National Public Radio fights back against the old accusation that if you scratch its surface you'll find a bunch of government-subsidized leftists. From the Sept. 11 "All Things Considered":

MELISSA BLOCK, host: This week, a Web site called FiLife.com launched a Twitter contest to reduce policy on how to fix health care to a mere three words. Some entries so far...

ROBERT SIEGEL, host: Promote Healthy Living and Eat an Apple are two examples.

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SIEGEL: Our staff made up some three-word policy proclamations: Doctors Make Less and Cuban Health Care . ...

[E.A.] 6:23 P.M.

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Joe Wilson: Controlled implosion ? ... P.S.: And where was Kanye West  that evening, I ask you? ...  6:24 P.M.

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