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Bwaaaa-ha-ha-ha! There was a 30-minute segment that was conservative weighted against 23 hours and 30 minutes that was liberal, and the liberals are howling. Although NPR probably was aiming for “balance” or a larger listening audience, I guess they presume they will be exempted from any potential Fairness Doctrine legislation. And still the irony escapes the liberals completely.
I used to listen to npr on a regular basis. They lost me when all I heard from supposedly un biased reporters was liberal facts that I knew were not true. This is where the Clintons have it right, itdoesn’t matter if what you say is true, just say it first.
“According to NPR ombudsman Alicia Shepard, more than 60 angry e-mails and phone calls arrived at the network, calling the programming “shameful” and a “lovefest with radical, right-wing nuts.” There were only a few, she said, that praised the series as “refreshing” and “articulate,” among other things.”
That’s because only a “few” conservatives listen to NPR.
Conservatives could e-mail the program and claim it “a lovefest with radical, left-wing nuts”, but what difference would it make?
“All Things Considered” is quite an example or perhaps an oxymoron.
Let those sixty, narrow-minded leftists start their own publicly financed radio network.
NPR listeners — there are 13 million a week — were not especially pleased in the aftermath of the broadcast segments, which lasted about seven minutes each.
According to NPR ombudsman Alicia Shepard, more than 60 angry e-mails and phone calls arrived at the network,
13 million listeners and only 60 calls and e mails, I am suprised.
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more than 60 angry e-mails and phone calls arrived at the network, calling the programming "shameful" and a "lovefest with radical, right-wing nuts."
NPR listeners are a bunch of whining crybabies.
I stopped listening to NPR years ago because all I ever heard was the same liberal BS day after day week after week.
For the same reason I stopped watching CNN, NBC, CBS and ABC.
Mr. Inskeep is philosophical about his vexed audience.
"We did annoy our listeners, but if we do our job right, we function as a personal intelligence agency for them. Hopefully, they hear allies and enemies and everybody in between. We have to learn from a wide range of people," he said.
Nice words I will wait and see if he follows through. I doubt that he will because NPR is dependant on contributions of its listeners for funding. He will quickly fold if the money stops coming in form listeners.
It’s too bad NPR is so leftwingy because the production quality is excellent and listening without commercials is great. With Rush, it’s a commerical every 7 minutes. Liberals don’t know how good they have it.
BTW, the fact that NPR feels compelled to give some special time to conservatives proves their bias. Deep down they know their programming leans left and needs balancing.
What is this?
Some NPR stooge trying to make some ridiculous argument that NPR is somehow "relevant"?
That's the truth!
Kind of interesting how equal time doesn’t apply to taxpayer funded public radio...
That was nice of NPR to put the conservatives on during prime time. /s
OMG! Sixty angry emails! Image if they had interviewed a theologian who cast doubt on the divinity of Barack!
The quality of NPR programming is generally far above the commercial media where the listener is typically subjected to shouting matches and human interest BS. I have also noticed that there has been more political balance lately.
I peruse the DU for the comedic value and a few weeks ago there was a thread about PBR going “conservative”..they were PI*SED that conservatives would be allowed on national PUBLIC radio..so in watching this thread, someone made that exact comment..I’ll paraphrase because I don’t remember the exact words..”so, what’s wrong with that? It’s PUBLIC radio and their tax dollars support it to, shouldn’t they have a voice??”..shortly thereafter the poster’s comments were deleted..I’m guessin he/she got tombstoned..
but ask them, they’ll tell you they’re the party of diversity and tolerance..
NPR needs to be axed, with extreme malice!
Some NPR Listeners Left Cold by Segments on Right(Lefties’ heads explode!LOL).....
the lib/dems....still defending the 1st their first amendment...everyone can have an opion and say what they want as long as it conforms to the lib/dem talking points...
A perfect reason both NPR and PBS should NOT be tax payer funded!!!!
I remember NPR attempted to add balance to their news reporting and commentary during the first year or two of the Republican led Congress in ‘95-’96. NPR must have been terrified their funding would be slashed. As soon as the storm had passed they were back to their comtemptible selves.
Well it is National Liberal Public Radio.