Surviving Capitalism (Not) : NPR Finds Right-Wing Crank to Spit on Zinn's Grave

We’ve lived so long under the spell of hierarchy—from god-kings to feudal lords to party bosses—that only recently have we awakened to see not only that “regular” citizens have the capacity for self-governance, but that without their engagement our huge global crises cannot be addressed. The changes needed for human society simply to survive, let alone thrive, are so profound that the only way we will move toward them is if we ourselves, regular citizens, feel meaningful ownership of solutions through direct engagement. Our problems are too big, interrelated, and pervasive to yield to directives from on high.
—Frances Moore Lappé, excerpt from Time for Progressives to Grow Up

Sunday, January 31, 2010

NPR Finds Right-Wing Crank to Spit on Zinn's Grave

from Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting.

I regard NPR as little more than a fairly sophisticated propaganda organ of the US ruling class aimed at the American middle class. Their selection of news items reflects the interests of the ruling class. News analysis is shaped by interviews with conservative figures, especially pentagon officials, and rarely by any critics of American foreign or domestic policies. I also see a lot of Zionist influence in their coverage of news and analysis.