"Al Patrick" wrote in message
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This morning I was in eastern NC scanning the SW dial because my
"regular" station did not come in too well about 8:00 a.m.

I flipped to 9650 because I knew Seoul (? sp), S. Korea usually came
in
pretty well that time of day. It came in very well, but I soon
tired of
it and flipped to a station that seemed to be promoting communism.

They told of Castro and how he prepared his people for Ivan the
hurricane by going on air live about 3 or 4 hours per night for
several
nights prior to Ivan's arrival. They boasted of the trucks coming
and
hauling off the people with their refrigerators, etc. so no one lost
a
life in Cuba (as opposed to several states in the U.S.A.) and not
too
much property damage to the occupants' personal property. They
didn't
mention the real property - probably because communist countries
don't
allow much of it. They probably lived in "government" housing.

They concluded by saying something like "Ivan is no match for
Castro"
but those are probably not the exact words.

Then came the announcement: You are listening to NATIONAL PUBLIC
RADIO!
(I had pressed the FM button to get the local news.) Isn't it
nice
that we spend years defending the world from communism and then our
national public radio system boasts of how wonderful it is?

In case you doubt any of this or wish to have the exact wording you
might need to contact NPR or check their web site.


Perhaps the report was factually correct, and the Cuban people -were-
appropriately prepared. I'm not sure I see this as "promoting
Communism;" Ivan is a big story, so what's a little fawning over
Castro among friends. IMO, NPR's obvious bias is usually as apparent
in what they -don't- cover as in what they do. I doubt, for example,
that they're all too concerned with the dissidents in Castro's
prisons.