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MS NOW's Wagner: Trump Policy Is 'Roving Death Squads' Vs. 'Black and Brown People'
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MS NOW's Wagner: Trump Policy Is 'Roving Death Squads' Vs. 'Black and Brown People'

On Friday's The Moment with Katy Tur, former MS NOW host Alex Wagner declared that the Trump administration's deportation policy is to have "roving death squads" targeting minorities. This, from a network that won't air Trump speeches live because he might say something crazy.Wagner's comments came during a discussion of the recent killing of a Colombian man in Maine by an ICE agent during an attempt to detain him.Host Katy Tur began the segment by recalling claims by family members of the agent that he allegedly has a violent history before relating to viewers that, according to DHS, the agent has almost a decade of federal law enforcement service. MS NOW's Wagner Claims Trump Policy is 'Roving Death Squads' Targeting Minorities pic.twitter.com/vrKqdVCFOL— Brad Wilmouth (@bradwilmouth) July 18, 2026 In spite of admitting that he has that much experience, Tur still pivoted to a discussion that tried to suggest that the killing might have happened because, since last year, DHS has used a more streamlined process to train new agents. Introducing former ICE lawyer Ryan Schwenk as a guest, Tur recalled:Back in February, an ICE whistleblower warned that the officer training program was broken and some of these officers would pose a, quote, "clear and direct threat to everyone in this country." Joining us is that whistleblower, Ryan Schwenk. He formerly was a lawyer with ICE that was responsible for training new deportation officers.After Schwenk spent significant time giving his analysis, including that new hires are being given less hands-on experience before sending them for duty, Tur went to Wagner -- now a MS NOW political analyst -- for her reaction to how President Donald Trump has handled the fatal encounter.After complaining about the President demanding that ICE continue to do traffic stops, Wagner continued:I was speaking this week for my podcast, Runaway Country, with Juan Proano, who's the CEO of LULAC, and he said they are hunting Latin American men. They are hunting -- they are hunting Latino men, according to, I mean, we don't have a lot of stats on this, but from what they can glean, 80 percent of the people in detention are Latino men. ... The conditions inside these detention centers is so abominable. People are not being given enough food. They are not given clean water. Some of them are committing suicide.The conditions are purposefully so to encourage self-deportation. I mean, rule of law is not the goal here, Katy. Making life terrifying and making communities fearful enough that they either shut themselves off or go back home is the point here. I mean, that's why they don't want to make ICE detentions more sane or more targeted or more safe. Instilling fear and the threat of violence is the essence of the policy of this administration. So we should not hold out any hope that they're going to try and fix the system.She concluded by citing the Trump-despising former Mitt Romney adviser Stuart Stevens:I mean, all of this, which we we see as collateral damage, is, in fact, the focus: Recruit as many people as you can -- who cares what their backgrounds are? Just use them as effectively, like our guest earlier in this hour, Stuart Stevens says as part of a roving death squad to make life hell for black and brown people in this country. That is the point. That is the immigration policy of the Trump administration.Transcript follows:MS NOW's The Moment with Katy TurJuly 18, 2026KATY TUR: The Associated Press spoke with the relatives of the ICE officer who fatally shot a 25-year-old man in Biddeford, Maine, earlier this week. One ex-wife, who spoke on the record, claims he once threw boiling water at her while she was holding their child. His oldest daughter, who also spoke on the record, reported coming home from school and seeing her father, the officer, holding a gun to his head.An anonymous relative, speaking to the AP, said that he was extremely mentally ill and diagnosed with bipolar disorder and ADD. And additional court records document years of alleged physical and verbal abuse, including an allegation that he dragged another daughter around the house as she cried. Family members say he told them he shot the man in Biddeford, but that he was acting in self-defense. The AP reached out to the officer, but he did not respond without identifying the officer, and an ICE said the ICE officer in question has nearly a decade of federal law enforcement experience with required training, including use of force training.Back in February, an ICE whistleblower warned that the officer training program was broken and some of these officers would pose a, quote, "clear and direct threat to everyone in this country." Joining us is that whistleblower, Ryan Schwenk. He formerly was a lawyer with ICE that was responsible for training new deportation officers. Alex Wagner is still with us. Ryan, thank you very much for joining us. Tell us what you saw in training.RYAN SCHWENK, FORMER ICE LAWYER: So what I saw in training was a program that was cut dangerously short. We removed a significant portion of the training for officers that related to their use of force -- to the legal standards they had to be held to -- to their constitutional duties. And that training cut essentially removed a lot of the safeguards that would make the difference between an officer who can safely perform their duties, and one who could potentially pose a serious danger to the public.