NPR ‘toon: “Learn to speak teabag”
posted at 8:26 pm on January 4, 2010 by Allahpundit
Via Ace, who wants you to see what your tax dollars are being used for. Ironically, NPR’s reputation for liberal bias means that I don’t listen, which leaves me unqualified to say just how biased this is. Are there token conservatives there to “balance” stuff like this? Or do people like Fiore, who skews sufficiently left to have had his stuff featured in the Village Voice, have the run of the place? This toon’s from November, incidentally; his latest one, published on New Year’s Eve, attacks Obama for … not being liberal enough. So there’s your balance, I guess.
In fairness, this isn’t the worst use of my tax dollars that I’ve seen today. Exit question: After the past eight years, should leftists really be so quick to mock people for tossing around the word “Nazi” lightly? Click the image to watch.
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That videos all wee wee’d up, man!
FontanaConservative on January 4, 2010 at 8:29 PM
NPR has a carefully calibrated balance. Between left and far left.
Attila (Pillage Idiot) on January 4, 2010 at 8:30 PM
I like the comments. People are fired up!
Keep up the ridicule, Lefties. It works wonders.
John the Libertarian on January 4, 2010 at 8:30 PM
From a man that most likely has been tea bagged often.
Hening on January 4, 2010 at 8:31 PM
I’m waiting for the fisting cartoon…
Seven Percent Solution on January 4, 2010 at 8:32 PM
lemme guess, Mr. Fiore has been an NEA grant recipient….?
what would make me think that….?!
ted c on January 4, 2010 at 8:35 PM
That and their voices are hella annoying.
Joe Caps on January 4, 2010 at 8:36 PM
The comments are amazing. Even some liberals are disgusted with this.
These people really don’t know when they go over the line.
tru2tx on January 4, 2010 at 8:37 PM
tee hee — starring chuckles and jennings in reversible roles??
Ris4victory on January 4, 2010 at 8:38 PM
OMG–I had to turn the sound off! The comments are great though–people are pissed that their tax dollars are going for this crap–democraps and others included! All we need to do is give ‘em more rope….and they will kick the chair out from under themselves…
lovingmyUSA on January 4, 2010 at 8:39 PM
Funny. I thought liberals and NPR made it cool to call a president a nazi. After all, I heard it from them for most of Bush’s presidency. Oh, the irony!
Vanbasten on January 4, 2010 at 8:39 PM
I posted this earlier,I seen it from,IOwnTheWorld website,
and I gota tell ya,talk about audacity of hope,Liberal’s
keep hanging themselves,
give’em more rope!!
canopfor on January 4, 2010 at 8:40 PM
Typical lefties, they think everyone argues like they do.
Daveyardbird on January 4, 2010 at 8:41 PM
Leftists pretend that they are intelligent, why shouldn’t they also pretend that they are funny? And good looking too?
Lefties lie to everyone else, why not to themselves as well?
NoDonkey on January 4, 2010 at 8:41 PM
I’m waiting for the fisting cartoon…
Seven Percent Solution on January 4, 2010 at 8:32 PM
Seven Percent Solution: No doubt,its probably in the works
or already in the can,awaiting re-
lease!!hehe:)
canopfor on January 4, 2010 at 8:42 PM
NPR is a pure left wing entity whose sole mission in life is to provide propaganda support to the current Marxist regime . . . let’s stop pretending that it has any other purpose.
rplat on January 4, 2010 at 8:43 PM
They (a majority of liberals/progressives, in my observation) have no idea that they are both extremist, and offensive, in their dismissal of other viewpoints.
It’s the Kael effect (after critic Pauline Kael, who couldn’t understand Nixon win in 1972, because “no one I know voted for him.”)
They most often read/listen/watch from a limited repertoire of material. If you only get your news from the NY Times (or it’s local equivalent,) NPR, and PBS, you will, axiomatically, only get one side of the story.
Most conservatives I know at least try to read/watch/listen to a variety of sources…
massrighty on January 4, 2010 at 8:43 PM
I mostly only listen to it on the weekends for Car Talk and What Do Ya Know? but of what I’ve heard of the “news” programming, I’d say this about sums it up.
NoLeftTurn on January 4, 2010 at 8:43 PM
The cartoon is hilarious because it’s true.
Norman Blizter on January 4, 2010 at 8:44 PM
My far, far, extremely far left cousin loves NPR. She likes to say that she never knew the truth until she began listening to NPR.
