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[Grace Cangialosi]

I'm interested in your comment about NPR, Jay. That's where I get most of my news...along with the BBC news Hour--and I hadn't noticed that shift to the right. In fact, I've noticed that if they do interview folks on the right, they challenge them pretty directly, sometimes arguing persistently. 

> On Jan 25, 2017, at 11:34 AM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> If I want reasonably unbiased news, I tend to go to The Guardian-US and
> Al-Jazeera English. I've given up on NPR because it's taken a hard turn to
> the right, and I don't subscribe to WaPo or NYT because I don't pay for
> online subscriptions.
> 
> Arresting journalists for doing their work is typical of totalitarian
> regimes.
> 
> And what, pray tell, is "disgusting and obscene" about a pink (or other
> colored) hat with cat ears? Really.~smdh~
> 
> On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 11:15 AM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> Well, he pulled the NYT's credentials for awhile during the campaign, and
>> I fully expect him to do that again at least for the near future. Same with
>> the Washington Post.
>> And, in case you haven't seen it, 6 journalists who were covering the
>> protests during the actual inauguration were arrested and arraigned on
>> felony charges. Hearings will be in March or April, I forget which.
>> "1984" no longer seems like fiction--Alternative Facts are the modern
>> version of New-speak.
>> 
>>>> On Jan 25, 2017, at 10:51 AM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
>>> magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> In a message dated 1/25/2017 9:17:55 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
>>> kristin at verumsolum.com writes:
>>> 
>>> . My  only workarounds so far are withdrawal and using foreign media
>>> (BBC, CBC,  etc) instead of domestic. I still get the high(?) points of
>>> US political  news, but without the need to hear every reaction in quite
>>> so much detail  nor with the need to be bipartisan (since their audiences
>>> are not US  voters).>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I get plenty of reassurance from the evening fare of MSNBC which will
>>> serve up solid news for four hours or so weeknights.
>>> 
>>> When the august USA "paper of record," the New York Times, starts to
>>> call Trump a liar, it leads me to understand I'm not the only one
>> feeling
>>> that way.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> David S.
>>