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I sometimes listen to All Things Considered on National Public Radio on the way home from work.  Mainly just to see what the most liberal of the liberal media is up too.

I recalled hearing a piece about four years ago on NPR about the Bush inauguration and how it cost $42 Million.  The NPR reporter was making a big deal about the Bush Administration spending $42 Million “in these hard economic times.”   I didn’t think that four years ago we were having hard economic times!  It seemed pretty good to me back then.  Yes, we were spending on two war fronts, but overall the economy was in pretty good shape four years ago.  Certainly nothing like they describe today.  I repeatedly hear the media describing our current economic situation as “The worst since the great depression.”

Listening to NPR recently I heard a number of reports from and about the Obama inauguration, but not a single comment about the purported $175 Million that it cost.   Quite the contrary, NPR was portraying it as  glorious celebration of a truly historic even.  So yesterday I searched the NPR website looking for something commenting on the cost of the Obama inauguration.  Didn’t find anything, not even a fact on how much it cost.

So, I wrote them the following short email:

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Date : 1/31/2009 5:05:40 PM

Four years ago I recall a piece on George Bush’s $42M inauguration being excessive spending. I haven’t heard anything about the $175M that was spent on Obama’s, especially considering that it has come out that some of the financial institutions that received bailout funds contributed to the Obama inauguration!

Pretty concise I thought.  Here is the response that I received:

Dear Robert,

Thank you for contacting NPR’s All Things Considered.

We are grateful for your comments to NPR News. We have read your e-mail and your thoughts will be taken into consideration.

NPR is always delighted to hear from listeners. Should you require additional assistance or have a question, please respond to this e-mail and we will do our best to assist you.

Thank you for listening to All Things Considered, and for your continued support of public broadcasting. For the latest news and information, visit NPR.org.

Sincerely,
All Things Considered

Looks pretty much like a form “blow-off” message to me, doesn’t it to you?  I guess NPR has consumed the Koolaide too!  Am I surprised?  Not really!