I, myself, can’t click the linky because I have the worst internet in the history of internet and can’t watch things that move! But I am sure that it is very educational and speaks the truth (in bizzaro world).
cibolo on January 4, 2010 at 8:44 PM
Irony: This video provides all the evidence needed that government is indeed wasting taxpayer dollars.
BKennedy on January 4, 2010 at 8:45 PM
Looks like its the far left who are the bitter clingers now.
Hellrider on January 4, 2010 at 8:46 PM
Nope.
Yep.
massrighty on January 4, 2010 at 8:47 PM
That’s disgusting. I can’t believe they waste money on crap like that.
I remember listening to NPR programming during the Israeli-Hezballah thing and there were at least 6 things they said that were historically inaccurate.
I guess making a cartoon only a 12 year old boy would find witty is par for course then.
And if one more person refers to another who happens to disagree with them politically as a “Nazi”, I swear I’m ripping his a** off.
mjk on January 4, 2010 at 8:47 PM
Jackass’s!
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120344047
canopfor on January 4, 2010 at 8:48 PM
The least credible poster on this site has spoken!
Jeez Norman; I didn’t like this cartoon, but your overwhelming logic has changed my mind.
massrighty on January 4, 2010 at 8:49 PM
I’ve emailed my Senators and Representative asking how I can get government money to create and host a video to slur liberals with a term referencing a form of oral sex. All in the name of fairness, of course.
malclave on January 4, 2010 at 8:50 PM
Underestimate us at your peril, Left. I must say I prefer a clueless Left (is there any other). They have no idea the giant that’s starting to stand up.
SouthernGent on January 4, 2010 at 8:51 PM
Maybe I’m a little slow but was that meant to be funny?
ncborn on January 4, 2010 at 8:51 PM
I never listen to NPR and I want my money back…
d1carter on January 4, 2010 at 8:51 PM
Ace:
Allahpundit:
Since Allahpundit regularly uses escort services in the New York Metro area he is also funding him through the Village Voice…
ninjapirate on January 4, 2010 at 8:52 PM
NPR needs to be pressure washed with a hose
attached to @$$ bucket of CH3COOH
macncheez on January 4, 2010 at 8:52 PM
If the Republicans had any sort of leadership, they would point out how the leftists are mocking anyone who believes in reducing spending and waste.
Basically what the left has campaigned on for the past couple elections.
cntrlfrk on January 4, 2010 at 8:53 PM
Great to see,that the Liberals are busy brainwashing
“The Children”,and,I’d say its on par with Jihadys
grooming their children,to be the next generation
of Terrorists,and no different,that Hamas or Hezbollah
raising their cildren to hate Israel!!
canopfor on January 4, 2010 at 8:53 PM
I listen to NPR. I like it. I know they skew to the Left. But I watch Fox News and listen to Dennis Prager, who skew to the Right. Plus, call me dull but I can of like the dry presentation on NPR.
terryannonline on January 4, 2010 at 8:54 PM
I’m embarrassed for the intelligence level of the liberal left. They’re like the obnoxious drunk with the lampshade on his head, slurring words..but in his mind he is being articulate and hilarious.
Sad really. Can’t they see the fools they make of themselves?
Its amazing to me.
Itchee Dryback on January 4, 2010 at 8:55 PM
Listening to NPR is good for you; the breathless, hushed, low voices remind one of a zen garden with Yanni leading yoga exercises.
Bishop on January 4, 2010 at 8:55 PM
Here’s all one needs to know about this brave moron.
tru2tx on January 4, 2010 at 8:55 PM
Go on, lefty trolls and other Democrat supporters. Keep calling us “teabaggers.” Keep using a slang term for “scrotum sucker” as a synonym for “fed-up taxpayer.” Keep calling us that, while ignoring the rather interesting school curriculum ideas of our current “Safe School Czar,” for example. Yeah, you’ll win back those independents, damn right you will. Because I’m just SO SURE those independents harbor just as much hatred and bigotry against regular people as you do.
Aitch748 on January 4, 2010 at 8:56 PM
Time for NPR to go the way of Air America.
ZK on January 4, 2010 at 8:58 PM
I can remember when there was actually a time when NPR stood for excellence and quality, a place where one could go for both entertainment and enrichment.
Unfortunately, somewhere between that time back then and where we are now, something went terribly, terribly wrong.
