everyone knows that Ira Glass is the Andrew Breitbart of public radio

I gave up on OPB years ago when they refused to show a children's program that had a family with two moms. If they won't support families like mine, then I won't support them. At that time I saw where things were headed with shrinking government financial support and more reliance on corporations.

National Pentagon Radio, we used to call it...

For the record, here's what I wrote on BlueOregon:

"OPB generally does some of the best journalism in this state - especially given that they're doing it with fewer words than anybody working in print, and without visuals to boot. I'm prepared to give 'em a mulligan, and blame this shot into the sand trap on a desire to spend less time working, and more time enjoying this beautiful Oregon summer."

That said, I think it is imperative that reporters (and bloggers and everyone) actually does the math when people say Measures 66 and/or 67 are hurting them somehow. These measures were actually quite modest and tightly targeted -- and there's a lot more hysteria out there than is justified by the numbers, much of it hyped by a handful of corporate lobbyists covering their failure to win at the legislature or at the ballot.

http://www.blueoregon.com/2010/08/teachabl…

Wow. Should we send some paper bags over the BlueOregon to help with the hyperventilating?

Mixed bag. Mostly they're doing good stuff, but I think NPR has a number of biases that make them a bit questionable. Like a lot of journalism outlets these days, they have a small staff, and every fact can't possibly be checked. Sad, the dwindling pie means less credibility for all.

Blabby, were you so intent on posting your snidery you just pretended you didn't read Kari's comment? or are you blabby without knowing what you are talking about (ie, doing a Fox)?

the issue is the one report, which anyone who had worked on the 66/67 campaign knew was crap. those measures will tax no one out of the state. whoever claims they do is full of shit. the whole point of the blog was to ask that OPB actually stop, do a little math (ie, think) and then report the facts -- not the propaganda being spewed by a woman who is taking her personal wealth, dumping her workers & running away with a trail of bullshit behind her.

Nice Polite Republicans.

OPB is notoriously anti-union when it comes to its own employees, even pulling out all the old union-busting tactics. Between that and their insistence that Think Out Loud is a worthwhile radio show, let alone at 9am, this is just more fuel to the fire of hatred that I have in my heart for them.