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NPR’s Melissa Block’s interview of Speaker Pelosi was a right-wing hatchet job disguised as an interview. Karl Rove could not have bested Melissa Block in style or content.
A few key points:
Ms. Block wanted to know if John Boener was correct in presuming that Pelosi had something to hide w/r/t CIA scandal. Pelosi suggested that Ms. Block should call Mr. Boner and interview him if she wanted to discuss his unfounded accusations.
Ms. Block wanted to know why Pelosi did not lead or call for an investigation whereby protocol requires that the head of the intelligence committee take the initiative.
Ms. Block used all the interview time attacking Pelosi on the CIA issue when much of the interview was supposed to be about the health care bill.
Maybe that was NPR’s goal. Eat up the clock and don’t address the health care issue and instead smear Pelosi.
To Speaker Pelosi’s credit, she handled the situation with the firm tone and aggressiveness that was required.
As for "Reporter" Melissa Block, she is a Republican sycophant and polemicist, but we already knew that.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106423346
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The Republicans keep trying to flip the script.
Listening now
Here is the linkhttp://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106423346
Melissa’s tone was exasperating and she is not listening to Nancy. Pelosi repeated that it was the Intelligence committee’s responsibility to take an investigations forward.
Melissa Block was willing to go along with the endless distractions
Melissa to Pelosi “inoculate you”
i do not understand this. the announcer started at the top of the interview with ’speaker pelosi is here to talk about the CIA and other things’. how was the interview supposed to be only about health care?
i dont understand how block ’smeared’ pelosi? pelosi is the most powerful member of the house, block is asking her what she thinks of this issue. since when is asking a simple question considered a ’smear’?
as for the ‘republican charge that you are repeating’… that is the job of reporters, is it not? to ask questions that critics might ask? and to discuss what the opposing party says about the party in power?
i dont understand how asking a question about reality is making you be a ‘republican polemicist’ and ’sycophant’.
Nancy Pelosi is a loser. It’s just that simple. She is helping destroy this country.
I didn’t hear the interview but I find it amazing anyone in this country would defend Pelosi.