These days, I won’t even tune into NPR to get a weather report. It has been reduced to a liberally mean spirited, left-slanted cesspool.
pilamaye on January 4, 2010 at 8:58 PM
NPR intentionally sets the bar quite low for people like you.
Bishop on January 4, 2010 at 8:58 PM
Here’s the thing…it wasn’t actually that funny. Not just because I disagreed with it politically…it just wasn’t funny.
Sarjex on January 4, 2010 at 8:59 PM
I actually I heard somewhere that NPR ratings are actually pretty good right now (I can’t remember where). If their ratings are good then perhaps it’s time they become commercialized?
terryannonline on January 4, 2010 at 9:00 PM
Liberals want Fair and Balanced!
Republicans want UnHinged and Agenda Oriented Programming
like this to end!!
Besides,isn`t this bordering on Hate Speech!
canopfor on January 4, 2010 at 9:00 PM
You live in your head….but you know that.
There is help Norman, but you have to take the first step.
You can do it! I’m pullin’ for ya!
Itchee Dryback on January 4, 2010 at 9:03 PM
It is time to start distributing photoshopped pictures of every person who refers to the Tea Party protestors as “Teabaggers” engaging in that practice.
poplicola on January 4, 2010 at 9:03 PM
libs must be really stupid to need a translation program for the Tea Paryt message. How hard is it to understand ‘HELL NO!’
Fighton03 on January 4, 2010 at 9:04 PM
Dog bites man.
Yawn.
Bruno Strozek on January 4, 2010 at 9:04 PM
So you’ve gotten your unicorn then?
Fighton03 on January 4, 2010 at 9:05 PM
Hey Republicans,if you get your dumbazzez back in power…DEFUND THE LEFT!
theTarCzar on January 4, 2010 at 9:06 PM
The audacity of hope was for his campaign
Tyranny and demonization are for his reign
His candidacy was rather like that of a Henry Houdini
His presidency is shaping up to be much more like that of a Benito Mussolini
Although he tries to slip it all in under another guise
To all his fascist action most foul we must still be wise
In spite of all the Houdini lies
Dancing in Obama’s Mussolini eyes!
MB4 on January 4, 2010 at 9:07 PM
Liberal bumper sticker: A lie an hour keeps us in power.
Yoop on January 4, 2010 at 9:07 PM
Get a life, move out of your mother’s basement
Get some new friends.
J_Crater on January 4, 2010 at 9:08 PM
I would love to see NPR stop spending my money. They should be funded via MoveOn.org.
ClanDerson on January 4, 2010 at 9:09 PM
The liberty of America’s past
He wants buried in darkness and shadows cast
Erased through all eternity
No more hope for humanity
‘Tis when the Hurdy Gurdy ObamaMan
Comes singing children songs of fascist socialist lore
‘Tis when the Hurdy Gurdy Obama Man
Comes singing children songs of fascist socialist lore
MB4 on January 4, 2010 at 9:11 PM
Juan Williams is the Senior Political Analyst who gets the most play, which is a serious improvement over Daniel Schorr. Anyway, At NPR Juan is about as balanced as they get, which is not saying much. Sometimes an interviewee gets opportunity to capsulize the conservative position, but most of the on-air talent are obvious lefties.
My radio is set to NPR in the am and Hewitt in the pm. NPR practices agenda journalism, pushing their information and opinion template and trying to ignore stories that do not fit it. Hewitt is more balanced in allowing opposing arguments to be aired and understood whenever someone of note is willing to come on the show to explain and defend.
exdeadhead on January 4, 2010 at 9:11 PM
On the NPR site you can send a message to the ombudsman.
CWforFreedom on January 4, 2010 at 9:12 PM
The only reason this surprises me is that I didn’t know NPR was still on the air.
Erich66 on January 4, 2010 at 9:13 PM
I actually wonder if this might backfire. Enough moderates and non-brainwashed liberals are against hcr now, they may take offense at being lumped in with “Tea Bags.”
As for NPR, I don’t listen to any talk radio (driving is for music) but I’ve heard Car Talk is good. Lefty men don’t care about cars, do they? Apart from Prii, I mean?
