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NPR Is Super Hyped For ‘Auntie Maxine?Waters But not a whisper of her ethics problems Rate Topic:
Posted 16 November 2018 - 07:41 PM
NPR Is Super Hyped For ‘Auntie Maxine?Waters
November 16, 2018 06:49 PM
National Public Radio has produced a glowing, pro-Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., report this week.
"'Auntie Maxine' Waters Gets Ready To Take On The Banks As House Panel Chair," reads the headline, giving readers fair warning about what sort of article they should expect.
The headline’s use of Waters?#Resistance nickname seems like gross, overly friendly deference to a person in a position of power. To be fair, NPR published a headline in 2016 that included the use of “Mad Dog?in reference to Defense Secretary James Mattis. But the difference there is that “Mad Dog?is a nickname that has followed Mattis around for years. It wasn’t given to him by partisan activists. “Auntie Maxine,?on the other hand, is explicitly the creation of the #Resistance. Giving it lip service in the headline seems like poor judgment on NPR’s part.
Next, there’s the content the story itself. Hoo, boy.
There are plenty of reasons to suspect the NPR newsroom has a troublingly high opinion of the congresswoman, but none stands out so much as the fact that its report this week makes absolutely no mention of her history of alleged ethics violations or the fact that her family has been making a killing from her political and business connections. To be clear: In a story that goes out of its way to characterize Waters as a “firebrand?who “gives as good as she gets?and claims she has used her influence on the Financial Services Committee to “[position] herself as a voice of the little people,?there’s not one word about her long history of political kickbacks and using her political endorsement to enrich her family.
You’d think a story that takes the time to quote industry experts who say she is a “tough and savvy defender of consumer protection?and “skilled legislator [who has] devoted considerable energy to issues affecting the mortgage industry?would also find time to mention the congresswoman’s well-documented history of unethical behavior.
Readers might be interested in learning more about Waters' daughter, Karen, who will collect more than $200,000 this year for heading a slate mailer operation for her mother’s 2018 re-election campaign. Readers might also be interested in learning more about the fact that, between 2006 and 2016, Waters?firm will have collected more than $600,000 in funds from her mother’s campaign.
NPR couldn’t be bothered to mention that Waters was charged in 2010 with violations of the House's ethics rules after it was discovered she had used her connections to ensure a $12 million federal bailout of OneUnited Bank. NPR couldn’t be bothered to mention Waters?husband owned OneUnited Bank stock. NPR also couldn’t be bothered to mention the 2004 Los Angeles Times report that found Waters' relatives pocketed more than $1 million over the course of eight years from businesses and political campaigns that were in some way connected to the congresswoman.
Posted 16 November 2018 - 08:04 PM
Auntie Maxine??? Will she be trading in the wig for a handkerchief like Auntie Jemima? :ph34r:
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Posted 16 November 2018 - 09:01 PM
I have a far left-wing sister-in-law who is a dedicated NPR listener and a few years ago I was telling her and my brother about going to the bike co-op, which is in a formerly black neighborhood but is trending to being "trendy" and mixed.
I said that I asked the trendy white girl working there if it was safe around here after dark. She momentarily paused for whatever reason before she said yes.
So, OK, my brother and his wife both immediately said: "You can't ask that!", and that's the idiotic bubble so many, many people, I think, live in, including lots of people here.
Posted 16 November 2018 - 09:39 PM
<censored> NPR and PBS. Both should have been stripped of funding eons ago.
But "the Swamp" won't allow it. :nuts:
BerkeleyUnderground, on 16 November 2018 - 09:01 PM, said:
Your SIL is quite the leftist ding dong.
This post has been edited by RedSoloCup: 16 November 2018 - 09:43 PM
Posted 17 November 2018 - 02:14 AM
I hate NPR. To my bones. Defunding it would be my first act in office
Posted 18 November 2018 - 10:27 PM
I like NPR. Ya gotta know what the enemy thinkin an doin!!!!!! And I need a good laugh everyday listening to the snowflakes
#8 HardRightBambi
Posted 19 November 2018 - 08:03 AM
Ben Cranklin, on 16 November 2018 - 08:04 PM, said:
Man, you is a rassiss!
#9 That_Guy
Posted 19 November 2018 - 08:57 AM
Liz, on 16 November 2018 - 07:41 PM, said:
The headline’s use of Waters?#Resistance nickname
For anyone (like this T. Becket Adams) who doesn't have close relationships with black people, please know that "Auntie" is a term of endearment in our community and Congresswoman Waters was being referred to as "Auntie Maxine" long before Trump was being taken seriously as a political candidate.
Posted 19 November 2018 - 12:23 PM
That_Guy, on 19 November 2018 - 08:57 AM, said:
Suuuureee.
Posted 19 November 2018 - 12:30 PM
Posted 19 November 2018 - 12:33 PM
I've got a better name for you, her and all those commie proggies just like you: Anti-American.