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Thursday, May 24, 2012

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Shirley Manson Loves NPR

Shirley Manson at NPR West

May 24, 2012 Singer Shirley Manson, and her band Garbage, are back from a hiatus. She returns sporting some NPR love.

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Tuesday, October 25, 2011

This Is NPR

Together At Last? Steve Inskeep And Renee Montagne

Steve Inskeep and Renee Montagne at Live Talks Los Angeles

October 25, 2011 Morning Edition hosts Renee Montagne and Steve Inskeep are rarely on the same coast, but last night they appeared together in Santa Monica for an event celebrating Steve's new book, Instant City: Life and Death in Karachi.

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Monday, October 17, 2011

It's All Politics

Obama Hearts North Carolina But It May Have Lost That Loving Feeling

President Obama at the Asheville Regional Airport in Fletcher, North Carolina, Oct. 17, 2011.

October 17, 2011 The question for Obama as he resumes his bus tour through political battleground states like North Carolina and Virginia to ostensibly promote his seemingly dead jobs plan, is will Asheville specifically, and North Carolina, generally, love him back as was the case in 2008?

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Wednesday, August 10, 2011

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Cut Short: Rep. Barney Frank on Morning Edition

Rep. Barney Frank was interviewed on Tuesday's Morning Edition.

August 10, 2011 Our inbox filled up after Steve Inskeep interrupted the Democratic Representative from Massachusetts, prompting Frank to say, "I wish you wouldn't ask me complicated questions with five seconds to go."

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Monday, August 01, 2011

NPR Ombudsman

Torpedoing the Debt: Perils of Going Live

August 1, 2011 Was Morning Edition's Steve Inskeep "hostile" in his questioning of GOP Rep. David Dreier on the debt compromise?

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Friday, July 22, 2011

This Is NPR

Morning Edition Host Speaks At Public Media Conference

Morning Edition Host Steve Inskeep

July 22, 2011 Steve Inskeep, host of NPR's Morning Edition, talked about the work that goes into each day's show at last week's Public Media Development and Marketing Conference.

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Tuesday, July 19, 2011

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Turn It Down: Tinnitus Story Hurts Listeners' Ears

July 19, 2011 A high-pitched sound on Morning Edition imitated the hearing condition tinnitus, but offended listeners' ears.

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Thursday, July 14, 2011

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'Dead Wrong': A Model Apology

July 14, 2011 How does a journalist apologize for an error? Morning Edition guest David Cay Johnston set an example Wednesday with a sincere on air apology.

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Wednesday, July 06, 2011

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Should the Media Identify Rape Accusers? A Look Back at NPR's Strauss-Kahn Coverage

The power of an image: Dominique Strauss-Kahn hardly looks innocent as New York police escort him in handcuffs to a police vehicle on May 15, 2011.

July 6, 2011 NPR's coverage of the Strauss-Kahn case was restrained, but begs a broader discussion. Should the news media identify alleged rape victims and is the public treatment of prisoners right?

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Tuesday, February 15, 2011

It's All Politics

Obama Budget Chief Lew Stays Vague On Entitlements

Office of Management and Budget Director Jack Lew walks with President Obama on the South Lawn of the White House on Monday.

February 15, 2011 According to Obama's budget chief, the less said by the White House in terms of how to slow entitlements spending, the better as it tries to reach a bipartisan deal. When presidents have made proposals early, that has only hurt the process, Jacob Lew told Steve Inskeep on Morning Edition.

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Wednesday, January 19, 2011

It's All Politics

Obama Kept Many Campaign Promises But Now Faces GOP Wall

President Obama posed with a volunteer at a MLK Jr. holiday community service project in Washington, DC.

January 19, 2011 Obama has had great success keeping his 2008 promises. But the GOP House will likely slow that, according to Bill Adair, editor of PolitiFact, the fact checking service.

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Monday, December 13, 2010

It's All Politics

'Angry Black' Politician Jolts Dallas Commission

December 13, 2010 John Wiley Price, an "angry black man" profiled by NPR's Wade Goodwyn, jolts Dallas' County Commission and gains stature. Price is not what you'd expect in a county know for conservativism.

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Thursday, December 09, 2010

It's All Politics

Obama: Democrats Won't Stop Tax Deal

Obama at Export Council meeting

December 9, 2010 President Obama tells NPR that he is confident that "the framework is going to look like the one that we put forward." He says that "nobody – Democrat or Republican – wants to see people's paychecks smaller on Jan. 1 because Congress didn't act."

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It's All Politics

Charlie Rangel: At 80, You Don't Start Over, You Continue

Charlie Rangel Awaits Censure Decision By House

December 9, 2010 In an interview with Steve Inskeep Rangel indicated he just wanted to move on to being a lawmaker. He said at his age, you don't start over. He also denied charges that he wrongly used campaign funds for his recent defense against ethics charges.

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Wednesday, September 15, 2010

The Two-Way

U.S. To Pursue 'More Nuanced' Operations, Petraeus Says

David Petraeus

September 15, 2010 The top commander in Afghanistan also defends ongoing operations in Marja and discusses corruption in the Afghan government in an interview with NPR's Renee Montagne.

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