about John Kerry is his flip-flopping."
Huh? Let me get this straight: Undecided voters dislike John Kerry because they think he's...not decisive enough?!?
These people need a serious boot to the head.
Mind you, I'm not even going to TALK about the mental qualifications of people who mindlessly swallow White House talking points.
The other thing that got to me was this. A reporter was doing a story about the standing of the USA in world opinion. She said that world opinion about the US had become "polarized".
Now, polarization means a movement towards two opposite positions. But as far as I know, world opinion has been moving in only ONE direction - against George W. Bush and, to a lesser extent, America (look for anti-US feeling to increase if we actually elect the bastard this time). If there are any countries out there that like us BETTER than they did four years ago, I haven't heard of them.
Chalk it up to the media's noxious habit of pretending to be impartial by insisting that there is no such thing as the truth, I guess.
Note to self: remember to program in the new Boston and Providence carriers of Air America Radio.