Originally Posted by
Global_Hi_Flyer
So NPR does a pretty pro-TSA story today on the Boston interrogations (
link, while at the same time it does a story that's tilted against BART in the cellphone/free speech controversy.
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So apparently it's OK in NPRs mind to do everything possible to stop "illegal activity" when it relates to airports, but it's NOT OK to shut off cellphone service in BART to prevent a demonstration. Juxtaposition those two and try to figure out where NPR stands on Constitutional rights.
It is obvious to me at least that if Bush 43 were still in office, NPR's slant on the TSA story would have been very different. Now that The Chosen One's administration controls TSA, TSA gets a lot more leeway.
It's a real shame because IMO these civil liberties issues are not about Democrat vs Republican, they are about the people vs. overzealous power-tripping bureaucracies that whip up fear as a means of justifying otherwise unacceptable actions. I am willing to stand on this issue with people with whom I share little agreement on any fiscal, economic, or social issue, and I'm sure many others feel the same way.