Tanya on January 4, 2010 at 9:14 PM
I’m guessing, since they seemed so well versed in the terminology and refer to it so easily, that they are probably personally well acquainted with the practice. They would probably revel in the free advertising. Think San Fran…
Yoop on January 4, 2010 at 9:16 PM
Since we had to listen to the left through 10 years of the Bush administration so we already learned how to speak like a “DoucheBag”
Bicyea on January 4, 2010 at 9:16 PM
Right before the Iraq war,NPR was talking to a correspondent in Syria(yeah i listen once in awhile and happened to hear this live).He said he saw non-stop miles of Tractor trailers coming in from Iraq,offloading huge containers.
After all the lefty accusations started flying around,how no WMD’s were found,and (they claim) were never in Iraq,i contacted NPR’s website archive(supposedly they will help you find anything)to get that audio.No response.I wonder why.
theTarCzar on January 4, 2010 at 9:16 PM
Dang. Not that NPR staffers will read any of the comments under their clever little cartoon but dang.
watson007 on January 4, 2010 at 9:17 PM
A DVD of this video can now be yours through a generous pledge of only $50.
Act now and we’ll include a free CD of Terry Gross’ 2008 Earth Day interview with Al Gore.
The Ugly American on January 4, 2010 at 9:19 PM
Time to start tackling liberals and actually doing the deed in my opinion. That’s what they want as far as I can tell.
daesleeper on January 4, 2010 at 9:20 PM
The cartoon is hilarious because it’s true.Hey everyone pay attention to me I am an a$$-sucking leftard troll.
NormAss Blister on January 4, 2010 at 8:44 PM
cableguy615 on January 4, 2010 at 9:28 PM
NPR – didn’t they just try to tell Mara Liason that she isn’t allowed to be a FOX News commentator? I hope Ms. Liason told them to go suck dirty pond water.
redwhiteblue on January 4, 2010 at 9:29 PM
Idiots like Norman see terms like teabag as normal in their pathetic lives. Funny thing is that they are ignorant of history. The basis for todays tea parties were the ones of our forefathers and there were no such bags. Ignorance is bliss to the ugly troll.
CWforFreedom on January 4, 2010 at 9:34 PM
A good douching?
Colorado Anne on January 4, 2010 at 9:38 PM
Mr Fiore’s work was brought to you by Barney Frank, who enthusiastically approves of teabagging.
Oh wait!
Sweet_Thang on January 4, 2010 at 9:40 PM
DEFUND NPR. PERIOD
marklmail on January 4, 2010 at 9:46 PM
This is why “Air Amerika” failed. It’s hard to compete against a network of taxpayer funded nonprofit 50,000 watt FM taxwastes when all you can get is the 4th-5th best AM signal in the market. That is assuming the product on the air is equal or better, and given their collection of harpies and beta male hosts, they weren’t.
wildcat84 on January 4, 2010 at 9:51 PM
Yes they should, so that we might seize the opportunity to cram it right back down their throats every single damn time.
Cylor on January 4, 2010 at 9:51 PM
Learn to Speak Liberal:
Racist! Homophobe! Rich angry white guy! Prius!
John the Libertarian on January 4, 2010 at 9:52 PM
Douche. Bag.
Dopenstrange on January 4, 2010 at 9:52 PM
Yep.
There is no place in a free society for government funded news and entertainment.
Not when the free market will not only provide that at no cost to the taxpayer, but will pay taxes!
Defund NPR, and allow commercial broadcasters in the left wing haven below 92.1 MHz on FM.
wildcat84 on January 4, 2010 at 9:52 PM
Well, they do have David Brooks on occasionally. LOL
I listen sometimes during the morning commute. I get a kick out of their trying really hard to put a positive spin on the economy now, after telling us for the last 3 years of the Bush admin that we’re going to hell. “The Association of Ambidextrous Red-Haired Retailers has reported the third straight week of growth in inventories, signaling that the economic recovery may indeed be well under way…”
ddrintn on January 4, 2010 at 9:52 PM
Oh yeah…if this is from November, why’d it take this long for us to take notice?
Cylor on January 4, 2010 at 9:52 PM
It’s NPR.
ddrintn on January 4, 2010 at 9:55 PM
Not to sound naive, but do we even know NPR actually paid for this? NPR operates on a different copyright structure than the private sector, plus I wouldn’t be surprised if this fellow gave it away for kicks and publicity. It’d seem awfully odd for a radio network to pay for visual content. They probably just rubber-stamp stuff he sends their way, and no one there probably realized that “tea bag” was an innuendo-laden epithet rather than a self-identifying term. After today, they’ll probably know better (and hopefully act appropriately).
