# Propaganda Chief Takes Helm at NPR **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 10, 2019, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/propaganda-chief-takes-helm-at-npr/840009 "2019-09-10T21:13:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![yanceylebeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yanceylebeef/32/12290_2.png) [@yanceylebeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yanceylebeef)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2019, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/propaganda-chief-takes-helm-at-npr/840009/41 "2019-09-11T16:51:02Z")
Jesus, the amount of lobbyist and former executives and CEOs working in the Trump administration is mind boggling, and this is what you get upset about. Stupid or Troll? That’s the question of this era. ---
**Author:** ![WillFarnaby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/willfarnaby/32/514_2.png) [@WillFarnaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WillFarnaby)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2019, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/propaganda-chief-takes-helm-at-npr/840009/42 "2019-09-11T16:52:43Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > Checklist: > > (1) OP makes no sense. Each sentence is grammatical English, but nobody knows what’s caused the distress. _ **Check.** _ > > (2) OP seems to blame the “Boomers” for something, though the Boom connection is never divulged. _ **Check.** _ > > (3) When politely asked WTF he’s even talking about, OP makes snide remarks that shed no light, as though he’s composing koans. Or as if he’s some acclaimed puzzle designer, and solvers will pound the doors hoping to be first to solve the riddle. _ **Check.** _ > > (4) When OP’s bowel finally succeeds in making a movement, we learn that the VOA is news propaganda — that’s what caused the constipation. Not Fox. Not the many other private propaganda operations run by the Kleptocrats of Liberty. The problem is the truncheon-wielding VOA(\*) who have stolen OP’s money at gunpoint and used it to manufacture lies which they then force others to watch, presumably also at gunpoint. Lies far far worse than anything Fox or the Koch Brothers or the other news organizations of liberty would produce. _ **Check.** _ > > Checklist complete. I’ll guess this is a **Will Farnaby** thread. What do I win? > > (I’m just guessing it’s VOA Mr. Farnaby is constipated about. I don’t click his links; does anyone?) Overly formatted text? Check Unabashed fanboyism of yours truly? Check Must be Septicmus. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2019, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/propaganda-chief-takes-helm-at-npr/840009/43 "2019-09-11T16:56:21Z")
> [@WillFarnaby](#): > > Interesting that the visitors to this thread are further to the authoritarian left than even the NYT, which at least acknowledged there have been problems at the government media agencies. You guys act like you are under threat of the gulag for disloyalty to the state. Not a healthy lefty voice among you, but plenty of loyalty to Trump minions. Of course some of you have admitted to being such. I applaud you for your thrashing of these fantasy people! Excellent job taking down these entirely fictional individuals! I stand with you against imaginary “authoritarian” people of all stripes! Excellent quote-free take-down… all the better to avoid specifying who you’re actually talking about, and what actual words you disagree with! ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2019, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/propaganda-chief-takes-helm-at-npr/840009/44 "2019-09-11T16:56:55Z")
> [@WillFarnaby](#): > > Overly formatted text? Check > > Unabashed fanboyism of yours truly? Check > > Must be Septicmus. So your “fans” include all those who disapprove of your juvenile antics? I guess that when that is all you have, you take what you can get. Right? ---
**Author:** ![WillFarnaby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/willfarnaby/32/514_2.png) [@WillFarnaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WillFarnaby)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2019, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/propaganda-chief-takes-helm-at-npr/840009/45 "2019-09-11T17:00:03Z")
> [@yanceylebeef](#): > > Jesus, the amount of lobbyist and former executives and CEOs working in the Trump administration is mind boggling, and this is what you get upset about. > > Stupid or Troll? That’s the question of this era. I am disappointed that the government has drawn so many true public servants from the productive sector and placed them in govt positions where they do nothing but damage. I am more worried about govt hacks bringing warped ideologies into the productive sector and broadcasting them to millions of those predisposed to loving the state. ---
**Author:** ![WillFarnaby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/willfarnaby/32/514_2.png) [@WillFarnaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WillFarnaby)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2019, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/propaganda-chief-takes-helm-at-npr/840009/46 "2019-09-11T17:01:38Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > I applaud you for your thrashing of these fantasy people! Excellent job taking down these entirely fictional individuals! I stand with you against imaginary “authoritarian” people of all stripes! Excellent quote-free take-down… all the better to avoid specifying who you’re actually talking about, and what actual words you disagree with! As long as you continue to not rely on NPR for information, you are not the target. Don’t fret. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2019, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/propaganda-chief-takes-helm-at-npr/840009/47 "2019-09-11T17:04:24Z")
> [@WillFarnaby](#): > > As long as you continue to not rely on NPR for information, you are not the target. Don’t fret. I’m more interested in what actual information you’re trying to convey in this thread. So far, all I can gather is “NPR hired a new guy” and you don’t like him. You haven’t actually conveyed anything more than that, AFAICT. ---
