[j.havenfarm]

From the article: “The story we’re hearing is that some rural Republicans are worried about their constituents losing their only source for news.”

First, of course, that’s crap. They don’t have satellite or WiFi capability? But second, taking this bs concern as true, let me get this straight: people in the country have a hard time getting news so we should…. Give them government-paid left wing propaganda? Honestly, my dog is a deeper thinker than these people

[Tell It Right]

Agreed. The real meat to the problem is explained in the article:

With Republicans in charge of the House and Senate, cutting those programs (and that small amount of money) shouldn’t be an issue, but it is. Why? Because many Republicans suck. It really is that simple.

[Dr. Sivana]

“The story we’re hearing is that some rural Republicans are worried about their constituents losing their only source for news.”

If you are so rural that the only news station you can get is NPR, I suggest they flip to the AM side of things, as 92% of NPR stations are FM. AM signals travel much farther than FM, so there are likely a number of stations all over the political spectrum on the AM dial (Country stations, Christian, Mormon, Latino, Salem Network, FOX, and Legacy stations dominate the AM dial). The music and some sports stations have news at the the half hour. Over the Air stations still have an obligation to provide some public interest programming.