
National Public Radio (NPR) listeners got 2016 off to a start by hearing a message of solidarity for Muslim refugees and against “hate groups.” NPR’s Hourly News Summary began with a story about German Chancellor Angela Merkel urging Germans to show “solidarity” with the 1 million refugees —mostly from Syria — who have streamed into Germany in the last year alone.
by Lee Stranahan1 Jan 2016, 7:24 AM PST0

Donald Trump’s political success continues to gnaw at President Obama as he wraps up his presidency and prepares to hand the keys to the White House to his successor. In an interview with National Public Radio’s Steve Inskeep, the President took another shot at explaining why Trump continues to rise in the polls, despite his inflammatory rhetoric.
by Charlie Spiering21 Dec 2015, 5:58 AM PST0

President Obama says Black Lives Matter, the controversial protest movement currently stoking anti-cop hatred in America, is still a force for good.
by Charlie Spiering21 Dec 2015, 5:26 AM PST0

President Obama called on the Muslim community in the United States and abroad to confront extremism in its midst, “without excuse.” That has some American Muslims fuming, and complaining that they are being unfairly singled out among other faiths, according to National Public Radio.
by Joel B. Pollak8 Dec 2015, 5:28 AM PST0

When WAMU radio host Diane Rehm spouted off an anti-Semitic conspiracy theory about Jewish Senator Bernie Sanders this week, her national syndicator, National Public Radio (NPR), refused to shoulder responsibility for her actions, telling Breitbart News that “context matters” and that WAMU, not NPR, should be reached for comment.
by Jordan Schachtel12 Jun 2015, 8:43 AM PST0

President Barack Obama has granted an interview to National Public Radio in an attempt to sell the Iran “framework” to a skeptical public. In the process, he compares the agreement to a real-estate deal–a poor analogy for a man who called his own last property purchase deal “boneheaded” after involving indicted (now convicted) bag Chicago man Tony Rezko. Obama also provided at least five big reasons that Congress–whose opposition is growing–should reject the Iran deal.
by Joel B. Pollak7 Apr 2015, 6:42 AM PST0

President Obama mocked Gov. Scott Walker – an expected 2016 Republican presidential candidate – for vowing to revoke the administration’s nuclear understanding with Iran on the first day of a possible Walker presidency.
by Charlie Spiering7 Apr 2015, 5:29 AM PST0

Media observers are claiming that Ellen Pao’s loss in her $160 million gender discrimination claims against her former venture capitalist employer Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byer means a dark future for women in Silicon Valley. But women already control 36 percent of small businesses, hold 50 percent of all management positions and account for 60 percent of college students. With rising economic power, women seem destined to eventually dominate Silicon Valley and much of American business.
by Chriss W. Street30 Mar 2015, 5:27 AM PST0

A Super Bowl ad for Jeep Renegade SUVs met a heated backlash Sunday night as outraged Americans took to social media to blast the company for flashing scenes of the Great Wall of China and other far-flung places around the globe as “This Land is Your Land” played in the background.
by Wynton Hall2 Feb 2015, 8:38 AM PST0

A recent House rules change by Republicans designed to curb insolvency in the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) trust fund has sparked ire among some Democrats and guaranteed a forthcoming debate over the explosive growth in America’s disability program.
by Wynton Hall28 Jan 2015, 5:00 AM PST0

It is common for White House spokespeople to spin the facts–to find the interpretation that best flatters the president. It is rare, but not unheard of, for White House spokespeople to lie about facts that are not yet fully known to the public. It is extraordinary for White House spokespeople to lie about facts that everyone already knows. Yet that is exactly what Josh Earnest did on Tuesday, when trying to explain why the Obama administration strains to avoid mentioning radical Islam.
by Joel B. Pollak13 Jan 2015, 1:59 PM PST0