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NPR ending online comments
The Washington Post ^ | August 17, 2016 | Associated Press

Posted on 08/23/2016 4:07:00 PM PDT by Forgotten Amendments

The news organization says it does not have any legal obligation to provide a comments section because NPR indirectly receives federal funding.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: liberaltalkradio; npr
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To: Forgotten Amendments

It won’t save them.

The HARD RIGHT is on the horizon, and the party is over.


21 posted on 08/23/2016 4:27:42 PM PDT by Rome2000 (SMASH THE CPUSA-SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS-CLOSE ALL MOSQUES)
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To: Grams A

I hear you.

I like the response you gave to the political begging letter! LOL!


22 posted on 08/23/2016 4:27:51 PM PDT by left that other site (You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
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To: left that other site

Start the website NPRComments.org and post all articles and let people comment. How Venezuelaian like of them.


23 posted on 08/23/2016 4:28:17 PM PDT by cp124 (Trade, Immigration, Intervention)
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To: Navy Patriot

“Why would Nasty Pervert Radio be frightened of public comments?”

I have seen a lot of online negative comments towards Hillary on several news and social media sites.


24 posted on 08/23/2016 4:28:34 PM PDT by Angels27
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To: cp124

Well, you DO notice that the “P” in “PBS” looks to the Left!


25 posted on 08/23/2016 4:30:03 PM PDT by left that other site (You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
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To: Pikachu_Dad

they do not like the content of the comments. too many people are waking up.


26 posted on 08/23/2016 4:32:33 PM PDT by uncitizen (Americanism NOT Globalism! - Trump)
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To: Forgotten Amendments

             

27 posted on 08/23/2016 4:35:15 PM PDT by tomkat (.gov is freedom's greatest enemy)
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To: Forgotten Amendments

Just following the same trend of most leftie sites - jamming their grubby fingers into their ears and then announcing that they have universal approval.

Delusion, thy name be dhimmicrats!


28 posted on 08/23/2016 4:36:14 PM PDT by rockrr (Everything is different now...)
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To: Forgotten Amendments
NPR is making a good case to have any type of Federal aid ended by this policy.

NPR’s policy is to prevent the public from having a real time outlet to voice their own opinions. That is fine, you will go completely private and quit taking the public’s money then.
29 posted on 08/23/2016 4:36:47 PM PDT by rollo tomasi (Working hard to pay for deadbeats and corrupt politicians.)
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To: Conservative Gato

My local news outlet will close comments for certain stories.

Another uses heavily biased mods that will delete certain comments without provocation, while leaving leftist comments alone.


30 posted on 08/23/2016 4:38:56 PM PDT by VanDeKoik
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To: Forgotten Amendments

Mmmmm K....

Are they creating controversy for viewership?

Why would they have a legal obligation to offer comments anyway?


31 posted on 08/23/2016 4:39:54 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway - "Enjoy Yourself" ala Louis Prima)
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To: Forgotten Amendments

They write the leftest crap (in my opinion) and the conservatives start commenting on site so to help the democrats...just do away with comments so the other view point is not posted.........also seeing MSN and others doing the same thing


32 posted on 08/23/2016 4:45:32 PM PDT by blueyon (The U. S. Constitution - read it and weep)
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To: Forgotten Amendments; WXRGina
There was a night that WXRGina and I went after Murray the Lib at WAMU-FM with quite a froth going. I know that had to have some sort of influence, right, Gina? Since the poor widdle snowflakes can't take the heat from their listeners, I guess they don't want our tax subsidies after Trump takes office. They can just sell a few more coffee mugs to their hive drones - they love to display them on a shelf in their cubicle farms. Flashing their insufferable elitism for all to see is their way of covering up their emotional defects and massive self-esteem problems (and a few Mommy issues, I'm sure).


33 posted on 08/23/2016 4:45:41 PM PDT by Viking2002 (The gargoyles have taken over the cathedral.)
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To: Forgotten Amendments
Our local liberal newspaper had anonymous comments for many years. And yes, the Left was constantly hammered with facts.

The newspaper stories were also often debunked. And I always was amazed at how they allowed comments that made them look so biased and foolish.

Finally a few years ago they cut out anonymous comments and just put Facebook comments on. Well, as predicted the Left would read the Facebook info of any conservative commenters and threaten their jobs and family using the info. Now practically nobody comments at all - which is what they wanted.

Hilariously, before they went down I predicted in comments they would delete all the previous comments because now all their debunked stories would suddenly become true again. The editors commented and denied it. But sure enough, they were all deleted and the editor said it was all a big mistake when I emailed her. Right. Of course, I never commented on there again.
34 posted on 08/23/2016 4:47:40 PM PDT by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper.)
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To: Forgotten Amendments
Wow.

Some of us remember when there was one comment line.

I guess they were overwhelmed by FR type people so they instituted Republican, Democrat, and Independent, call-in lines. Then they instituted once-a-month call-in rules. And now they just can't handle the web comments, which is sort of amazing to me, as I would never watch their bilge to be able to comment.

ML/NJ

35 posted on 08/23/2016 4:48:38 PM PDT by ml/nj (quotequote)
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To: Forgotten Amendments

NPR is a lying government agitprop arm for mass indoctrination and disinformation so they can control the narrative (emotions of the masses).

As Solzhenitsyn accurately stated in 1978 at his Harvard Commencement Speech (which contained TRUTH-—that which NPR hates), he stated that the “news outlets” in America are WORSE THAN PRAVDA........

The elites took over the “news” and information outlets (publishing companies/newspapers/radio, TV/Hollywood) so they could control ALL YOUR THOUGHTS AND DESIRES———it is call BRAINWASHING or PROGRAMMING-—or as their 30s book called it: Psychopolitics

Only since the internet has little islands of “truth” been available.

Wundt and Fichte knew how to take the curricula and control the minds of the masses whom go through their skool system of mass indoctrination. America with local control took an extra 80 years to destroy to create the useful, ignorant, dumb useful idiots.


36 posted on 08/23/2016 4:50:15 PM PDT by savagesusie (When Law ceases to be Just, it ceases to be Law. (Thomas A./Founders/John Marshall)/Nuremberg)
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To: Forgotten Amendments

Comments sections on all websites are generally ill-tempered and rude these days. Mood of the country.

Probably the reason it’s so quiet around here. Seems like there’s no place for respectful debate anymore.


37 posted on 08/23/2016 4:53:31 PM PDT by Jedidah
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To: glasseye

Didn’t get to read the article===my free access to WaPo is all used up, and I am NOT going to subscribe. Maybe I can get in with a different browser.


38 posted on 08/23/2016 4:55:36 PM PDT by Ed Condon (subliminal messages here in invisible ink)
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To: VRW Conspirator

Local paper here doesn’t even allow thumbs up on a comment without a Facebook membership. USAToday hasn’t allowed just thumbs alone for years. Since I haven’t been there for years that might have changed.


39 posted on 08/23/2016 4:57:30 PM PDT by Let's Roll ("You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality" -- Ayn Rand)
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To: Forgotten Amendments; Mr. K; IronJack; BuckeyeTexan

NPR: Nazi Propaganda, Relentlessly.

I have a technical solution I am working on, for these bastards.

THEY WILL HAVE COMMENTS WHETHER THEY WANT THEM OR NOT.

Or I am not a computer developer.


40 posted on 08/23/2016 4:57:41 PM PDT by Lazamataz (Every word the "News Media" prints these days are a lie, including "and" and "the".)
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