{"id":1731,"date":"2011-03-09T23:01:16","date_gmt":"2011-03-10T03:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davidtallacksen.com\/blog\/?p=1731"},"modified":"2011-03-09T23:01:28","modified_gmt":"2011-03-10T03:01:28","slug":"tallacksen-to-cp-research-center-still-brown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/davidtallacksen.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/09\/tallacksen-to-cp-research-center-still-brown\/","title":{"rendered":"Tallacksen to CP Research Center: Still brown."},"content":{"rendered":"
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Managing Editor’s Note: <\/strong>DavidTallacksen.com\/blog publisher and president of CatPoo Research and cleanup, David Tallacksen, sent a twit – I mean tweet! – to the chairmen and ranking members of the House and Senate committees with oversight of being able to write a blog post editor’s note that actually makes sense and is grammatically correct.<\/p>\n

A portion of the letter sent by Mr. Tallacksen follows:<\/p>\n

In today’s world where anyone can post-ity post just about anythings on the interwebs, why do smart people so-call ‘like’ stupid stuff? Maybe they can do complex equations in their head. Or speak in tongues. I mean several languages. And yet we don’t realize and look at politics for what they are? As I am known around the office (of CatPoo Research) to exclaim, “Jeepers!”<\/p>\n

The resignation of Vivian Schiller doesn’t change a thing about NPR. NPR will continue to spew lies and hatred across this country, while the Fair and Balanced ™ Network will put forth nothing but the highest-quality coverage that other countries are getting in line for<\/a>. Only rich governments should give their constituents the opportunity for informed discussion.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

For the full press release, click on this link that like the original post which this one parodies, does not actually link to the full press release<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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BIG BIG BIG ASTERISK: This is written in jest as a very (really!) poor nonsensical parody of something else<\/a> recently spread on the internets. C’mon people, we’re smarter than this. Are NPR or PBS or their member stations perfect? Do they contribute to an informed society in a valuable way? Do they help some stations provide talk<\/a> or music<\/a> programming in an increasingly low-brow, media-for-the-masses lowest-common-denominator climate? Is your dollar and change per year of federal taxes worth this? I’ll let you answer.<\/p>\n

And for those of you that think I may be taking this personally – NO. This is about something much larger than a couple people’s jobs. This is about an informed Nation. Which we seem to have less and less these days. Perhaps ignorance really is bliss.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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