(...)TUR: Alex, the video itself and the -- what happened in Biddeford was hard enough -- the father not being even the subject that they were looking for getting shot; the DHS story changing from "He was using his car as a weapon" to "trying to flee." Now, to put, on top of that, all of these allegations that are being made on the record by his family members, daughters, daughter, ex-wife. Why are we not hearing more from this administration regarding this man and regarding what happened? Why are we not hearing from them, "This was a a disgusting oversight, and we will -- we will make it right, we will ensure that our background checks are more thorough, we will ensure that our training is more thorough so a mistake like this never happens again"?WAGNER: I mean, we have heard from the administration -- we heard from the President who said the day after ICE effectively curtailed its policy of traffic stops. The President, President Trump expressed his disbelief and dismay that ICE would do anything to try and ameliorate the situation or prevent any future accidents or killings like that from happening. That is the point. That is the message from the administration. Violence is the point.You know, I was speaking this week for my podcast, Runaway Country, with Juan Proano, who's the CEO of LULAC, and he said they are hunting Latin American men. They are hunting -- they are hunting Latino men, according to, I mean, we don't have a lot of stats on this, but from what they can glean, 80 percent of the people in detention are Latino men. And once they're in detention, the conditions there -- I spoke to Melissa Shephard from Immigration Defenders. The conditions inside these detention centers is so abominable. People are not being given enough food. They are not given clean water. Some of them are committing suicide.The conditions are purposefully so to encourage self-deportation. I mean, rule of law is not the goal here, Katy. Making life terrifying and making communities fearful enough that they either shut themselves off or go back home is the point here. I mean, that's why they don't want to make ICE detentions more sane or more targeted or more safe. Instilling fear and the threat of violence is the essence of the policy of this administration. So we should not hold out any hope that they're going to try and fix the system.I mean, all of this, which we we see as collateral damage, is, in fact, the focus: Recruit as many people as you can -- who cares what their backgrounds are? Just use them as effectively, like our guest earlier in this hour, Stuart Stevens says as part of a roving death squad to make life hell for black and brown people in this country. That is the point. That is the immigration policy of the Trump administration.

Stelter: Networks Skipped Live Trump Speech to Be 'Reality-Based and Truth-Based'
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Stelter: Networks Skipped Live Trump Speech to Be 'Reality-Based and Truth-Based'

Snapstream On Friday morning, CNN media analyst Brian Stelter insisted ABC and NBC and CNN refused to air President Trump's speech on election integrity live because they want to "remain reality-based and truth-based." Their attempts at "prebuttal" and rebuttal were, he claimed, a "truth sandwich" with Trump's lies in the middle. The segment on CNN News Central began with a discussion of the contents of the speech, but soon turned towards the media’s reactions to the address. Stelter supported NBC and ABC’s decisions to avoid airing the speech at all. Comparing it to CNN’s own efforts to suppress live coverage, he said this:NBC and ABC both went on the air with special reports to explain that the speech had happened, and to summarize what Trump had said, but most importantly, to contextualize it and fact check it just as CNN did. Now, Trump was ominously claiming that the networks were part of a plot. But the only real plot here, the only intention is to remain reality-based and truth-based. CNN has Brian Stelter on to try and downplay the massive media censorship against Trump's big speech last night. Apparently, it would be too "dangerous" for the media to let people listen to Trump's unadulterated speech. The only "danger" here is people thinking freely! pic.twitter.com/vuys8TbnKo— James Waterman (@jwatermaniv) July 17, 2026 As usual, they paint themselves as Truth and Reality and Trump as just Lies. They refused to air the real speech, instead running interference and correcting Trump’s address as they saw fit.Stelter continued by explaining why the networks shut down coverage of the President’s address:Trump's election lies led to violence after the 2020 election. So this is a subject that really does warrant extra care and attention by journalists. And frankly, some network executives felt that it would be dangerous to just air Trump's speech live in full, unedited, without knowing what he was going to say ahead of time. He also coined the laughable phrase “truth sandwich,” to