**Author:** ![WillFarnaby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/willfarnaby/32/514_2.png) [@WillFarnaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WillFarnaby)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2019, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/propaganda-chief-takes-helm-at-npr/840009/48 "2019-09-11T17:37:17Z")
#3 ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2019, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/propaganda-chief-takes-helm-at-npr/840009/49 "2019-09-11T17:43:42Z")
Oh I get it, if the emperor’s wearing clothes, then anyone who says he’s not running around naked is the fool. Go away you disingenuous fuck. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2019, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/propaganda-chief-takes-helm-at-npr/840009/50 "2019-09-11T17:54:00Z")
> [@WillFarnaby](#): > > #3 **Eonwe** ’s post has destroyed you. You’re done. Give it up, try another thread. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2019, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/propaganda-chief-takes-helm-at-npr/840009/51 "2019-09-11T17:55:50Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > I’m more interested in what actual information you’re trying to convey in this thread. I’m not certain, but I think we’re being “owned.” I thought it was supposed to hurt a lot, but I didn’t feel a thing. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2019, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/propaganda-chief-takes-helm-at-npr/840009/52 "2019-09-11T17:58:16Z")
> [@WillFarnaby](#): > > #3 The only information I can glean from that post is that **WillF** , for some strange reason, still believes he has special unique insight, if not psychic abilities, into the minds of liberals. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2019, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/propaganda-chief-takes-helm-at-npr/840009/53 "2019-09-11T18:03:08Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > The only information I can glean from that post is that **WillF** , for some strange reason, still believes he has special unique insight, if not psychic abilities, into the minds of liberals. He tried internal introspection and found nothing, so I can see why he turned to the thoughts of others instead. ---
**Author:** ![WillFarnaby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/willfarnaby/32/514_2.png) [@WillFarnaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WillFarnaby)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2019, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/propaganda-chief-takes-helm-at-npr/840009/54 "2019-09-11T20:19:00Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > **Eonwe** ’s post has destroyed you. > > You’re done. Give it up, try another thread. The one where he did a lot of googling about nothing related to the topic? Yes I can see why you would think that. > [@iiandyiiii](#): > > The only information I can glean from that post is that **WillF** , for some strange reason, still believes he has special unique insight, if not psychic abilities, into the minds of liberals. I can see that gleaning is not your core competency. Get back to serving Trump’s govt. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2019, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/propaganda-chief-takes-helm-at-npr/840009/55 "2019-09-11T20:26:37Z")
> [@WillFarnaby](#): > > The one where he did a lot of googling about nothing related to the topic? Yes I can see why you would think that. > > I can see that gleaning is not your core competency. Get back to serving Trump’s govt. Still no actual information? Just nonsense? Par for the course for you. I’m always here if you ever decide you want an actual adult discussion with a real exchange of ideas. Not everyone who disagrees with you is an automaton, or a government slave, or whatever it is you think of us. Some of us are fully realized humans, with the ability to think, and we just happened to have reached different conclusions than you. Imagine that! ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2019, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/propaganda-chief-takes-helm-at-npr/840009/56 "2019-09-11T20:40:44Z")
I’m just impressed that we’re over 50 posts into the thread and he hasn’t mentioned Rachel Maddow once. ---
**Author:** ![CurtC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce73a5/32.png) [@CurtC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CurtC)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2019, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/propaganda-chief-takes-helm-at-npr/840009/57 "2019-09-11T21:14:16Z")
> [@kirkrapine](#): > > Liberal? Isn’t VOA better known for RW propaganda? That’s what was confusing me about the OP. I would expect that a RW person would just _love_ VOA, with its history of pro-Americanism and anti-communism, and would be thrilled that a person connected to it would be coming to NPR. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2019, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/propaganda-chief-takes-helm-at-npr/840009/58 "2019-09-11T22:36:27Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > I’m just impressed that we’re over 50 posts into the thread and he hasn’t mentioned Rachel Maddow once. Who? The fat, loud football guy? ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2019, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/propaganda-chief-takes-helm-at-npr/840009/59 "2019-09-11T22:50:34Z")
> [@WillFarnaby](#): > > The one where he did a lot of googling about nothing related to the topic? Yes I can see why you would think that. It has everything to do with your topic. It is the whole point. It shows you are either an idiot or a hypocrite, or possibly a troll. In any case, you’re done. NEXT! ---
**Author:** ![WillFarnaby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/willfarnaby/32/514_2.png) [@WillFarnaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WillFarnaby)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2019, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/propaganda-chief-takes-helm-at-npr/840009/60 "2019-09-12T10:21:00Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > It has everything to do with your topic. It is the whole point. It shows you are either an idiot or a hypocrite, or possibly a troll. In any case, you’re done. > NEXT! It shows nothing but that he has too much time on his hands. Whataboutism mixed with spare time and coffee. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/propaganda-chief-takes-helm-at-npr/840009.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/propaganda-chief-takes-helm-at-npr/840009.md?page=4)