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"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." --C.S. Lewis

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:: Friday, January 21, 2005 ::

Don't miss this classic smack-down of NPR 'reporting' via Roger Simon [>]

Money quote:

"I'm a Peter Bienert Democrat who primarily listens to KPCC, but I'm also someone who is worried that junk science badly damages our ability to make smart policy decisions and worse, damages the credibility of the environmental movement. We live in an era when we have to assume that our facts will be checked, and where we need to make our arguments both from facts that tell us what the world is and from our beliefs in what kind of word we want it to be.

And I'm really saddened to hear that you ... as someone who makes a living in journalism ... would filter what you read by your distaste for the ‘wrapper’ it was presented in. As a consumer of media, let me as gently as possible suggest that until that attitude changes, the credibility and effectiveness of your profession will continue to be under strong attack, and you won't be able to do the job that is so badly needed - of bringing the truth to the people.

Marc"

It's really refreshing to see an honest Democrat shakedown MSM for the shoddy reporting that NPR passes off as journalism.

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