Posted on 11/09/2010 4:18:49 AM PST by tobyhill
National Public Radio President Vivian Schiller, who made headlines for firing news analyst Juan Williams, a Fox News contributor, told an audience Sunday that NPR's viewers are a league apart from those of other media organizations -- a hypothesis proven by its comments section on the network's website.
Schiller, who was speaking at St. John's Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C., said the comments section of most media websites are full of "people yelling at each other" and "going off-subject."
But NPR's commentators - and, she infers, its audience - are "intelligent and informed."
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"If defunding to public broadcasting were to occur, it would be devastating to public broadcasting," Schiller added. "That's a fact."
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Which means she spends her off-duty hours surfing on DU.
Cheers!
Amen, Vivian. Now, let's defund you ASAP...!
If the Republican House continues to fund this Soros-sponsored outfit, the voters will hold them accountable. Get this bunch of Socialists off the public dole.
In one breath they say they get a tiny amount of funding from tax dollars and in the next they say loss of those funds would be "devastating".
And Tea Party members are dumb...
Yet, when the NY Times did an actual survey of Tea Party members, it found they were as a group better educated than the average citizen.
They just throw out this “more intelligent” listener stuff, but in truth they probably don’t have a clue.
When I listen to the NPR commenters, I’m struck by the obvious (to me) fact that the “interviews” between the hosts and the commenters are pre-scripted.
There are dead give-aways if you listen for it — the response is too quick, without reflection, overly poised.
And — against Schiller’s point — the scripting is done to, more than anything else, create the “impression” that the commenters (and the hosts) are uber-wise.
So, yes, the NPR discussions are different — and they’re phony.
If they are so smart, then let them run a real business and earn a real profit without subsidies. Not sucking the government teat — that’s what separates the men from the boys in the business world.
“If defunding to public broadcasting were to occur, it would be devastating to public broadcasting,” Schiller added. “That’s a fact.”
Jefferson, Adams, & Franklin would be outraged at the thought of the government funding a news agency. They considered the press to be one of the vital checks-and-balances on government power. That is why the freedom of the press is in the 1st amendment.
Government money means government control of the message. That is unacceptable.
I equate NPR to socialist evangelism. They DO believe they are smarter and know all the answers, because NPR has delivered them through the magical airwaves.
NPR is the liberal’s burning bush.
Strangely, when their dogma is refuted, they still run home to their dealer of sophism and selective reporting. They rely on their mothership’s milk and cannot leave its warm comforts. That is NOT INTELLIGENT.
If defunding to public broadcasting were to occur, it would be devastating to public broadcasting,” Schiller added.
Get your “smarter” audience and other short bus riders to pick up the tab.
I don’t like my tax dollars going to you so you can shill for the leftist idea of the day.
Especially Madison. His remarks on the Cod Fisheries Bounties fits your argument to a T
If their viewers are that smart, why can’t they figure out how to pay for it themselves?
If NPR listeners were “smart”, they wouldn’t be listening to NPR’s soft-headed tripe. I have a relative who listens to NPR all the time. I swear his forehead has caved-in a tad over the last few years..
Perhaps every freeper should commit to surfing over to NPR's Comments each day and providing some needed yelling and off-subjectness. It sounds like their discussions are pretty boring. Think of it as a public service.
The one government news agency that I can see funded is VOA. That is as an external, short-wave, broadcasting mechanism to other countries, friend and foe, with the interests of the US in mind. I don’t know how much of their $200 million is devoted to that task though; i suspect its high and trimmable. The government should NOT be driving any agenda internally to American citizens, as it is currently doing thru NPR, at the tune of $400 million.
I have listened to NPR and find it to be elitist garbage. Most of the true believers at NPR are willfully and invincibly ignorant.
You can be purdy shure that thay will be very intellginent and compozed in a inpeckable fashun. My NPR comments will be only marginally kinnected with the topick.
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