Posted on 05/03/2009 5:38:42 AM PDT by blueyon
A shocking decision has been handed down by the National Public Radio board.
In 1985, National Public Radio (NPR) adopted a policy stating that member stations had to provide "nonsectarian, non-political, noncommercial" educational programming. But in February 2009, the wording was changed to say: "NPR Member Stations shall provide ONLY [emphasis added] nonsectarian, non-political, noncommercial educational content on all broadcast channel(s) and related media distribution platforms such as member partners that use the NPR member brands."
The rule, which takes effect May 1, means that any NPR stations carrying religious programming must cease and desist that programming as of that date. In explaining its decision in a similar matter, PBS -- another federally funded media outlet............
(Excerpt) Read more at onenewsnow.com ...
Non-Political? That would shut them down entirely.
In these economic times, why are we subsidizing National Radio OR Public Television. People now have plenty of choices - we should not be forced to subsidize these substandard stations in the first place. If you can’t compete in the real world, get off the stage.
Gee I bet Bill Moyers type programming is toast too! < /sarcasm>
So, we won’t be hearing from CAIR on NPR?
Good. I shudder to think what an NPR station will say about Christ.
Non political? Surely they mean non-politically correct.
There'd be no content left at NPR affiliates.
BTW, the use of the term "sectarian" is an ineffective attempt to get around the limitation on government that it be strictly neutral regarding religion.
It is supposed, wrongly, by the Leftwingtards that ALL religion is "sectarian", with Catholics neatly over here, and Presbyterians neatly over there, and the Episcopaleans stuck over yonder. In the real world, there are no really effective sectarian boundaries, just "branding", and when it comes to Christianity and Buddhism, that doesn't even begin to round up the faithful and keep them on the straight and narrow.
Time for complaints to NPR concerning sectarian deviationism, and to your local Congresscritter (Leftwingtard or not) complaining about how (pick your religion) has taken over the local station and attempting to "force"(not foist) their beliefs down our throat.
A few thousand such complaints over a year should be sufficient.
The solution is to abolish federal funding for npr and pbs.
they already have abc cbs cnn and nbc and the press to push their communism and climate change.
So much for tolerance.
Bail out, Bail OUT, MORE MONEY headed to NPR...YOUR money, mind you.
I suppose this follows the president saying we aren’t a Christian nation. He’s right, of course - we’re an anti-Christian nation now.
It’s not NPR...It’s NGR...
Good. Maybe they'll go back to playing classical music (which they do well) and travel/informational programs (which they also do well).
Bottom line is that we need to start holding them to that policy: as painful as it might be, we should start listening and then start throwing this policy in their faces the INSTANT a member station airs something that even approaches politics.
It seems as if every time I turn to a PBS or NPR channel they are begging for money.
Vivian Schiller joined NPR as President and CEO on January 5, 2009.
As President and CEO, Schiller oversees all NPR operations and initiatives, ..........During her tenure at The New York Times, she led the day-to-day operations of NYTimes.com, the largest newspaper website on the Internet, overseeing product, technology, marketing, classifieds, strategic planning, and business development.
Before joining NYTimes.com, Schiller spent four years as Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Discovery Times Channel, a joint venture of The New York Times and Discovery Communications. Under her leadership, Discovery Times Channel tripled its distribution while achieving critical acclaim for its award winning journalistic programming.........
Previously, Schiller served as Senior Vice President of CNN Productions, where she led CNN's long-form programming efforts.
It’s we Christians that they are after.
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