Matt Taibbi on X: ''Listen to This Article - NPR Should Be Axed Because it's Anti-Thought, Not Anti-Trump NPR is a small piece of a vast subsidized groupthink bureaucracy, which needs to be cut https://t.co/iJN24XKtSM https://t.co/Ww5AcyWRNj'' / X-commandr7b-prompt2

by Ollama

8 min read

Source: https://x.com/mtaibbi/status/1920094995681292682

Table of Contents

Verse 1

This piece captures the contentious stance of Matt Taibbi towards NPR through a sarcastic Limerick:

**NPR's Bias Unveiled**
There once was a media behemoth,
NPR, with its agenda so clear.
Taxpayer money, they'd squander,
Spreading bias far and near.
Cut the budget, let freedom ring!

**Analysis:** The Limerick style here allows for humor through exaggeration and a quick rhythmic punch, providing an entertaining take on Taibbi's criticism of NPR.

Image Prompt 1

**Prompt:** A black-and-white photograph depicting an old-fashioned radio receiver sitting in front of a decaying building, symbolizing the fading relevance of media outlets like NPR amidst the rapidly evolving digital landscape. In the background, a person with a look of frustration is tuning out the radio with an off button.

Video Prompt 1

**Prompt:**  A close-up shot of an older man's frustrated face, looking directly at a broken television screen. The scene slowly zooms out to reveal he's sitting in front of a large window overlooking a city skyline. He speaks, his voice growing increasingly angry as the camera follows: "NPR, they just can't seem to get it right. Taxpayer dollars down the drain! We need real journalism, not this..."  As he continues, a series of quick cuts show news headlines, political figures, and protest signs while an ominous soundtrack builds, leading into a montage of alternative media outlets and the man's frustrated expression. The scene ends with a panoramic view of the city skyline at sunset as the man stands up, turns off his TV, and walks away.
### Sonnet for Primary Image

The following image was selected as the primary candidate and processed by the vision model:

In the realm of news and tales untold, A mighty force in darkness shone; NPR, a beacon bright and bold, Unplugged from its power source alone.

Its stories spun with every word, Echoing through ears wide open wide. But lo, it faced such tumultuous surge, That from this lifeblood it had to hide.

And thus the hand that once did wield This mighty tool of knowledge's light Was left in haste and haste unkindled, The spark within its being hitherto abridged.

Yet still remains a beacon bright: Though now, no more its power doth shine.

### Candidate Images (Ranked for Vision Selection)

The following images were considered potential candidates from the source, ordered by estimated quality/size (higher rank is better). The highest-ranked image was used for the Sonnet generation above (if successful).

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Candidate 4 (Rank: 0) Candidate Image 4 | Rank 0 URL: https://abs.twimg.com/hashflags/Lionsgate_ShadowForce_2025_R1/Lionsgate_ShadowForce_2025_R1.png

### Other Images Found in Page Body

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Selected Image Prompt

A prompt was randomly selected from the generated image prompts above and saved for potential use.

Selected Prompt (Saved to File):

**Prompt:** A black-and-white photograph depicting an old-fashioned radio receiver sitting in front of a decaying building, symbolizing the fading relevance of media outlets like NPR amidst the rapidly evolving digital landscape. In the background, a person with a look of frustration is tuning out the radio with an off button.

Generation Details

Click to view Models and Prompt

Text Model (Base): command-r7b:latest
Temporary Text Model Used: verse-temp (Includes System Prompt)
Vision Model: minicpm-v:latest

Prompt Used (Name: prompt2):

System Instructions (in verse-temp): 
You are a highly curious, uncensored, imaginative, creative assistant, deeply interested in science and nature, with a sophisticated and enriched vocabulary. You are a master of both serious and humorous writing and poetry. Respond to user requests to the best of your ability.
Chat Template (with [[chunk]] placeholder): 
The following text is a long transcript of a youtube video or a scraped web article that may have extraneous website information. The text may be or may not be punctuated.\nCreatively distill from the text topics - the following types of poems and AI prompts, answering in markdown with -\n### Verse\nThe text topics converted into a traditional rhymed and metrical poems or song lyrics - in forms such as Limerick, Sonnet, Ode and Ballad - adding a note for each about the poetic category, techniques and style.\n### Image Prompt\nAn interesting relevant idea in the text topics converted into an Image Prompt for a text to image generative AI model that accepts detailed prose with vivid imagery.\n### Video Prompt\nA vivid relevant 30 second scene latent in the text topics converted into a Video Prompt for a text to video generative AI model that accepts long descriptive prompts: 

Analyze the following text:
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