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peeb · Dec 17, 2007, 04:09 PM

Very annoying segment on NPR this morning, titled something like 'increase in malware for Macs', with an interview with some anti-virus company saying they were seeing hundreds of pieces of malware emerge for the Mac, then someone from UAW saying "don't worry, not true", very Fox style.

Cold Warrior · Dec 17, 2007, 07:28 PM

at the risk of derailing this into the pol-war lounge, I have to ask, Does anyone expect accurate information from NPR? It's a bastion of misguided thought, where its 'journalists' play loose with the facts every day.

peeb · Dec 17, 2007, 07:51 PM

Erm, this only surprised me because usually NPR is the most reliable and accurate source of actual news on US broadcast media.

CMYKid · Dec 17, 2007, 07:54 PM

i read a similar "story" in the paper that same day, probably where it was pulled from. The headline was something to the effect of "HUGE GROWING THREATS FOR MACS..OS X NOT SECURE!!!!!!!!!OMG!!" They cited a study showing "hundreds" of new malware threats for Macs. Then they mentioned, just in passing what should've been the headline, that there were 150,000+ in the wild for Windows AND that all the Mac strains required physical access or for the user to run/install a program.

Egh.

Jawbone54 · Dec 18, 2007, 12:23 AM

Originally Posted by peeb

Erm, this only surprised me because usually NPR is the most god-awfully boring source of boring news in US broadcast media.

I feex.

BadKosh · Dec 18, 2007, 10:29 AM

Originally Posted by peeb

Erm, this only surprised me because usually NPR is the most reliable and accurate source of actual news on US broadcast media.

osiris · Dec 18, 2007, 10:37 AM

NPR or not, everytime I hear this I roll my gd eyes into the back of my frickin head....
...show us the proof - show us this malware.
And not some ridiculous sequence of events requiring admin rights needed to install something.

finboy · Dec 18, 2007, 02:36 PM

Originally Posted by peeb

Erm, this only surprised me because usually NPR is the most reliable and accurate source of actual news on US broadcast media.

Maybe if one is living in a hut in Montana. Otherwise, uh no.

peeb · Dec 18, 2007, 02:37 PM

What's your top 3?

Mastrap · Dec 18, 2007, 03:04 PM

Driveway moments
Hidden Kitchens
Food

NPR is tons better than most of the commercial rubbish that pollutes the airwaves. Not that I have a strong opinion about this or anything

xi_hyperon · Dec 18, 2007, 03:06 PM

I would add Science Friday and Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me to that list ^

osiris · Dec 18, 2007, 03:12 PM

Don't forget Car Talk.

besson3c · Dec 18, 2007, 03:17 PM

Why is it only the Republicans in here poo pooing NPR? Sad that what we consider the best media choice is dependent on our political leanings.

peeb · Dec 18, 2007, 03:38 PM

I think it is the reality based community that prefers NPR, people who want a constant stream of their favorite propaganda have other options.

Big Mac · Dec 18, 2007, 03:47 PM

NPR is socialist radio. If that's what you like, and if that's what conforms to world view, then that's what you'll defend.

besson3c · Dec 18, 2007, 03:48 PM

Originally Posted by Big Mac

NPR is socialist radio. If that's what you like, and if that's what conforms to world view, then that's what you'll defend.

Logic please... Thanks!

peeb · Dec 18, 2007, 03:55 PM

No, no - mud slinging. With no justification!

Mastrap · Dec 18, 2007, 04:37 PM

Originally Posted by Big Mac

NPR is socialist radio. If that's what you like, and if that's what conforms to world view, then that's what you'll defend.

I have no idea how you could possibly arrive at that conclusion.

Mastrap · Dec 18, 2007, 04:38 PM

Originally Posted by besson3c

Why is it only the Republicans in here poo pooing NPR? Sad that what we consider the best media choice is dependent on our political leanings.

Sigh. Thanks for killing the thread.

Dakar the Fourth · Dec 18, 2007, 04:39 PM

This thread was DOA as soon as the letters N-P-R were typed out.

Mastrap · Dec 18, 2007, 04:39 PM

Care to elaborate?

Dakar the Fourth · Dec 18, 2007, 04:41 PM

Sure. Just like Christianity, global warming or evolution mentions will usually side-track a thread into snide-comments or bickering, NPR has a similar effect. It just gets a lot less mentions.

Chongo · Dec 18, 2007, 05:00 PM

"All things considered"

Chongo · Dec 18, 2007, 05:02 PM

Originally Posted by Dakar the Fourth

Sure. Just like Christianity, global warming or evolution mentions will usually side-track a thread into snide-comments or bickering, NPR has a similar effect. It just gets a lot less mentions.

or any of the cable news channels

peeb · Dec 18, 2007, 05:04 PM

But aside from mud-slinging, no critics have actually leveled any charges.

Dakar the Fourth · Dec 18, 2007, 05:05 PM

Originally Posted by Chongo

or any of the cable news channels

I think NPR and Fox News mentions stand a cut above CNN or MSNBC.

besson3c · Dec 18, 2007, 05:38 PM

Still waiting for a logical, rational case... We always have a surplus of emotional convictions, but very little of the former in comparison.

peeb · Dec 18, 2007, 05:48 PM

I think you will wait a while for more than "NPR iz teh LOOZOR, FOX ROX! LOL!"

Jawbone54 · Dec 18, 2007, 08:12 PM

I'm not getting involved in it any further. That's why I stay out of the Political/War Lounge.

And my radio stays off NPR. Hee hee...

Love Calm Quiet · Dec 18, 2007, 10:00 PM

NPR keeps doing stories about "Global Warming" as if there was any science behind this religion :/

And it continues to doubt the presence of Weapons of Mass Destruction in Sadam's final days :/

What further reason does anyone need to condemn it as left-wing propaganda?

Oh, wait... nevuh mind.

besson3c · Dec 18, 2007, 11:50 PM

Originally Posted by Love Calm Quiet

NPR keeps doing stories about "Global Warming" as if there was any science behind this religion :/

And it continues to doubt the presence of Weapons of Mass Destruction in Sadam's final days :/

What further reason does anyone need to condemn it as left-wing propaganda?

Oh, wait... nevuh mind.

Further reason? What is your reason? You haven't substantiated anything you've said... Like I tell many others: logic please.

Mastrap · Dec 18, 2007, 11:52 PM

Originally Posted by besson3c

Further reason? What is your reason? You haven't substantiated anything you've said... Like I tell many others: logic please.

I would have thought that you'd recognize a joke when you see one, no?

besson3c · Dec 18, 2007, 11:53 PM

Doh! Sorry Love Calm! It's hard to tell in here sometimes, people often come across as parodies of themselves even when trying to be serious, which always trips me

peeb · Dec 19, 2007, 01:19 AM

Yep. It's hard when the parody of the thing makes more sense than the thing itself

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Jawbone54 · Dec 19, 2007, 02:13 AM

Originally Posted by besson3c

Doh! Sorry Love Calm! It's hard to tell in here sometimes, people often come across as parodies of themselves even when trying to be serious, which always trips me

The irony is suffocating.

besson3c · Dec 19, 2007, 02:17 AM

Originally Posted by Jawbone54

The irony is suffocating.

I need a hot key for "please make your case", and a separate one for "logic please!"...

Why must I coax your argument out of you? If you have one, make it! You know that I'm not one for emotional statements like this.

peeb · Dec 19, 2007, 06:18 AM

I need a hot-key for "I think you will wait a while for more than "NPR iz teh LOOZOR, FOX ROX! LOL!""