"There is absolutely nothing in Howard Zinn's intellectual output that is worthy of any kind of respect. [. . . .] Zinn represents a fringe mentality which has unfortunately seduced millions of people at this point in time. So he did certainly alter the consciousness of millions of younger people for the worse."
FAIR has a full alert here
http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=4009
where they note that it is rarely their practice to look for "balance" in an obit, using William F. Buckley as an example. I have no illusions about where NPR sits on the spectrum, but this seemed afield of even their usually craven apologetics. I mean HOROWITZ! There are plenty of halfway reasonable people on the right they could ask for some balance, but they give a platform to a seriously unhinged zealot.
Ridiculous.
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On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 21:10, Left-Wing Wacko <leftwingwacko at gmail.com> wrote:
> Sorry if this has been posted already. But at
>
> http://www.howardzinn.org/default/index.php
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> there are many tributes from everywhere to our dear departed comrade Howard
> Zinn.
>
> >From Pearl Jam and Willie Nelson to Al Jazeera to the expected leftist rags
> and socialist orgs as well as mainstream sources.
>
> There's still a lot missing, but this should add to the list for anyone
> interested.
>
> RIP Howard Zinn
>
> Sheldon
> <http://www.howardzinn.org/default/index.php>
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