That's all I needed to read before I completely understood. Inskeep is the doormat of journalism. He, more often than not, throws softball questions and demands almost no followup or fact checking. He is cowardly and lazy. It is amazing to me how he keeps his job except, perhaps, NPR rolls his worthless ass out to do interview that won't anger republicans.
He made millions off barfing out conspiracy theories and fear mongering bullshit and now he’s wondering if that’s still profitable anymore. All the sheep, except maybe for Natalie and Stephen Miller, both of whom have agreed to be buried alive with Trump’s bloated corpse, were ALWAYS going to jump ship like rats when the MAGA stink wasn’t worth it anymore. Tucker is a bad person. That’s the story. I saved a screengrab of Tucker on Fox News years ago that showed a screaming headline of breaking news that literally read “hordes of insane homeless taking over cities” featuring a toothless black man with wild, murderous eyes. It was the kind of absurd, ridiculous garbage they push on dumb, angry, limited people.
I just saw a TV ad, which actually had “paid for by the federal government” under it, with Trump glaring and walking in slow motion while a voiceover from one of his batshit rallies played. I thought it was an anti-Trump message at first. That’s how ridiculous it was. “We will destroy the radical communists and socialists and Marxists and rid this county of them forever!” What the fuck is this country coming to. Campaign ads paid for with tax dollars, babbling scary words like socialist, communist, Marxist, humanist, cannibalism, vegetarian, Buddhism, and open borders allowing China to walk right across our borders and bring impossibly fast spring rolls and crab rangoons. Is THAT YOUR America???
Inskeep: "Why are you, Tucker Carlson, a man who was born into money, such a giant racist tool when you could be happy just rolling around in your giant pile of money and having no one care about what you actually think of immigrants?"
... followed by 59 minutes of dead air after Carlson storms off pouting.
He was paid millions for several years of Fox garbage. He’s a connected, white Republican, so he has friends at corporations giving him helpful hints about investing. He’s also an heir. And most importantly, he’s got no conscience and will say anything for money. MAGA is about scaring people into voting against their interests to keep wealthy people in power. You’d think record high gas and food costs, and another never ending war in the Middle East, republicans favorite hobby, would convince them. But they will never be convinced. Because republicans say America will literally cease to exist if democrats give the middle class tax breaks or help find homes for the homeless or give immigrants due process. We will literally lose all our rights and be forced to change our genders. They believe it.
“I almost fell out of my bed when I heard Collins ask El-Sayeed, if talking about policies related to social safety nets were not in fact the same as the 5k bribe Drumpf offered people “if the republicans win”. WTAF?’
They are great at framing things in the most favorable light to conservatives without being considered Fox News. There are a few bright spots, but mostly it's centrists with a self harm thing or a guilt complex, or something. (They also used to have a really bad problem with actual accuracy - the most basic stuff would need corrections in every article online. No idea if they've fixed that culture issue or not)
Fucker wasn't born into a vast fortune. His parents divorced and Dad got custody because Mom didn't want it. His father married the younger sister of the Swanson brothers and that is where the fortune came in. Though it was much smaller by the time she married Fucker's dad because her brothers sold the company and did not share the money equally with their sister. I think he was around 10 years old when his dad married his stepmother.
Yeah. I thought for a short while that he was coming around to understanding that the bothsides routine that NPR was into was wasted because they still lost their funding. But he seems to have slid back to his old ways of pitching softballs to Republicans and MAGAs and saving whatever hardballs he has for Democrats. He's worthless.
On Marketplace, on the other hand, Kai Ryssdal gave Donald Rumsfeld a real interview when he was on a book tour and expecting softballs--https://www.marketplace.org/story/2021/06/30/former-defense-secretary-donald-rumsfeld-dies-at-88.
Thanks for reminding me why I stopped donating to public radio.
"Steve Inskeep had the opportunity this week."
That's all I needed to read before I completely understood. Inskeep is the doormat of journalism. He, more often than not, throws softball questions and demands almost no followup or fact checking. He is cowardly and lazy. It is amazing to me how he keeps his job except, perhaps, NPR rolls his worthless ass out to do interview that won't anger republicans.
I know someone's already said it, but there's a reason they refer to NPR as "Nice Polite Republicans."
i stopped listening to NPR about 15 years ago. steve inskeep was a major part of that decision. plus the original 'both sides crap'.