describe how CBS covered the speech:CBS took more of a truth sandwich approach, starting with the truth, then showing Trump's speech - part of the speech, not all of it - and then resuming with more truth, with more fact checking afterwards. And I think that makes a lot of sense.Continuing onward, Stelter would compare the media’s policies to previous media censorship of President Trump:That's where we are in America, and we have been here before. Remember, during some of Trump's COVID-19 briefings in 2020, some of the medical misinformation was so unhinged, the networks broke away from those briefings.Stelter claimed that, because the media censored Trump more in the past, their current censorship is also somehow justified. He went as far as to blame “where we are in America” for the censorship, as if they aren’t to blame for cutting out Trump’s address to the nation.Trump was justifiably upset that many of the largest media networks in America weren’t airing a major announcement regarding America’s election security, but Stelter tried to play it off as Trump merely wanting attention:Kate, the claim from Trump that NBC and ABC should lose their network licenses, that's really the tell here that he wanted the wall-to-wall attention. And now he's angry about not getting it.By infantilizing Trump, Stelter attempted to de-legitimize the President's valid concerns about the media arrogantly presuming it has all the facts. It’s a desperate attempt to justify what can only be described as blatant political bias by the media.The transcript is below. Click "view" to read.CNN News CentralJuly 17, 20268:37:43 a.m. EasternKATE BOLDUAN: So before the speech last night, the White House took a rare step of formally asking the broadcast networks to take it live to air. Two networks did not, and President Trump made it a talking point.[Cuts to video]DONALD TRUMP: In a rare move, NBC and ABC fake news have both said that they would not cover this speech. [Transition] They and others in the media are part of a plot. They want to continue this fraud for whatever reason. They want to keep it going.[Cuts back to live]BOLDUAN: The president went on to say that NBC and ABC should have their broadcast licenses revoked. CNN's chief media analyst Brian Stelter, joining us now. It would be like, just add it to the list of reasons he has said that over and over again, Brian. But what are you learning about this?BRIAN STELTER: Yes, yes. NBC and ABC did the same thing as this network, CNN last night. The newsrooms monitored the speech, evaluated what was actually newsworthy, looked at the documents Trump was declassifying, and then reported on what happened.NBC and ABC both went on the air with special reports to explain that the speech had happened, and to summarize what Trump had said, but most importantly, to contextualize it and fact check it just as CNN did.Now, Trump was ominously claiming that the networks were part of a plot. But the only real plot here, the only intention is to remain reality-based and truth-based.Trump's election lies led to violence after the 2020 election. So, this is a subject that really does warrant extra care and attention by journalists. And frankly, some network executives felt that it would be dangerous to just air Trump's speech live in full, unedited, without knowing what he was going to say ahead of time.That's where we are in America, and we have been here before. Remember, during some of Trump's COVID-19 briefings in 2020, some of the medical misinformation was so unhinged, the networks broke away from those briefings. So, there is a history for this.But last night, Rupert Murdoch's FOX networks did show Trump live. CBS took more of a truth sandwich approach, starting with the truth, then showing Trump's speech - part of the speech, not all of it - and then resuming with more truth, with more fact checking afterwards. And I think that makes a lot of sense. And that's what we saw from CNN as well, where all night we were really trying to contextualize and explain why Trump was doing this, what he was claiming, what was real, what was not real.But as you said, Kate, the claim from Trump that NBC and ABC should lose their network licenses, that's really the tell here that he wanted the wall-to-wall attention. And now he's angry about not getting it. This morning, though, on Truth Social, he's claiming he received a big audience for the speech.There are no TV ratings available yet. There won't be until many hours from now. But on YouTube, I'm noticing there are not really high ranking, very popular videos for this speech yet. It did not land necessarily with a big amount of attention.And here's maybe the best tell of all. Fox News did not spend much time on this after the speech. They moved on right away. Fox News, barely talking about the speech this morning. That tells me some of Trump's allies in MAGA media know this might not be a winning issue for him.BOLDUAN: Well, I mean, we also have very expensive lawsuits that people have faced when airing misinformation as it's come to these election lies. But I'm just going to- I'm- I think my takeaway today, Brian, is “truth sandwich.” I think that is exactly what we all need a little bit more of.STELTER: Order that at the deli for lunch, get a truth sandwich! That's right.BOLDUAN: It's good to see you, Brian. Thank you Fred.

