NPR diplomatic correspondent Michele Kelemen was booted from Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s upcoming trip to Ukraine after Pompeo berated NPR “All Things Considered” co-host Mary Louise Kelly for asking him about the Ukraine scandal during an interview on Friday.
Vindictive R Us…
Isn’t this kind of like when Melania had a spat with one of Bolton’s direct reports and kicked the NSC staffer off AF1 while Melania was using it?
Pompeo is such a petulant pig. I pray that we elect a Democrat President and that he gets indicted. He absolutely deserves it.
Can somebody please ask Donald, in a public setting, to point to Ukraine on an unmarked map? Or heck, have him point to the US. He probably can’t find that either.
Poor, poor Mikey. He’s so afraid of girls. Remember the reporter in Nashville? Now these mean, scary NPR girls are picking on him too! It’s just not right!
I stopped listening to NPR ages ago…the pandering to and failure to exercise critical follow-up with idiotic right-wing guests, and the both-siderism, just got to be too much for me. Maybe, however, just maybe they will learn something from this, and get back to some real journalism. I am not holding my breath, but…
For as bad as Trump is, you can at least make the argument that he doesn’t know any better (you know, because he’s stupid) but the guys like Pompeo, Barr, and Mulvaney do know better and thus they are even worse.
This is America’s top diplomat.
He can find Mexico on a map. All three of them.
With this white house all journalism is access journalism. You either play it their way or you get shut out.
Queue up a Fox & Friends discussion about “Why do we continue to use tax money to support these left-wing media outlets like NPR?”
It’s like two birds with one stone: yet another topic that avoids acknowledging the revelations from John Bolton’s manuscript.
Pompeo led with his chin, got worked, and now is crying for mommy.
If the secretary of state cannot handle the heat from a single NPR reporter then I question his ability to deal effectively with any head of state.
Yup. Dumpster family motto: “don’t question me!” (Swiped, of course…)
We can’t have reporters asking questions of government officials.
The problem is that the press will probably let it slide. Acess is way more important to them than truth.
Another blow against the Enemy of the People and their tip of the spear, National Public Radio, the above average network that once broadcast A Prairie Home Companion and Car Talk.
Above average