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May 2020

NPR Public Editor: We were ‘too slow’ reporting on Tara Reade’s allegations against Biden

John Sexton May 06, 2020 7:01 PM

“That timing conveys a lack of urgency on the part of the NPR politics team.”

May 2019

NPR’s guidelines on talking about abortion are really… something

Jazz Shaw May 23, 2019 10:41 AM

Sometimes words matter

Feb 2018

Trump’s budget would phase out funding for PBS, NPR

John Sexton Feb 12, 2018 5:01 PM

Round 27 of this fight.

May 2016

NPR: We probably shouldn’t have taken funding from Ploughshares Fund to cover Iran deal

John Sexton May 31, 2016 7:21 PM

“…Ploughshares had been a supporter for so long that supervisors did not know.”

Oops! NPR admits it did cancel interview with Iran-deal critic

John Sexton May 24, 2016 3:21 PM

“Rep. Pompeo was booked to discuss the Iran deal in August 2015…”

May 2013

Holder: “I’m not sure” how many times I’ve approved seizing reporter phone records

Ed Morrissey May 15, 2013 8:01 AM

Big Brother is watching. And reading. And … ?

Oct 2012

NPR poll: Romney up 1 over Obama

Ed Morrissey Oct 30, 2012 8:51 AM

In a D+4 poll.

May 2012

Is public broadcasting’s $445 million subsidy really a “tiny federal investment”?

Rob Bluey May 18, 2012 6:05 PM

Cut it off from the federal trough

Apr 2012

NPR: Maybe a slow economy is just what we need!

Ed Morrissey Apr 27, 2012 1:21 PM

Your tax dollars at work.

Oct 2011

NPR to Alec Baldwin: Host a podcast for us, please

Tina Korbe Oct 14, 2011 4:05 PM

Everybody’s favorite actor.

May 2011

NPR ombud: Yeah, that Soros money might be a credibility problem

Ed Morrissey May 25, 2011 1:52 PM

Firewall!

Apr 2011

Illinois tries to make its spending woes America’s problem

Patrick Ishmael Apr 23, 2011 4:00 PM

“The Main Street Fairness Act.”

Report: Budget agreement for $39 billion in cuts may be imminent; Update: Sources tell ABC deal is done; Update: “This is the best deal we could get out of them”; Update: No funding for abortion in D.C.

Allahpundit Apr 08, 2011 8:50 PM

Endgame.

Report: Dems, GOP may pass three-day or seven-day budget resolution to keep talks going; Update: Deal reached on policy riders?

Allahpundit Apr 08, 2011 7:42 PM

Inches.

Egyptian poll: 63% want peace treaty with Israel to continue, sort of

Allahpundit Apr 07, 2011 9:54 PM

Hmmm.

Breaking: Glenn Beck leaving Fox? Update: Seems confirmed

Jazz Shaw Apr 06, 2011 1:02 PM

Exit lines

Boehner reportedly tells GOP caucus: Dems will win if the government shuts down

Allahpundit Apr 05, 2011 7:48 PM

Hmmm.

New GOP CR cuts $12 billion in one week

Ed Morrissey Apr 05, 2011 12:15 PM

Strategy.

Petraeus to CIA?

Ed Morrissey Apr 05, 2011 10:55 AM

Huh?

NCAA championship open thread: UConn vs. Butler

Allahpundit Apr 04, 2011 9:00 PM

Underdogs.

Showdown: 41 Senate Democrats vow to filibuster budget if it defunds Planned Parenthood

Allahpundit Apr 04, 2011 4:55 PM

Impasse.

Mar 2011

Quotes of the day

Allahpundit Mar 31, 2011 10:55 PM

Tea time?

Media Matters plots “guerrilla warfare and sabotage” against Fox?

Ed Morrissey Mar 26, 2011 11:15 AM

Not quite “watching the watchers.”

Video: Libya vs. Iraq

Allahpundit Mar 25, 2011 4:13 PM

Obama is awesome.

Juan Williams: Defund NPR

Ed Morrissey Mar 21, 2011 8:48 AM

Plus, the NPR attack on Michelle’s family.

Hope: Radiation levels beyond 12 miles of Japanese nuke plant are near normal

Allahpundit Mar 18, 2011 9:11 PM

Relief?

Reid, Murkowski: NPR keeps us up to date on dog racing history

Ed Morrissey Mar 18, 2011 2:55 PM

That one won’t hunt, Senators.

Shep Smith: It’s pathetic that some Americans are popping iodide pills over Japan’s nuke crisis

Allahpundit Mar 17, 2011 7:56 PM

Plus: New power line reaches Japanese nuke plant.

228-192: House votes to pull the plug on funding for NPR

Allahpundit Mar 17, 2011 5:03 PM

Aw.

The Ed Morrissey Show: Kerry Picket, Drill Here Drill Now’s Revival, and finding Marizela

Ed Morrissey Mar 17, 2011 12:40 PM

3 pm ET.

U.S. embassy to Americans in Japan: Evacuate if you’re within 50 miles of the nuclear plant; Update: Extra radiation detectors being sent to Hawaii

Allahpundit Mar 16, 2011 4:20 PM

Precautions.

House passes new three-week budget bill, 54 Republicans vote no

Allahpundit Mar 15, 2011 4:57 PM

Defections.

Brooks: NPR great for “assimilation”

Ed Morrissey Mar 14, 2011 10:55 AM

Resistance to government messaging is futile.

Report: Meltdown at Japan reactor may be underway; Update: Meltdown caused explosion? Update: Another reactor in trouble; Update: New meltdown may be starting; Update: Or not? Update: Live feed added

Allahpundit Mar 12, 2011 12:47 AM

Nightmare.

Uh oh: Obama calls press conference tomorrow morning to discuss oil prices

Allahpundit Mar 10, 2011 8:44 PM

What could go wrong?

New O’Keefe video: Sure, says NPR exec, we can hide a donation from a Muslim Brotherhood front group from the government; Update: Exec was wrong about our donations policy, says NPR; Update: NPR releases e-mails showing it questioned donation

Allahpundit Mar 10, 2011 4:50 PM

“And, we would certainly, if that was your interest, want to shield you from that.”

GOP still determined to end public broadcasting subsidies

Ed Morrissey Mar 10, 2011 9:30 AM

Bonus.

O’Keefe: More NPR videos are on the way; Update: Obama still committed to funding NPR; Update: PBS says it met with O’Keefe’s fake donors too

Allahpundit Mar 09, 2011 5:33 PM

“I want to see if NPR tells the truth about what is going on.”

Video: Pence strangely reluctant to ride to cowboy poetry’s rescue

Ed Morrissey Mar 09, 2011 2:55 PM

Cowboy up, subsidy recipients.

Ron Schiller now out at Aspen Institute

Ed Morrissey Mar 09, 2011 12:21 PM

Schilled out.

Breaking: NPR board ousts Vivian Schiller

Ed Morrissey Mar 09, 2011 9:56 AM

Karma.

The strategic reserve we’re not willing to tap

Ed Morrissey Mar 09, 2011 9:30 AM

Drill, baby, drill.

NPR places Schiller on administrative leave over O’Keefe video; Update: Juan Williams rips NPR

Allahpundit Mar 08, 2011 6:36 PM

Whatever.

Genachowski to Commerce?

Ed Morrissey Mar 08, 2011 3:35 PM

Good luck on the confirmation hearing.