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To: Brumar89 who wrote (389993)	10/31/2010 10:12:05 AM
From: gamesmistress	14 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 794009

Good Lord: Anchorage CBS Affiliate Caught on Voicemail Conspiring Against Alaska's Senate GOP Candidate by Publius biggovernment.com The following voice mail message was inadvertently left on the cell phone of Joe Miller campaign spokesperson Randy DeSoto. The voices are believed to be those of the news director for CBS Anchorage affiliate KTVA, along with assignment editor Nick McDermott, and other reporters, openly discussing creating, if not fabricating, two stories about Republican nominee for U.S. Senate, Joe Miller. The following is a transcript of a call recorded after CBS Alaska affiliate KTVA called Joe Miller’s Senate campaign spokesperson. The call failed to disconnect properly. It was later authenticated by McDermott, who sent a text to Randy DeSoto stating, “Damn iPhone… I left you a long message. I thought I hung up. Sorry.” TRANSCRIPT OF KTVA AUDIO FROM OCTOBER 28, 2010 FEMALE REPORTER : That’s up to you because you have the experience but that’s what I would do...I’d wait until you see who shows up because that indicates we already know something... [Laughter [INAUDIBLE] FEMALE REPORTER : Child molesters... MALE REPORTER : Oh yes...Joe Miller’s...uh...get a list of people/campaign workers which one's the molester [INAUDIBLE] FEMALE VOICE : You know that of all the people that will show up tonight, at least one of them will be a registered sex offender. [Laughter] MALE REPORTER: We need to find that one person... [INAUDIBLE] FEMALE REPORTER : The one thing we can do is ....we won’t know....we won’ t know but if there is any sort of chaos whatsoever we can put out a twitter/facebook alert: saying what the... ‘Hey Joe Miller punched at rally.’ FEMALE REPORTER : Kinda like Rand Paul...I like that. [Laughter] FEMALE REPORTER : That’s a good one. Clearly the reporters were conspiring to set up some type of smear of Joe Miller. With glee, they even cite a recent controversy over an incident involving the Rand Paul campaign, while discussing how they would spread the story via social media after whatever incident they had in mind came off. It also brings to mind another recent episode that ended with Jerry Brown’s California gubernatorial campaign being caught up in controversy when someone from Brown’s camp called Brown’s opponent, Republican Meg Whitman, a “whore.” This calls into serious question what type of campaign coverage CBS’ KTVA has been providing Alaskans all along, given their reporters’ willingness to conspire against Miller.

To: Brumar89 who wrote (389993)	10/31/2010 11:02:24 AM
From: DMaA	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 794009

My MIL listens to NPR exclusively. Since I've known her she has gone from a centrist independent to a left wing loony.

To: Brumar89 who wrote (389993)	10/31/2010 3:33:02 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	3 Recommendations Respond to of 794009

As someone who listened to NPR for almost two decades, I can assure Kerstein that he is absolutely right. Me too, me too! He has the NPR method nailed. And they themselves don't realize they are doing it, that's just how they sincerely view everything. That's why it's so good; they believe. But over time, they keep digging themselves deeper and deeper into counter-factual positions.

To: Brumar89 who wrote (389993)	11/1/2010 4:05:55 PM
From: Snowshoe	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 794009

On De-Funding NPR By Jonah Goldberg nationalreview.com Again, I am for getting rid of taxpayer subsidies for all news. What I don’t think makes sense is for the GOP to get into office and make this a loud priority. The return on the political investment will be minimal. Lots of independents and even quite a few conservatives will be turned off by what will ultimately be a culture war fight, not a budgetary one (Let’s face facts: NPR is beloved by liberals first and foremost because it is a cultural institution). Instead, without fanfare or advanced notice the GOP should simply whittle away at public broadcasting subsidies that go to news over time. These cuts shouldn’t be cast as “anti-NPR” but as one small part of a broader program of fiscal responsibility along the lines of British effort currently underway. The GOP shouldn’t crow “We’ve crushed ‘National Peacenik Radio’” it should be “Hey, it’s tough all over and I don’t see why an otherwise profitable organization should be immune from the painful cuts that are necessary across the board.”