CNN Blames Trump 'History Of Saying Blatantly False Things About Elections' For Speech Snub
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CNN Blames Trump 'History Of Saying Blatantly False Things About Elections' For Speech Snub

If you tuned into CNN on Thursday night at 9 pm, expecting to see President Trump address the Nation on election interference and other issues from the White House, you were out of luck, as they joined the major broadcast networks, who apparently bowed to a request by AOC, not to provide the public with the opportunity to hear what the the President had to say. Instead, CNN's The Source with Kaitlan Collins aired as usual, and made no secret about why they decided not to platform the President's speech.Collins began by acknowledging the President was about to speak, and attempting to justify why CNN was not going to present it live. COLLINS: We'll be monitoring what the President says tonight, as we always do, but aren't taking it live, given the President has a well-documented history of saying blatantly false things about elections.After airing a clip of Trump repeating the phrase "rigged election," she sought to assure viewers that CNN could still be trusted to keep them informed on the speech.COLLINS: The White House is also releasing newly declassified documents, and we will analyze those so we can provide context around them. Our team is going through them actually, right now, as we speak, and we'll bring you all the newsworthy moments from the President's speech and from those documents, this hour, as we talk about it with my fellow reporters and experts.And instead of letting viewers hear what the President was actually saying as she spoke, Collins previewed what he was expected to say, while admitting that could change, "He is known to go off script, and we'll see if he does so this evening."No, the viewers would not see, bad choice of words. Collins message to her viewers, Trump can't be trusted, you can't determine what is true or important so we will do it for you. She then brought on a panel while the President spoke, and at the bottom of the hour, when the speech was over, Collins returned from a break, and proceeded to attempt to discredit it. COLLINS: The President has just concluded his speech tonight, that is focused on U.S. elections and what they say is attempts at foreign interference in U.S. elections. The President also brought up conspiracy theories about the recent California primary, theories that are unfounded. And I should note, like the claims he's made about the 2020 elections, he offered no documents to back up what he said about what happened in California.Collins then played a clip from the speech, of Trump talking about the recent California elections, and made a snide remark about his last line, and assigned motivation for Trump's speech.TRUMP CLIP: Took a month to count the votes. I wonder what they were doing. This is worse than any third world country. There's no third world country that has elections like we have.COLLINS: That's because, officials would say that, U.S. elections are a lot stronger than third world country elections....The President's entire argument tonight, as he was building up with these newly declassified documents from his officials, was about the SAVE Act in and of itself.She then brought on someone, who unlike herself and her viewers, had actually watched the speech, CNN's John King, and the trashing started immediately.KING: A lot of ominous tone from the President, ominous words from the President. Sounded more like a spy novel. A familiar complaint... about the Deep State.The most striking thing the President did was he focused mostly on China, and he said he was releasing all of these new documents tonight that were going to prove more things about China, he says, trying to get voter roll information, trying to learn about how to pry into voting machines and voting systems. He never directly connected any of that to changing an election result. That's important. I don't have the documents in front of me. We'll see if they get you there. But the President never did.CNN, which spent years spinning tales of Russian collusion, a "spy novel" narrative they loved, kept hitting Trump for having Deep State conspiracies. King concluded: "What was most striking to me.... was he had a boogeyman, and it was the familiar Deep State. The President saying that this was all kept from him....Keeping this information away from him about what he alleges is a deeper, more nefarious Chinese plot--than we have ever known about....So, a lot of it was greatest hits."This was CNN's "greatest hits" album: Trump is a liar who was involved in a deeper, more nefarious Russian plot that stole the election from Hillary Clinton, or "rigged" it.  

