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NPR Ombudsman refuses interview regarding "torture"

A common affliction: a willingness to opine pedantically followed by a refusal to engage criticisms.
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  • Tuesday, June 30, 2009 05:13 AM

    Remember this?

    http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/16/business/media/16radio.html

    Is that what we are dealing with here?

    I used to listen to NPR for the same reasons I watched PBS. Not so much anymore. NPR's news, financial reporting and a lot of its political commentary seem to have a strong conservative spin these days.

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