NPR Misrepresents Again

Recently on our local NPR station, (yes, I listen to NPR quite frequently) the newscaster said "...The Gold Star Mothers Club (a group ofmothers of U.S. soldiers who have lost their sons & daughters in combat) had prohibited a women who lost her son in combat from joining the group because she was born in the Philippines". As you may know, entrance to the organization was restricted on the basis of her not being a citizen, NOT because she was born in the Philippines. The point of the story was that the organization voted yesterday to lift the citizenship restriction, which the newscaster never said, rather she said that they had voted to change their admission policy. But that was not imparted, instead she took a solid shot at the group by implying it was racist for not letting a Filipino join. Last week the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the funding arm of PBS/NPR, decried Congressional cuts to their budget saying they were lauded by others forbeing so neutral in their news reporting. And yes, I must say that they blame the U.S.A. just as much as they blame other "conservative" governments and countries with capitalist economies for a myriad of problems in the world. I have always found convenient omissions and flagrant misrepresentations in their news. I guess this is what we can call entertainment; since it is far from news.