Greetings from your friendly, neighborhood, TERRORIST!

Does anyone remember Bob Edwards on the morning show on NPR?

I used to listen to the guy years ago. Seemed like a real likeable
person and seemed to have a balanced view. Every Friday he would
interview Red Barber, the retired baseball announcer, did it till Red
passed on. Both were the epitomy gentlemenliness. At least it seemed
so to me.

In any event, I believe it was last year, I tuned into Dr. Laura while
driving and Mr. Edwards was on being interviewed about his new book or
some such. I believe the conversation turned to partial birth
abortion and Mr. Edwards expressed a negative view toward the
procedure.

I recall that shortly thereafter Mr. Edwards'
air time was reduced, and within
a very brief period of time he was out on the pretext that they wanted
to bring some fresh "perspectives" to the program. And now, of
course, he is on XM radio
and me being a Sirius subscriber, I no longer hear him.

I think he expressed an opinion that was anathemae to some groups with
influence over at NPR and he was pushed!

So much for freedom of expression and toleration of other views. I
think its
call PC.


Paul D. Hilsenrath

(Jay Masino) wrote in message ...
Jay Honeck wrote:
Was ANY of this reported on CBS/ABC/NBC or my local, Gannett-owned
newspaper? Nope.
Which is why I listen to NPR. It may be liberal in many ways, but they
report the WHOLE truth.

I'm pretty sure I heard the same thing that NPR reported, on several
different CBS/ABC/NBC stations in the DC area.

Ace Pilot wrote:

From "A Measure of Media Bias":

"Our results show a very significant liberal bias....."

This month's "Atlantic" contained an article which touched on why. The author pointed
out that almost all members of the media are well educated and paid well above the
middle class. In addition, the industry is centered around the East Coast. As
individuals, they have the liberal bias prevalent in their class of people, and this
shows in their work.

George Patterson
If a man gets into a fight 3,000 miles away from home, he *had* to have
been looking for it.

Ace Pilot wrote:

From "A Measure of Media Bias":

"Our results show a very significant liberal bias....."

This month's "Atlantic" contained an article which touched on why. The author pointed
out that almost all members of the media are well educated and paid well above the
middle class. In addition, the industry is centered around the East Coast. As
individuals, they have the liberal bias prevalent in their class of people, and this
shows in their work.

George Patterson
If a man gets into a fight 3,000 miles away from home, he *had* to have
been looking for it.

Mr. Edwards was on being interviewed about his new book or
some such. I believe the conversation turned to partial birth
abortion and Mr. Edwards expressed a negative view toward the
procedure.

I recall that shortly thereafter Mr. Edwards'
air time was reduced, and within
a very brief period of time he was out on the pretext that they wanted
to bring some fresh "perspectives" to the program.

I badly miss Bob Edwards, and have never heard this story before.

The whole concept of his being replaced to appeal to a younger demographic
always seemed trumped up to me, but I just figured that he, like so many
others before him, had simply peed in somebody's Wheaties, and had been
shown the door.

It would be truly disappointing if he was fired for expressing an unpopular
(within the liberal community) viewpoint.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Mr. Edwards was on being interviewed about his new book or
some such. I believe the conversation turned to partial birth
abortion and Mr. Edwards expressed a negative view toward the
procedure.

I recall that shortly thereafter Mr. Edwards'
air time was reduced, and within
a very brief period of time he was out on the pretext that they wanted
to bring some fresh "perspectives" to the program.

I badly miss Bob Edwards, and have never heard this story before.

The whole concept of his being replaced to appeal to a younger demographic
always seemed trumped up to me, but I just figured that he, like so many
others before him, had simply peed in somebody's Wheaties, and had been
shown the door.

It would be truly disappointing if he was fired for expressing an unpopular
(within the liberal community) viewpoint.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"John Harlow" wrote

There is a "statistical center" of political views that the Yale study
most likely used to determine their results. This has nothing to do with
what you or I believe, if it's done properly.

All this does is show a statistical center of an opinion, which by
definition is not necessarily correct.

Hmmm. A statistical center of opinion "by definition is not
necessarily correct". Right up there with "There are absolutely no
absolutes". Monkeys at typewriters could produce more logical
coherency than most of what's been posted in this thread by the left.

Jim Rosinski

"If God is all-powerful, does that mean that He can make a boulder so
heavy that even He couldn't lift it?"

"John Harlow" wrote

There is a "statistical center" of political views that the Yale study
most likely used to determine their results. This has nothing to do with
what you or I believe, if it's done properly.

All this does is show a statistical center of an opinion, which by
definition is not necessarily correct.

Hmmm. A statistical center of opinion "by definition is not
necessarily correct". Right up there with "There are absolutely no
absolutes". Monkeys at typewriters could produce more logical
coherency than most of what's been posted in this thread by the left.

Jim Rosinski

"If God is all-powerful, does that mean that He can make a boulder so
heavy that even He couldn't lift it?"

Jim Rosinski wrote:

Hmmm. A statistical center of opinion "by definition is not
necessarily correct".

I didn't write that, but anyway: If you read it as "A statistical center
of *opinion* by definition is not necessarily correct (i.e. does not
necessarily reflect the *facts* correctly)", then it makes a lot of sense.

Right up there with "There are absolutely no absolutes".

I wrote this one (actually, I wrote it somewhat differently). Only a
very small and very simple world can be coherent. As soon as you accept
the the world is a little more complex, you'll have to live with
incoherency. I tell you this as a physicist.

Too many people confound simplicity with simplification.

Stefan

Jim Rosinski wrote:

Hmmm. A statistical center of opinion "by definition is not
necessarily correct".

I didn't write that, but anyway: If you read it as "A statistical center
of *opinion* by definition is not necessarily correct (i.e. does not
necessarily reflect the *facts* correctly)", then it makes a lot of sense.

Right up there with "There are absolutely no absolutes".

I wrote this one (actually, I wrote it somewhat differently). Only a
very small and very simple world can be coherent. As soon as you accept
the the world is a little more complex, you'll have to live with
incoherency. I tell you this as a physicist.

Too many people confound simplicity with simplification.

Stefan

There is a "statistical center" of political views that the Yale
study most likely used to determine their results. This has
nothing to do with what you or I believe, if it's done properly.

All this does is show a statistical center of an opinion, which by
definition is not necessarily correct.

Hmmm. A statistical center of opinion "by definition is not
necessarily correct". Right up there with "There are absolutely no
absolutes". Monkeys at typewriters could produce more logical
coherency than most of what's been posted in this thread by the left.

What I treid to point out is all the study "discovered" was the compilation
of the personal opinions of the interviewees. "Opinions" are simply that;
not "facts".

Here's another way to think about it:

As most people believe in Christianity, does that make it the "correct"
religion?

(source: http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mreligio.html )