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Even NPR is getting sloppy with their fact-checking
« on: September 28, 2013, 09:45:10 PM »
I just made a run to the grocery store, and had the radio on -- a quiz show on NPR called "Ask Me Another".  They asked a question about the only non-human to testify before Congress, and the answer was Elmo.  But that's wrong (the answer isn't wrong so much as the question)  In 1993, Lamb Chop testified in the House about children's television.

What's the world coming to?
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Re: Even NPR is getting sloppy with their fact-checking
« Reply #1 on: September 28, 2013, 11:51:18 PM »
Technically, neither testified, the person doing their voices testified.  At least I assume they weren't just sitting on the table. 
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Re: Even NPR is getting sloppy with their fact-checking
« Reply #2 on: September 29, 2013, 10:00:38 AM »
What, NPR is actually fact checking now?
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Re: Even NPR is getting sloppy with their fact-checking
« Reply #3 on: September 29, 2013, 10:23:42 AM »
Quote from: Sergeant Bob on September 29, 2013, 10:00:38 AM
What, NPR is actually fact checking now?

That would be a breath of fresh air...
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Re: Even NPR is getting sloppy with their fact-checking
« Reply #4 on: September 29, 2013, 10:35:28 AM »
I listened to about five minutes of that show.

Now, bear in mind that I can almost always tolerate NPR... But that show is the radio form of hipsterism.  

They copied the naming style and format of a much better show, they aren't funny, and they did an episode on "irony" that made me want to tear the radio out of the car.  They will also send you a free pair of wayfarers and a case of PBR if you ask.
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Re: Even NPR is getting sloppy with their fact-checking
« Reply #5 on: September 29, 2013, 11:24:18 AM »
I'm starting to suspect that there are some non-humans in Congress ...  =|

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Re: Even NPR is getting sloppy with their fact-checking
« Reply #6 on: September 29, 2013, 11:40:50 AM »
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I'm starting to suspect that there are some non-humans in Congress ...  undecided



All right, kid, here's the deal. At any given time there are approximately 1500 aliens on the planet, most of them right here in Manhattan. And most of them are decent enough, they're just trying to make a living.
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Re: Even NPR is getting sloppy with their fact-checking
« Reply #7 on: September 29, 2013, 11:42:00 AM »
Elmo is technically non-human, Lamb Chops is technically food....
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Re: Even NPR is getting sloppy with their fact-checking
« Reply #8 on: September 29, 2013, 01:07:00 PM »
Quote from: AZtoy on September 29, 2013, 11:40:50 AM


All right, kid, here's the deal. At any given time there are approximately 1500 aliens on the planet, most of them right here in Manhattan. And most of them are decent enough, they're just trying to make a living.

Kansas, Montana, or New York  ???
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Re: Even NPR is getting sloppy with their fact-checking
« Reply #9 on: September 29, 2013, 02:06:33 PM »
Quote from: SADShooter on September 29, 2013, 10:23:42 AM
That would be a breath of fresh air...

I see what you did there.


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Re: Even NPR is getting sloppy with their fact-checking
« Reply #10 on: September 29, 2013, 02:33:27 PM »
Quote from: SADShooter on September 29, 2013, 10:23:42 AM
That would be a breath of fresh air...

All things considered.
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Re: Even NPR is getting sloppy with their fact-checking
« Reply #11 on: September 29, 2013, 03:20:40 PM »
Quote from: fistful on September 29, 2013, 02:06:33 PM
I see what you did there.

Wat wait... don't tell me.
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Re: Even NPR is getting sloppy with their fact-checking
« Reply #12 on: September 29, 2013, 03:35:02 PM »
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Personally, I do not understand how a bunch of people demanding a bigger govt can call themselves anarchist.
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Re: Even NPR is getting sloppy with their fact-checking
« Reply #13 on: September 29, 2013, 03:55:29 PM »
Manhattan, NY

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Re: Even NPR is getting sloppy with their fact-checking
« Reply #14 on: September 29, 2013, 06:21:03 PM »
Quote from: AZtoy on September 29, 2013, 03:55:29 PM
Manhattan, NY

Oh, is that near Brooklyn ?
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Re: Even NPR is getting sloppy with their fact-checking
« Reply #15 on: September 29, 2013, 07:41:01 PM »
 
Quote from: Tallpine on September 29, 2013, 06:21:03 PM
Oh, is that near Brooklyn ?

Yes , they are on the same island
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Re: Even NPR is getting sloppy with their fact-checking
« Reply #16 on: September 29, 2013, 09:04:16 PM »
Whad'ya know?
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Re: Even NPR is getting sloppy with their fact-checking
« Reply #17 on: September 29, 2013, 09:49:19 PM »
Yeah. No.
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Re: Even NPR is getting sloppy with their fact-checking
« Reply #18 on: September 29, 2013, 10:00:01 PM »
Quote from: Tallpine on September 29, 2013, 01:07:00 PM
Kansas, Montana, or New York  ???

Been in all 3...  Kansas was actually the most fun.
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Re: Even NPR is getting sloppy with their fact-checking
« Reply #19 on: September 29, 2013, 10:48:26 PM »
Quote from: Tallpine on September 29, 2013, 11:24:18 AM
I'm starting to suspect that there are some non-humans in Congress ...  =|

 :lol:

Sheila Jackson-Lee should be confirmation enough....

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Re: Even NPR is getting sloppy with their fact-checking
« Reply #20 on: September 30, 2013, 12:25:08 AM »
Never let the facts get in the way of a good story.
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