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NPR has Waylon, Hank and Merle. In fact, these days, the only airplay all 3 get is on NPR any more.
NPR's news is the most balanced I've heard; all through the campaign, their news staff interviewed conservatives just as much as any other group, and the interviews were all given very fair treatment on all sides.
The top management of NPR became much more conservative back in the Bush years, and hasn't changed since. But in comparison to the stations that broadcast nothing but far-right talk, anything other than extreme is considered to be liberal. But so far, I've never heard an NPR station that was all talk, all politics, all the time. The talk radio stations always include human interest shows that don't center around political topics.
Every NPR station sets its own format. Some are more talk radio than anything else, but others are more music and entertainment than talk, and the talk shows are not all political in nature. I find if I don't like one NPR station, there's another on the dial I will like.
NPR is the only place a listener can find classical, jazz, bluegrass, blues, folk, zydeco, and many other musical styles that aren't to be found on the commercial stations.
Since they're all supported at least as much by private donations as public, what's the problem? Listeners to commercial radio end up paying for their listening too, when they patronize a commercial radio shows' sponsors.
If you don't like NPR, find something else on the dial.
Maybe if NPR's female hosts were forced to wear Fox New's "porn star pink" shade of lip gloss, right wing knuckle heads would like it more.
I agree, there is nothing right about wanting to ban NPR, but we should strip it as well as all radio programs that rely on federal funding. Don't you agree?
No, I don't. I've stated above that there is a national interest in maintaining a news source that is independent and free of corporate influence.
If you disagree because you believe that NPR actually takes political positions, then I invite you to point out where they do so on their web site's political page.
No, I don't. I've stated above that there is a national interest in maintaining a news source that is independent and free of corporate influence.
If you disagree because you believe that NPR actually takes political positions, then I invite you to point out where they do so on their web site's political page.
NPR is a hard left, hard progressive station.
They have a right to exist, but they don't have a right to demand people to pay them to exist. If they can't exist without government handouts, they aren't worth having. Time to take off the training wheels and let them ride the big boy bike.
It is amazing to me that some people believe NPR is an objective news source. During the campaign they ran about 20 anti-Trump articles per day. They've since ramped it up to about 50.
This is true.
However, government should never fund the arts even if they are objective.
Yeah, I know. But these guys can't stay tuned to something for more than 5 minutes that doesn't have an eagle screeching or the word "liberal" said every 30 seconds.
No, I don't. I've stated above that there is a national interest in maintaining a news source that is independent and free of corporate influence.
No, there is not. That is not a valid government function.
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If you disagree because you believe that NPR actually takes political positions, then I invite you to point out where they do so on their web site's political page.
Their web site is irrelevant. It's their broadcasts that are very biased.
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