Activist James O’Keefe appears on Reliable Sources
James O’Keefe justifying his deceptive techniques in the NPR sting:
“People are not going to be honest with you when you have a notebook or you’re in front of a podium.”
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NPR Ombudsman Alicia Shepard on the newsroom’s reaction to the undercover sting:
“The anger there is so palpable, and the anger at management and just how this has tarred the people who, like Susan Stamberg, who have been there for 35-plus years.”
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A full transcript of today’s Reliable Sources can be found here. More highlights from the program are after the jump.
Radio host Callie Crossley on the media’s unqualified warnings of a Japanese nuclear meltdown:
“I’m scared to death for those people and for the rest of us, and I thought that was extremely irresponsible.”
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Blogger Jeff Jarvis on the role of social media networks in the Japan disaster:
“We can’t wait for correspondents to be in the field anymore. Now we find people who are there, and that is our link to the world.”
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Dan Balz on the late David Broder and his practice of knocking on doors to interview voters:
“David didn’t want to be in the echo chamber. David wanted to hear from real people.”