Is it just me, or is NPR all Bush all of the time now?

[patrice]

Every other story is about the pResident. I've listened to NPR for decades and can't recall it ever being so completely focused on the presidency. It's Bush 24/7 now.

What has happened to them?

[ncrainbowgrrl]

1. corporate money influence.

it buys a lot of airtime.

"this segment is sponsored by..."

[gademocrat7]

2. I agree

[patrice]

3. Yeah, I guess I'm making that problem worse; I've stopped giving.

I feel guilty, but I know my money wouldn't have one iota of influence over how much advertising they do for BushCo.

[muntrv]

4. Tomlinson's hands are all over this.

[Moochy]

8. Here's a good link...

What does NPR have to say about Ex-CPB Chair Tomlinson?

http://www.npr.org/search.php?text=tomlinson

[sendero]

5. NPR...

.... sucks ass and not in a loving way.

[Flabbergasted]

6. They can forget about donations from me or even much viewership...

atleast for now...

[Moochy]

7. Which shows? Morning Edition is particularly obedient

Nice Polite Republicans.

It didn't used to be this bad, at least they'd get a response from opposing critics.

[patrice]

14. Yes, Morning Edition is the main one I listen to.

I was wondering if there is some sort of operational issue, in addition to funding of course, that has changed, thus increasing the amount of air time they are giving to press releases from Big Brother.

Daniel Shore is still good, but I've never liked Cokie Roberts. She never says anything that almost anyone of us couldn't put together ourselves, absolutely no insight whatsoever, all cliche all of the time.

[Moochy]

18. Daniel Shore is allowed to have opinions

and form logical judgements based on fact. That's why they label his input as Analysis. The rest of them seem shackled with new mid-level managers or producers intent on reminding the listeners that NPR is the OFFICIAL US STATE MEDIA NEWS OUTLET.

[patrice]

22. Shore actually analyzes. C. Roberts is BORING.

[liberalhistorian]

9. I listen to South Dakota Public Broadcasting

an awful lot, and it doesn't seem that way to me. Then again, I don't listen to it every single moment, so maybe I'm missing something.

[StClone]

35. Your Right. NPR be damned, WPR kicks arse

Foe example, Wisconsin Public Radio had on the authors of Fiasco as part of a three hour bash last week. WPR rules! Almost always on the side of truth, justice and the American way it used to be.

[yorkiemommie1]

10. i stopped listening to NPR

way too many * quotes. it's stephanie miller in the morning for me.

[grytpype]

16. Nice Polite Republicans

[yorkiemommie1]

17. N-P-R

it fits!!!

we have pacifica radio here but it makes me sleeeeepy

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[Nozebro]

25. Your "postcard" is not funny to those of us who respect ALL life. EOM

n/t

[roody]

12. I stopped listening years ago.

I listen to KPFA on line.

[bluerum]

13. Who dat? National Republican Radio? nt

[patrice]

15. Yep, that's them. Thank goodness for AAR!

[MetaTrope]

19. "Shock and awe! Shock and awe!"

I still hear Cokie Roberts squawking ecstatically in my nightmares. NPR's been just another BFEE mouthpiece for years now.

[mmonk]

20. Haven't listened to them in so long now.

Both my TV and radio habits have changed so much over the last few years. It's down to Countdown on TV and Stephanie Miller on the radio with occasional but short listening in on Franken and Big Ed.

[spanone]

21. Check this out.

~snip~ WASHINGTON -- Executives at National Public Radio are increasingly at odds with the Bush appointees who lead the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

In one of several points of conflict in recent months, the chairman of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which allocates federal funds for public radio and television, is considering a plan to monitor Middle East coverage on NPR news programs for evidence of bias, a corporation spokesman said on Friday.

The corporation's board has told its staff that it should consider redirecting money away from national newscasts and toward music programs produced by NPR stations.

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0516-09.htm

[Bigmack]

23. Loooooong pieces of ....

Dumbya's rambling. Short snippets of that shit would suffice, but NPR wants to "balance" their coverage, so they play the whole fucking speech.

[CarlVK]

24. NPR leadership has gradually been infested with conservatives

Welcome to the world of the Puppetmasters.

[rhiannon55]

26. NPR wakes me up in the morning (force of habit)

but when I get up, I turn it off and turn on Democracy Now on FSTV.

Amy with my morning coffee.... :donut:

NPR has gone so far to the right I almost don't recognize it anymore.:shrug:

[beltanefauve]

27. NPR

has been swinging to the right for the last ten years or so. Around the time of the 2000 selection, I thought I detected a * bias. Since then, the bias has become much more dramatic. Morning Edition seems to have changed the most, and yet I still wake up to them out of habit. Bob Edwards has been replaced by two shallow, vapid yuppies more suited for a show like "Entertainment Tonight". Steve Inskeep comes off as blatantly Republican, and Renee Montagne seems to love getting in vicious, gossipy digs at Dems whenever possible. I absolutely despise Cokie Roberts and her, "The Democrats don't have a plan!" bullshit. Andrea Seabrook, Don Gonyea, and Mara Liasson are pretty bad, too. And when they're not propping up *, they're filling the show with fluff like, "This American Life" and "This I Believe".:puke:

[Leopolds Ghost]

28. Cokie said on TV "Dems should watch out because Americans support torture"

"Unfortunately," she went on to add, "these Republicans have muddied the waters of what was an excellent strategy to pin the Dems down on this issue. He finally had an issue where Republicans were on one side and Dems on the other, and he was on the right side of the issue for a change because Americans support the President in the war on terror". I am paraphrasing, this was on Inside Washington.

[mwb970]

29. I don't listen to my NPR station any more.

Except for Car Talk and Wait Wait Don't Tell Me. Otherwise I prefer the AAR station, despite the ridiculous number of commercials.

I did catch an NPR program about the media last weekend and one segment afer another bashed the Republican leadership, so it isn't completely one-sided.

[etherealtruth]

30. What programs has your station bought?

I continue to be an avid listener of public radio; I enjoy it very much ... listen to the BBC in the morning, Democracy NOW ... and a multitude of other shows.

The Republicans have tried to destroy public radio ... they haven't succeeded yet.

[CatholicEdHead]

34. True, most NPR stations are more than just NPR

May locally produced shows are also syndicated nationally. The biggest syndicater is American Public Media which is the national distribution arm of Minnesota Public Radio. They almost syndicate more shows than NPR. You get Marketplace, Speaking of Faith, Prairie Home Companion, Splended Table, etc.... among others.

[Joe Bacon]

31. I quit giving money to NPR and PBS during Impeachment.

I got so sick at Jim Liar and Cokie the Whore demanding impeachment over a blow job.

It's time to stop financing the endless Republican propaganda with our taxes. Pull the plug on PBS and NPR!

[beltanefauve]

32. Problem is

The Neocons WANT to pull the plug on PBS and NPR. They've been cutting the funding for years, and the sharp right turn of content has been putting us, the loyal listeners and viewers, off. Seems like we're between a rock and a hard place on this one: shitty public broadcasting or no public broadcasting. Or are we?

[Joe Bacon]

33. I wouldn't miss it.

There is nothing on NPR or PBS worth saving.