"Stranglehold"

[illtaketwoplease]

Originally Posted by timberline742
Facts and intelligence tend to have bias.

I could not come up with a better example of the elitist attitude NPR and their listeners than this.

[miu]

Originally Posted by timberline742

Facts and intelligence tend to have bias.

Wrong. True journalists are supposed to be OBJECTIVE observers. NPR is extremely unprofessional in this regard.

[Toxic Waltz]

Originally Posted by timberline742

Facts and intelligence tend to have bias.

Quite true. They tend to have a libertarian bias. That wouldn't really explain NPR though!

[CrazyDave]

Originally Posted by timberline742

Facts and intelligence tend to have bias.

I must have missed the point of your comment in the context to what you were replying to. facts have no bias as they are simply facts and lean neither left nor right. Intelligence also has no bias as it also tends to lean toward fact rather than conjecture. Neither facts nor intelligence rely on emotionalism again whether in be towards the left or towards the right

[Cida]

Originally Posted by Nonesuch

Stranglehold aside, I've generally been a little less annoyed at the bias shown in locally-source NHPR content as compared to the nationally syndicated NPR shows, but they produce only about 3 hours a day of local content.

Trusted and unbiased are not synonyms. Individual NPR staff, especially the "talent" on Morning Edition and All Things Considered, let their own personal bias color their reporting.

I find NPR to generally be correct and truthful. In other words, trustworthy. What conservatives object to is that they discuss more liberal topics, such as the environment. But that doesn't make them biased.

[CrazyDave]

Originally Posted by Cida

I find NPR to generally be correct and truthful. In other words, trustworthy. What conservatives object to is that they discuss more liberal topics, such as the environment. But that doesn't make them biased.

I've no objections of discussing topics such as the environment, and do not find that subject to be a liberal only one, but I do find a liberal only slant when NPR discusses it

[mathlete]

National Partyline Radio is a unbiased as I am. The difference is I know it.

[Nonesuch]

Originally Posted by CrazyDave

I've no objections of discussing topics such as the environment, and do not find that subject to be a liberal only one, but I do find a liberal only slant when NPR discusses it

If my objection was to the "topics", then why do I find the locally-produced NHPR content less slanted than the syndicated NPR shows and their "reporter" hosts?

For example, ignore what is said entirely and just look at the guest roster of Morning Edition -- not just how many "Liberal" versus "Conservative" guests and how much airtime each receives, but also who they choose to invite on the air. As AllSides points out "NPR does not always choose to highlight good-faith conservative viewpoints, choosing to omit nuanced criticism and comments by those on the Right."