- The most valuable frequencies, low on the dial, granted by the FCC
- The highest wattages, granted by the FCC
- Taxpayer-funded with endless claims of “listener supported,” and they also take advertisers
- No diversity of opinion - the only place you’ll find 3 homosexuals in a “round-table debate” about the impact of climate change on the Trans Community, etc.
- The only broadcasting jobs with absolute job security, highest wages, retirement, etc.
- A completely insular system where employees are vetted for political correctness at all levels
- No coverage of any science or opinion that might detract from their official editorial policy
- Not one Republican, I have ever met, ever, who works for NPR
- Endless claims of “balance” and “localism,” even on stations exclusively broadcasting national feeds.
“absolute job security”
I read that they were going to lay off 10% of their staffers.
I just recently bought a RF spectrum analyzer. For a test I hooked up an FM antenna and displayed 87MHz to 109MHz. Boom, the biggest peak was the NPR station.
They are sneaky about lying. They were doing a story about whether illegal immigration drives down wages and looked at two poultry factories which were 25 miles apart. The had about the same wages but they were so far apart one couldn't hold down the wages of the other. Sounds reasonable until you think "Wait a second. I've commuted more than 25 miles for jobs before. That's well inside the same labor market.". But one little lie and they sweep that all under the rug.
An excellent summary description that should be enough to convince any person of normal intelligence that NPR should be avoided as one would avoid cyanide gas!