'Choice' Is a Person: Manny Pacquiao Pro-Life Ad Airing to Billions During World Cup Finals
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'Choice' Is a Person: Manny Pacquiao Pro-Life Ad Airing to Billions During World Cup Finals

Image Faces of Choice World Cup Ad via YouTube While the abortion movement continues to mask what they truly support behind shiny words like “choice,” one pro-life organization, Faces of Choice, has been hard at work bringing the reality of abortion to the world. And though the charity faced a setback in 2020 when its Superbowl ad was rejected just days before airing, they scored a huge victory on Friday in receiving approval to run an international ad featuring abortion survivors during the FIFA 2026 World Cup’s final weekend.As reported by LifeNews.com, Faces of Choice is still working to place other ads, but the 30-second World Cup spot, which features boxing legend Manny Pacquiao, is guaranteed to air to billions of viewers worldwide this weekend.  Pacquiao narrates as several abortion survivors share their powerfully moving and heartfelt testimonies that put a face to the “choice” euphemism. (Click each survivor’s name to hear their personal story in-depth.) Manny: Can you look at them?Josiah: Can you look me in the eye?Manny: And say they shouldn’t exist?Paula: Can you tell me that I didn’t deserve to survive?Hope: Because “choice” isn’t an idea.Manny: “Choice” is a person with a name, a face and a story.Penny: We are the survivors of “choice.”Survivor: We are the faces of “choice.”Denisha: I am the face of “choice.”Zechariah: I am the “choice.”The organization’s founder and executive director Lyric Gillett started the project after having a dream “filled with faces”:I didn’t know their names or where they lived. I just knew their stories needed to be told. Years later, after meeting abortion survivors around the world, that conviction became Faces of Choice… Whenever people encounter abortion survivors, we have watched something remarkable happen. Hearts do not change because people lose arguments. They change because they meet another human being. Faces of Choice exists to create those encounters… Before the world calls it “choice,” it must meet the people who survived it.The campaign’s slogan captures that sentiment perfectly: "’Choice’ is not merely a word. ‘Choice’ is a person, with a name, a face, and a story. It's time to face the choice.”Gillett explains further on the group’s About Us page:We often seek to separate the humanity from things that make us uneasy, but when a victim – a survivor – stares you in the eye and tells you their story, a paradigm shift takes place that cannot be conveniently forgotten, and which has the power to change everything.Abortion has been called “The Silent Holocaust,” when the truth is that it doesn’t have to be, nor should it be. We have thousands of survivors of abortion in the United States, alone; more than enough survivors to attach an actual face to the misnomer of “choice.” This imagery has the power to make a dynamic shift in our collective understanding…One particular survivor, Jennifer Callender, shares the heartbreaking story of her twin being aborted. Callender only survived because her mother and the abortionist didn’t realize there were two babies: My name is Jennifer Callender, and I’m an abortion survivor. Before I was born, two months premature and only weigh 2 lbs. 1 oz., I shared my life in the womb with another for a short time. Our time together was cut short just a few months before that when my mother had an abortion. From what I understand, I was not discovered until my mother noticed me moving around inside of her. She had thought she was no longer pregnant. She had no idea I was living inside of her. My mother rushed to the doctor to see what was wrong. The doctor discovered that my mother was still pregnant and was carrying twins at the time of the abortion. After being advised by the doctors that another abortion would be possible, my mother decided to keep me instead. She continued to have some issues with the pregnancy as I was struggling to survive. The doctors delivered me emergency C-section. I was born at 29 weeks and weighing only 2 pounds and 1 ounce. They described me as a healthy vigorous baby. I was blessed to come through all of that and to come through so well. I grew gained weight, had a strong heart, and no problems throughout all of my childhood and to the present. All of the glory and honor goes to our Lord. He chose me. He saved me. He has given me life so that I can share it with others. I will never be able to change the past, to go back in time and allow the doctors to see my brother or sister. I can only imagine what it would’ve been like if they made it and what they would look like. If they were a boy or a girl. I picture us being so close and having a bond that is unbreakable, I feel like I miss him or her, in a most interesting and spiritual way. It seems though at times that we are connected forever in my heart, in my soul, and in my life. Those bonds were not broken by the strings of real or tangible life, as we call it. Because of a choice that was made, I will never have the privilege of meeting someone that was so close to my heart for such a short time. They will never get to experience life. My heart aches, though, at the thought that my twin brother or sister did not have a choice regarding their life. The choice- their life- was chosen for them. I allow myself to grieve and reflect on the undeniable facts that surround the truth. I embrace what their life has given me. I believe that, even though the situation could be viewed as tragic or sad, that God has worked this out for good. He has allowed me to live so I can share my story with others. It is not about me, my twin, or my mother. It is about sharing what I have learned to glorify God. What happened to me early in my life was only the beginning of the other many challenging things that I would face. I have endured many hardships in my life. The last few years, after having the Lord in my life, I’ve been able to appreciate more what I’ve been given. I have a beautiful life. I have children of my own who are all sweet, intelligent, giving, and kind. I also have the greatest husband who is also my best friend. Our boxer Missy is also a part of our family. She gives us great joy. I was not rejected. I was not forgotten. I am loved. I have a hope, and I have a future. The same is true for you. No matter what you go through, you can choose to live free, joyous, and peaceful. You can choose to forgive others and have compassion. Thank You for allowing me to have life. To be a mother, wife and beautiful woman that You created me to be. Romans 8:28- “And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.”When those who claim to be “pro-choice” are forced to face the people whose lives were almost lost to the “choice” they support, hearts are bound to change. Think of all the beautiful faces who aren’t here to tell their story today. More than 61 million people in the United States alone have been aborted since 1973. That’s 61+ million people who can’t speak up to defend themselves. Thankfully these survivors are standing up for them.Actor Kevin Sorbo has been championing this campaign on X with several tweets and has also encouraged people to support the charity’s ads financially:This is the powerful ad I want the world to see.Faces of Choice has created a #prolife World Cup commercial featuring boxing legend Manny Pacquiao and abortion survivors from around the world — men and women who survived abortion procedures meant to end their lives before birth.… pic.twitter.com/hEJPDBHcrD— Kevin Sorbo (@ksorbs) July 17, 2026The abortion industry has been hard at work trying to hide the reality of abortion- that a beautiful human being with a beating heart and its own unique DNA is murdered. That person will never exist again in this life. Not one person featured in the ad would be here today if their abortions had been successful.And that simple yet horrific truth is one the abortion industry won’t be able to cover up any longer for the billions of viewers who see this incredible ad during the World Cup this weekend. It’s time for the world to face the choice.

