Time To End Government Funding Of NPR…

[Ingomike]

Should NPR Rely on Listeners Rather Than Taxpayers Like You?

Below is my column in The Hill on the growing controversy over NPR and the government subsidy of its programming. There is not much serious debate over the political bias of the company, but NPR ha…

jonathanturley.org

 

[NHT3]

I disagree, it's not time it's years overdue.

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

Pull the plug. If it’s worth it, advertisers and viewers will support it.

 

[BigRed]

I disagree, it's not time it's years overdue.

Amen

 

[smokingman]

It should have never had government funding.

 

[JettaKnight]

Even I, a long time NPR supporter, would not object.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/04/19/opinion/dont-give-up-twitter-npr-give-up-your-subsidy/

 

[snorko]

I grew up with Sesame Street, Mr. Rogers, Julia Child, the McNeil Lehr report and all the great nature & science shows. So sad what has happened

 

[Ingomike]

“By 2023, the picture was completely different: only 11 percent described themselves as very or somewhat conservative, 21 percent as middle of the road, and 67 percent of listeners said they were very or somewhat liberal. We weren’t just losing conservatives; we were also losing moderates and traditional liberals.”

The NPR-Listening ‘Elite 1%’

Consider this proposition: “Suppose that your favorite candidate loses a close election. However, people on the campaign know that they can win by cheating without being caught. Would you rather have your candidate win by cheating or lose by playing fair?” Just 7% of Americans said, “Win by...

www.newsbusters.org

 

[Expat]

Leftist hacks.

 

[Shadow01]

When it comes to elections, winners make the rules, moral losers don’t…

 

[Gingerbeardman]

I gave up on NPR when I, as a casual news observer, could clearly hear liberal bias in their reporting. And, my life got a lot better when I quit listening to an hour of news every day!

 

[smokingman]

I gave up on NPR when I, as a casual news observer, could clearly hear liberal bias in their reporting. And, my life got a lot better when I quit listening to an hour of news every day!

I rarely listen to and even more rarely watch the news(it has been a decade or so). I find it distracts one from actual facts.
Reading news is faster by a wide margin and I can spot bias, steering, and manipulation of the reader easily in written form. It is just simpler for me to see any actual facts presented in written form. AI is making it more difficult though.

 

[Ingomike]

I rarely listen to and even more rarely watch the news(it has been a decade or so). I find it distracts one from actual facts.
Reading news is faster by a wide margin and I can spot bias, steering, and manipulation of the reader easily in written form. It is just simpler for me to see any actual facts presented in written form. AI is making it more difficult though.

I get annoyed with so much news posted here being video. I don’t have that kind of time to watch hours of video a day. I too read my information.

 

[spencer rifle]

I still listed most every morning for a few minutes. Always good to know what the enemy is up to. The bias is clear, and I sometimes end up shouting at the radio. A few minutes is all my blood pressure can take.

 

[Destro]

I wish they would get out of the news business. They are duplicating content already available elsewhere, typically free. It is disgustingly bias. If they are dead set on news, syndicate BBC content. The World Service has better content all around.

 

[Ingomike]

NEW: 25-Year Editor Who Exposed NPR Suspended, Radical CEO Has More Shocking Posts Surface

redstate.com

 

[rbhargan]

Looking at the new NPR CEO's tweets, I can't help but wonder if this is what happens when teenage girls grow up and stop being anorexic and cutting on themselves. Their self-loathing just moves in a different direction. Very sad.

 

[Leadeye]

It used to have some good programs, but deteriorated and I gave up on it. You really had to like global warming or orange man bad delivered with a shrill intensity to stay with it.

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

 

[phylodog]

What's it matter? About like throwing a deck chair off of a sinking cruise ship the to slow it down. We're to the point that they'll be able to double to funding every year from here on out and it still won't be enough to keep up with the "value" of the dollar.