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If you think NPR Tell Me More is real journalism, see this. (illegal immigration propaganda, Michel Martin) - 12/12/11
... think NPR's Tell Me More and host Michel Martin engage in real journalism, keep reading because I hope to change your mind.
For years, the media have been printing very similar stories designed to tug at peoples' heartstrings to promote an anti-American bill called the DREAM Act (see that link). These stories - appearing in news outlets from coast to coast - differ from one another in little...
Questions for Michel Martin: Tell Me More about your illegal immigration propaganda - 12/10/11
... Becomes Brain Surgeon" [1] from Michel Martin's "Tell Me More" show. The problem with the story isn't the brain surgeon's compelling personal tale, it's that NPR is engaged in obvious propaganda rather than anything remotely approaching journalism.
NPR is no better than dozens of organizations that are paid money to advocate for higher immigration levels. Instead of looking into underreported...
NPR described Obama as "Kenyan-born", then later posts correction - 04/09/10
... Out Of Africa" (introduced by Michel Martin, npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=95550177) included the following (bolding added): "[West African correspondent Ofeibea Quist-Arcton] describes the stories that have been exciting, including the U.S. presidential race of Kenyan-born Sen. Barack Obama."
Just recently, they've prepended a correction (screengrab of the original page here): "An...
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