I've spot-checked them since 2000;

What that probably means is that you've noticed things that support
your belief and overlooked those that don't.

Students learning to do research are cautioned about the necessity of
carefully recording every bit of evidence that contradicts their
hypothesis because of the all-too-human tendency to overlook or forget
that stuff. It's known as "selective retention."

The slant is in the way the piece is organized and edited, not in the material
the reporter gathered. The right gets its say, but is made to look the fool anyway.

As an Independent who voted for more Republicans than Democrats in the
recent election, I think that's your perception, not reality.

I suggest that you would consider NPR to be "absolutely unbiased" if
it agreed with you 100 percent of the time. That's human nature.

vince norris