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My love/hate relationship with NPR.
Several weeks ago Romney was interviewed on NPR.
The interview was interesting, and Romney did a particularly good job of demonstrating that his views haven't alwaysevolved in a direction that is politically expedient (a common chargeof less-informed critics).
I was surprised, though, to see whatappeared to be a defensive response to a debate-related question about his view of the Bible. When I listened to the story, though, I wassurprised to find that his answer to the question had been truncated with a less-than-flattering effect.
I wrote in complaining, and nowthe site's transcript has been fixed to reflect his actual untruncated answer. This may have been accidental, I'm sure, but the stark contrast between the way the incomplete answer reflected unfavorably on Romney as off-topic while the actual answer was articulate and comprehensive, I get suspicious.
Unfortunately, NPR's botching of Romney coverage happened again this morning. A story on the Iowa caucuses today emphasized Huckabee's surge and the amount Romney has spent in Iowa. I've seen this refrain repeatedly in the MSM, and nowhere, it seems, does anyone point out that most of Romney's campaign finances are contributed by supporters, not Romney himself. There is no way this can be called accurate
reporting. I sent in this response:
When NPR reports, as it did this morning, that a vote against Romney shows that Iowans "can't be bought" it makes me livid. It's an insult to the integrity and intelligence of the many people who support Romney as the best candidate. Romney wouldn't have had to spend such an enormous amount of money in Iowa had the media given him some approximation of fair coverage. Apparently NPR is complicit in perpetuating these distortions of his campaign.
Given the constant way the media vilifies Romney unfairly as privileged, successful only because of wealth and status, and dishonest (which is ludicrous), I'm very happy to see that Americans really are smart enough to decide for themselves and have continued to support Romney. If I stick with it, Romney's optimism may just rub
off a little bit. :-)
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