Because it’s not a media organization’s job to do your homework for you? Try such a vague, stale request with Fox News and see if you get any further. I doubt you will.
However, I must say that NPR’s bias in 2009 has been very bothersome to me. Earlier, it seemed more moderated and also appropriate considering who was in power. Now they inviting slanderous hatchet-men like Mark Blumenthal onto Fresh Air to help listeners “understand” the evil ways of Republicans (not to mention Jews in Israel). And their “media watchdog” far more often has stuff about how the media aren’t hard enough on conservatives and are easy on liberals, rather than vice versa. However, to their credit, they will put balance on when it’s offered; but as their most prolific stations are in aqua blue areas, they necessarily have some blinders when it comes to these issues.
calbear on January 4, 2010 at 9:57 PM
They can be contacted here. I made sure to mention I was forwarding this trash to my Senators and Congresswoman.
2ipa on January 4, 2010 at 10:02 PM
Mr. Fiore has obviously spent too much time in Barney Franks’ bed.
bill30097 on January 4, 2010 at 10:03 PM
Is there anybody out there that can do a semi decent Obama impersonation? Time for me to dust off an idea I’ve had for a series of shorts.
Seriously. Email me at
sarjex@gmail.com
Sarjex on January 4, 2010 at 10:04 PM
I’m a frequent listener – I’m trapped in a car, for about 1,100 miles/week, throughout the northeast (translation; it’s sometimes the only strong signal.)
My favorite; 3 “analysts” after Bush’s SOTU speech expounding on the “lies” he told.
One lie was that Bush said 484 schools had opened.
Analyst; “Not true – 4 of them subsequently closed – so, it’s a lie!”
massrighty on January 4, 2010 at 10:06 PM
Lovely web site
BTW -
Hanging Bush in effigy = cool & hip
Hanging Obama in effigy = racist
Colorado Anne on January 4, 2010 at 10:12 PM
Oh, and to answer your question, today’s NPR opinion page has an opinion piece from the National Review Online: “If Democratic members listen to the American voters over the holidays, we might succeed in short order. But if the Democrats follow through on their apparent willingness to take the journey down Hillarycare Road to electoral suicide, we will likely succeed in the next two elections. Either way, we can prevail.” That’s probably as anathema to die-hard progressives as this cartoon is to any self-respecting fiscal conservative.
calbear on January 4, 2010 at 10:14 PM
NPR gerbilling for the Obama Administration…
I wonder if this guy got a National Endowment for the Arts grant to do this?
Caper29 on January 4, 2010 at 10:15 PM
I’m sorry, I couldn’t understand you with all that sand in your mouth.
shick on January 4, 2010 at 10:18 PM
Copied the wrong person I intended to quote. Sorry. (I’ll take my shoe out of my mouth now.)
shick on January 4, 2010 at 10:19 PM
Two words- satelite radio
thomasaur on January 4, 2010 at 10:25 PM
The response video should be “How to speak douchebag.”
Remember, you don’t want a big, convoluted insurance company coming between you and your doctor, you want a
big convolutednice caring government coming between you and your doctor….Sekhmet on January 4, 2010 at 10:28 PM
Tee Hee! As one of the commenters at the NPR site notes, this post is in violation of their own rules.
No personal attacks, name calling, libel, defamation, comments about someone’s mother, hate speech, comparisons to notorious dictators – you get the idea.
Don’t use obscenities — even if the word in question is often used in conversation. We’re not going to list the words we object to; you know what they are. Remember, this is a public forum and we want everyone to feel comfortable participating
Buy Danish on January 4, 2010 at 10:32 PM
Yeah, I know…
(Note to self: Never cheap out on options again!)
massrighty on January 4, 2010 at 10:32 PM
I checked out the NPR site and noticed someone posted a link to this YouTube video, it’s a cartoon from 1948 talking about the evil of “isms”. It speaks truth just as much now as it did 62 years ago.
kagai on January 4, 2010 at 10:36 PM
Link didn’t show up. Try again.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVh75ylAUXY
kagai on January 4, 2010 at 10:37 PM
They do not recognize lines for themselves only their opponents. Everything they think of is always ok and absolutely correct, anything the opposition says is crossing the line. It is just that simple for them.
bluemarlin on January 4, 2010 at 10:41 PM
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