Comments on: Rundown 7/9 http://www.hereandnow.org/2009/07/rundown-79/ National and international news analysis, film, theater, music and more, from WBUR and PRI Thu, 29 Jul 2010 03:55:56 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: George Sachs http://www.hereandnow.org/2009/07/rundown-79/comment-page-1/#comment-1823 George Sachs Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:04:49 +0000 http://www.hereandnow.org/?p=3253#comment-1823 I have enjoyed your show for the last couple of years, but I have to let you know that I (and my family) won't be listening to it, or any other NPR programs, any more because of the extraordinary behavior of NPR's Ombudsman recently with regards to the "torture" debate and another matter I had asked her to investigate. Prior to the "torture scandal" I was still in a big dispute with NPR, its lawyers, and Ms. Shepard, regarding the uncorrected and bogus 2004 'faux' GyroGen-story that was featured on NPR. NPR's & Alicia's continued refusal to let me explain my side of this story and to let me inform the public of the truth behind this, so called, prize winning "new invention", betrays a serious credibility problem there. It seems that NPR has simply lost its journalistic way and all sense of integrity and ethics. They appear to becoming, more and more, just corporate and special-interest shills! While Alicia says that NPR - at all times - needs to give voice to all sides of an issue, when it comes to a matter of historical and scientific FACT, there is only the side that NPR & its, coincidentally, NEW sponsor and 'bff', Siemens, wants the public to believe. So much for fair and balanced reporting on NPR! Might as well just sell out to FOX entirely! By the way, has Siemens signed on to your 'Here and Now' program yet? If not, you might want to hit them up for some 'payola' now, since the timing couldn't be better, now that I have threatened NPR's attorneys with a lawsuit over their cover-up and collusion with Siemens. By having Siemens as a sponsor, NPR can't talk about the 2004 Scandal. This should be a veritable gold mine for NPR, since Siemens has billions available to help keep people quiet and they have lots of experience in getting what they want at any cost. I have enjoyed your show for the last couple of years, but I have to let you know that I (and my family) won’t be listening to it, or any other NPR programs, any more because of the extraordinary behavior of NPR’s Ombudsman recently with regards to the “torture” debate and another matter I had asked her to investigate. Prior to the “torture scandal” I was still in a big dispute with NPR, its lawyers, and Ms. Shepard, regarding the uncorrected and bogus 2004 ‘faux’ GyroGen-story that was featured on NPR. NPR’s & Alicia’s continued refusal to let me explain my side of this story and to let me inform the public of the truth behind this, so called, prize winning “new invention”, betrays a serious credibility problem there. It seems that NPR has simply lost its journalistic way and all sense of integrity and ethics. They appear to becoming, more and more, just corporate and special-interest shills!

While Alicia says that NPR – at all times – needs to give voice to all sides of an issue, when it comes to a matter of historical and scientific FACT, there is only the side that NPR & its, coincidentally, NEW sponsor and ‘bff’, Siemens, wants the public to believe. So much for fair and balanced reporting on NPR! Might as well just sell out to FOX entirely! By the way, has Siemens signed on to your ‘Here and Now’ program yet? If not, you might want to hit them up for some ‘payola’ now, since the timing couldn’t be better, now that I have threatened NPR’s attorneys with a lawsuit over their cover-up and collusion with Siemens. By having Siemens as a sponsor, NPR can’t talk about the 2004 Scandal. This should be a veritable gold mine for NPR, since Siemens has billions available to help keep people quiet and they have lots of experience in getting what they want at any cost.

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