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Thread #57283   Message #900093
Posted By: GUEST,The Dreaded Guest
27-Feb-03 - 07:34 PM
Thread Name: BS: NPR now CIA (Conspiracy Theory of the Day)
Subject: BS: NPR now CIA
Joe Offer...NPR may be an organization you don't want to risk offending, but this seems newsworthy. If this needs to be deleted, so be it, but I bet most of the Mudcat folks don't know about it.

National Public Radio is supposed to be a 'liberal' media outlet, right? I know that NPR is where we get 4 hours of uninterrupted folk music on Saturdays in Austin. Well, NPR is now headed by a former CIA man:

NPR headed by former CIA man

And here's a piece about the Pacifica station. Isn't that one of NPR's flagships stations? More CIA involvement:

Pacifica Radio CIA controlled?

So, folks, is CIA control of NPR good or bad? I think it's bad.