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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

Guess they got tired of being shown how biased and untruthful they are.


41 posted on 08/23/2016 5:07:35 PM PDT by SkyDancer ("They Say That Nobody's Perfect But Yet Here I Am")
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To: Navy Patriot

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

Too much freedom to escape the narrative.


42 posted on 08/23/2016 5:08:51 PM PDT by AppyPappy (If you really want to irritate someone, point out something obvious they are trying hard to ignore.)
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To: SkyDancer; AppyPappy

They will NOT escape being shown how biased they are. They will NOT escape our narrative. Stay tuned.


43 posted on 08/23/2016 5:14:08 PM PDT by Lazamataz (Every word the "News Media" prints these days are a lie, including "and" and "the".)
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To: Viking2002

Maybe this only affects NPR.org and not WAMU’s comment sections. It wouldn’t surprise me if WAMU did it, too, but so far, the Disqus comment plug-in is still up at WAMU, and as you can see for this coming Sunday’s show, Murray is still pig-headedly stuck on screwing up the intro line-up: http://wamu.org/programs/the_big_broadcast/16/08/28/the_big_broadcast_aug_28_2016#disqus_thread


44 posted on 08/23/2016 5:20:17 PM PDT by WXRGina (The Founding Fathers would be shooting by now.)
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To: Forgotten Amendments

If the Leftist monopoly can’t control the speech, they will remove the vehicle of speech. This is a product of a mental disorder I call totalitarianism. NPR had better get off their high horse because no one will give a rat for them when they fall off.


45 posted on 08/23/2016 5:28:50 PM PDT by jonrick46 (The Left has a mental disorder: A totalitarian mindset..)
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To: WXRGina
Murray really needs to find another line of work. I don't care if he is a pointy-head social worker by trade, I want Rob Bamberger back. *sigh*


46 posted on 08/23/2016 5:32:12 PM PDT by Viking2002 (The gargoyles have taken over the cathedral.)
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To: VanDeKoik
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.

Yup, that used to be the case here to until they pulled all their comment sections. I brought this up to the news director that we are in the middle of conservative America and there was domination by liberals on their comment sections, you'd think we were dominated by liberals here in middle America.

I told them I knew they were gaming their own comment sections or allowing it to happen that way, or the deceptive perception, in order to help influence and push the liberal narrative. I never got a response back from that one.

CGato

47 posted on 08/23/2016 5:36:06 PM PDT by Conservative Gato
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To: Viking2002

Yeah! And I didn’t like Rob that much (his speech problem was hard to listen to), but I like him MUCH more than Murray.


48 posted on 08/23/2016 5:37:21 PM PDT by WXRGina (The Founding Fathers would be shooting by now.)
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To: WXRGina
Rob was OK. He kinda had a mellow voice that lent itself to the broadcast. That's why everyone loved Ed - it was a very relaxing way to spend a Sunday evening. And he paid homage to Ed without trying to parrot him.


49 posted on 08/23/2016 5:43:54 PM PDT by Viking2002 (The gargoyles have taken over the cathedral.)
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To: left that other site

They’re democrats, they get away with everything.


50 posted on 08/23/2016 6:19:20 PM PDT by Trillian
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To: Lazamataz

” Nazi Propaganda, Relentlessly”

More like, Nazi Propaganda Reprogramming...


51 posted on 08/23/2016 6:24:03 PM PDT by Bikkuri ((...))
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To: Viking2002

Yeah, now that we have what we have, I miss Rob. I miss Ed terribly, though.


52 posted on 08/23/2016 6:41:52 PM PDT by WXRGina (The Founding Fathers would be shooting by now.)
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To: Forgotten Amendments

Don’t like what they’re hearing eh?


53 posted on 08/23/2016 6:56:38 PM PDT by Tzimisce
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To: left that other site

They’re called “underwriters”.

I used to work in public TV and some higher ups got a little tense if anyone referred to them as commercials.


54 posted on 08/23/2016 7:05:20 PM PDT by wally_bert (I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
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To: Forgotten Amendments

55 posted on 08/23/2016 7:13:58 PM PDT by Albion Wilde ("They only smear who they fear." --Diamond and Silk)
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To: Forgotten Amendments

Freedom of speech on taxpayer funded networkL

Persh the thought.


56 posted on 08/23/2016 7:32:20 PM PDT by AFreeBird (BEST. ELECTION. EVER!)
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To: AFreeBird

Okay. I’m not going to correct the spelling.

Figure it out.


57 posted on 08/23/2016 7:34:58 PM PDT by AFreeBird (BEST. ELECTION. EVER!)
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To: Navy Patriot
Why would Nasty Pervert Radio be frightened of public comments?

If you have to ask...
What good is propaganda if their "facts" are exposed to challenge?

58 posted on 08/23/2016 7:41:31 PM PDT by publius911 (IMPEACH HIM NOW evil, stupid, insane ignorant or just clueless, doesn't matter!)
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To: left that other site

Anti Trust break up.

Give PBS II to the Tea Party.

Chop NPR in half, given to the Tea Party.


59 posted on 08/23/2016 7:52:28 PM PDT by TheNext (Hillary Hurts Children & Women)
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To: Jedidah
Seems like there’s no place for respectful debate anymore.

When you have an unprosecuted multiple felon in line to become Chief Law Enforcement officer of the United States, there's nothing to debate any more.

60 posted on 08/23/2016 8:00:30 PM PDT by kiryandil (Hillary Clinton is not sophisticated enough to understand the Bill of Rights, either.)
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