NPR Goes Full Meltdown on Trump
Okay, so we all know NPR is a joke. However, living in an academic community, you may be surprised to learn that self-styled “progressives” around here refer to NPR as being too ‘right wing.’ No, they really do. In truth, what they mean—and they have a point—is that NPR is basically establishment radio. Radio with just enough ideological diversity to span from Hillary Clinton to John McCain. Which is to say, pretty much no ideological diversity. (Clueless about civil liberties and, much like Sec. Clinton, never heard of a place that couldn’t benefit from U.S. bombs being dropped on it.)
Needless to say, I’ve heard some pretty crazy things on NPR, but nothing prepared me for what I heard in the car today. These poor journalists are just plain losing their minds over Trump. Down below, I’ve embedded the podcast. I recommend skipping ahead to around the 15:45 minute mark…and just soak in the meltdown for yourself.
Here are some actual quotes from the podcast:
Wrapping up a section on how Donald Trump is fundamentally ‘a liar,’ the host states, “Nathan, thank you. If you’ll excuse me, I’ve gotta go resume the fetal position…”
Another female journalists proceeds to open up the next segment with the following,
“So, Trump lies with an abandon hitherto unknown on these shores…”
At around the 38:45 Bob Garfield, the main host of the show returns to say,
In our editorial meeting this week…the staff detected in my voice a slight suicidal despondency. “Why so glum, chum?” They wanted to know. And I said, “It’s just that we are all so F__d. It’s hard to drag my sorry self out of bed in the morning.”
Do these people understand how unhinged they’ve become? And I get it. I’m a #NeverTrumper, myself for a whole host of reasons. Mainly, I don’t find the man to be trustworthy, but these foolish NPR journalists have blown Donald Trump into such a monster in their own minds that they’ve become deranged,…pathetic and, frankly, dangerous. Somehow I bet they have no idea that Barack Obama has imprisoned and prosecuted more journalists and whistleblowers than all previous presidents combined. Do you think they did a segment on that?
They are recklessly painting a picture of President elect Donald Trump as #LiberallyHitler. And what should we expect? Death threats…but that’s another issue.
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