He made millions off barfing out conspiracy theories and fear mongering bullshit and now he’s wondering if that’s still profitable anymore. All the sheep, except maybe for Natalie and Stephen Miller, both of whom have agreed to be buried alive with Trump’s bloated corpse, were ALWAYS going to jump ship like rats when the MAGA stink wasn’t worth it anymore. Tucker is a bad person. That’s the story. I saved a screengrab of Tucker on Fox News years ago that showed a screaming headline of breaking news that literally read “hordes of insane homeless taking over cities” featuring a toothless black man with wild, murderous eyes. It was the kind of absurd, ridiculous garbage they push on dumb, angry, limited people.
I just saw a TV ad, which actually had “paid for by the federal government” under it, with Trump glaring and walking in slow motion while a voiceover from one of his batshit rallies played. I thought it was an anti-Trump message at first. That’s how ridiculous it was. “We will destroy the radical communists and socialists and Marxists and rid this county of them forever!” What the fuck is this country coming to. Campaign ads paid for with tax dollars, babbling scary words like socialist, communist, Marxist, humanist, cannibalism, vegetarian, Buddhism, and open borders allowing China to walk right across our borders and bring impossibly fast spring rolls and crab rangoons. Is THAT YOUR America???
Inskeep: "Why are you, Tucker Carlson, a man who was born into money, such a giant racist tool when you could be happy just rolling around in your giant pile of money and having no one care about what you actually think of immigrants?"
... followed by 59 minutes of dead air after Carlson storms off pouting.
Where is tucker getting his cash? Southern Maine isn't cheap.
He was paid millions for several years of Fox garbage. He’s a connected, white Republican, so he has friends at corporations giving him helpful hints about investing. He’s also an heir. And most importantly, he’s got no conscience and will say anything for money. MAGA is about scaring people into voting against their interests to keep wealthy people in power. You’d think record high gas and food costs, and another never ending war in the Middle East, republicans favorite hobby, would convince them. But they will never be convinced. Because republicans say America will literally cease to exist if democrats give the middle class tax breaks or help find homes for the homeless or give immigrants due process. We will literally lose all our rights and be forced to change our genders. They believe it.
CNN dodging too
Social policies are not the same as BRIBES,
KAITLIN
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/9/26/800104139/community/kaitlin-collins-whatcha-up-to/
“I almost fell out of my bed when I heard Collins ask El-Sayeed, if talking about policies related to social safety nets were not in fact the same as the 5k bribe Drumpf offered people “if the republicans win”. WTAF?’
They are great at framing things in the most favorable light to conservatives without being considered Fox News. There are a few bright spots, but mostly it's centrists with a self harm thing or a guilt complex, or something. (They also used to have a really bad problem with actual accuracy - the most basic stuff would need corrections in every article online. No idea if they've fixed that culture issue or not)
Least we forget Tucker "Swanson Frozen Chicken and Peas" Carlson was born into a vast fortune and has never really worked an honest day in his life.
I could give a fuck what he thinks.
He's just regular folks. He wears flannel and vests and built a log cabin just like Lincoln.
Fucker wasn't born into a vast fortune. His parents divorced and Dad got custody because Mom didn't want it. His father married the younger sister of the Swanson brothers and that is where the fortune came in. Though it was much smaller by the time she married Fucker's dad because her brothers sold the company and did not share the money equally with their sister. I think he was around 10 years old when his dad married his stepmother.
I stand corrected and thank you.
He's remains a PAB that never worked a day in his life.
Talkin shit on Fox et al doesn't count.
You're welcome and everything else you said about Fucker was true. A despicable little shite is what he is.
Inskeep has always been an insipid presence on NPR.
Yeah. I thought for a short while that he was coming around to understanding that the bothsides routine that NPR was into was wasted because they still lost their funding. But he seems to have slid back to his old ways of pitching softballs to Republicans and MAGAs and saving whatever hardballs he has for Democrats. He's worthless.
On Marketplace, on the other hand, Kai Ryssdal gave Donald Rumsfeld a real interview when he was on a book tour and expecting softballs--https://www.marketplace.org/story/2021/06/30/former-defense-secretary-donald-rumsfeld-dies-at-88.
Should have asked him about the miracle of Russian grocery stores.
Where he pretended to be a plebe by pushing his own cart.
Because he would have walked away. NPR wanted the interview.
Why? What good comes from platforming this has been? We have enough mainstreamed nazis without Cucker.
Who knows what he would have done? It would have been a good story. If Marketplace can do it, why can't Steve Inskeep?
Because Inskeep is either:
A - a coward
B - interesting in continuing to get paid by NPR
Wow, squid kiss. Hawwwwt.
NPR interviewing Herman Göring in 1944 outside of Mauthausen
“So, the obvious question here is, what’s your absolute favorite wine or brandy?”