NPR Hails Documentary on Radical Public Radio Journalist Amy Goodman
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NPR Hails Documentary on Radical Public Radio Journalist Amy Goodman

National Public Radio celebrated radical left-wing journalist Amy Goodman, host of the Pacifica Radio show Democracy Now! on Saturday’s Weekend Edition with “‘Steal This Story, Please!’ puts journalist Amy Goodman in the spotlight.”  The doc’s title is based on what Arts Desk correspondent Mandalit del Barco calls 60's radical Abbie Hoffman’s “revolutionary handguide” Steal This Book.For more than 30 years, independent journalist Amy Goodman has reported from around the globe. Democracy Now!, the show she co-created and co-hosts, runs online and on public and community TV and radio stations. Now, Goodman is the subject of a documentary that's been distributed independently and has been selling out its last theatrical screenings before it moves to streaming in the fall.The film shows how Goodman is always on the move, always asking questions. That's apparent even in the opening scene, as she pursues Donald Trump's then-climate adviser Wells Griffith during the 2018 United Nations Climate Summit.In NPR's world, "always asking questions" means always hassling Trump Administration officials. (Check out the show’s social media feed (it’s of course popular among the Bluesky Brigade) for a taste of its worldview.)The documentary shows Goodman questioning other people in power, and talking with people on the ground, during times of social and political unrest.The film’s executive producer is Jane Fonda, who has no credibility talking about the First Amendment or any other American freedom.Filmmakers Tia Lessin and Carl Deal explained:"We started making it in earnest after the president in his first term proclaimed that the press was the enemy of the people, which was just outrageous and chilling," says Lessin.….the film's title is taken from one of Democracy Now's missions: Steal This Story — to dare other media outlets to cover the stories they do.The film includes 30 years of archival footage from Democracy Now! including Goodman facing down soldiers in Nigeria and reporting on Native Americans protesting an oil pipeline in North Dakota.The closest NPR got to criticism was to frame a generic (and accurate) observation as harsh, then allow Goodman’s supporters to quash it.Some of her critics call her a left-wing activist. But to her supporters, Goodman's journalism is uncompromising — rooted in her refusal to take any government funding, corporate sponsorship, underwriting or advertising revenue for her show.No government funding? Up until last year, the five Pacifica Radio stations received (combined) about $1 million a year in federal funding through the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.Reporter del Barco revealed her own Pacifica past:[Radio producer Dave] Isay says he owes much of his career to Goodman— he ditched medical school to go into radio after she encouraged him to pursue a story other news outlets rejected. Goodman has mentored many other journalists too. In fact, Isay and I both met her in the late 1980s at the Pacifica radio station in New York where she produced the evening news.At the Democracy Now! studio in Manhattan, my editor and I meet up with Goodman, who I have not seen in years. I remind her she taught me how to cut tape with a razor blade and splicing tape on the old reel-to-reel tape recorders back in the day, at WBAI.Goodman was quoted: "I've always believed that those who care about war and peace, who care about racial and economic justice, who care about LGBTQ issues and the anti-immigrant crackdown, who care about climate change, the fate of the planet are not a fringe minority, not even a silent majority….It just doesn't hit the corporate media radar screen."Really? As if the gender alphabet, ICE in Minnesota, and Greta Thunberg are being totally ignored by the elitist "corporate media"?One recent example of Goodman’s out-there views was her interview supporting the gender hysteria of actor Elliott Page, the former Ellen Page (and still a biological female).The New York Times actually got to the Steal This Story, Please! hagiography first, back in April.