NPR admits a liberal bias

Townhall.com ^ | October 22, 2003 | Brent Bozell

[Paulus Invictus]

Isn't that Nina Totalbarf? Or is it Totalbawd? Oh. and I despise NPR and the idea that my taxes and yours are supporting these liberal idiots!

[Ben Chad]

Npr has the best music --- fox sound effects are getting tiresome. Npr goes and ruins it all by opening their gay mouths.

[AdamSelene235]

They compared Edward Teller to a Nazi propagandist. Unforgivable.

[Phantom Lord]

The wackos at DU think NPR is a conservative organ for the Bush administration.

[Phantom Lord]

Best ever Fresh Air was when she interviewed Gene Simmons of KISS. If you can find a transcript, or better yet and audio file of it do so.

[Phantom Lord]

I hate the bumper music on NPR. I will often change the channel for 10 seconds to avoid it and then come back.

The most wrongly named show on NPR has to be Market Place. Out of the half hour the show lasts, a whopping 2 minutes is usually directed toward "the market" at best.

I have even heard lengthy stories about arrainged marriages in India and other nations on the show. What the hell does that have to do with "the market"?

[.cnI redruM]

DO you define equality as equality of opportunity or equality of results?

IMHO parity and equality are not the same thing.

[AlexW]

"The crazy thing is, the devoted NPR listeners that I'm acquainted with SWEAR that NPR is fair and balanced....."

Of course it is fair and balanced...between left and Marxist

[Cicero]

NPR used to be listened to be all sorts of people, because they played classical music and had interesting shows. I regularly listened to it while commuting because I'd rather hear Mozart than the latest musical trash. But in recent years they have gotten so loudly, openly, and vociferously leftist that they have completely departed from reality. No more classical music, either.

So their only listeners are exteme leftists just like themselves. It's not surprising that these folks consider NPR to be perfectly normal. But it's a very small and still shrinking audience. Even leftists get tired of hearing the same whining voices day in and day out.

[cwb]

I'm saying that liberals are trying to equate equality with popularity. They are making it appear that they don't have the same oppurtunity...or level playing field, when in reality, they actualy have more. But since their message doesn't resonate, or isn't as popular, they whine that it isn't fair for them.

[Nebullis]

It's easy to see through the liberal bias at NPR and appreciate the higher rate of information transfer than you get from places like Fox or from Rush.

[AnAmericanMother]

NPR admits liberal bias . . .

In other news . . . sun rises in east, Pope rumored to be Catholic . . .

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[Big Giant Head]

I listen to "Morning Edition" every day on the way to school, and "All Things Considered" on the way home. I figure it's good practice to argue with the radio and pick apart their slants and rants.

This morning, they were all abuzz about the Bush administration's attempts to "paint" the war in Iraq in a more favorable fashion to help with the election next year. They still don't get it. They were being asked point blank to try to more accurately describe the condition of the country, and they were complaining about not being able to count the wounded in the attacks on our troops.

Annoying, but like I said, good practice.

[.cnI redruM]

I posted this just to see how far Barry Bonds and Sammy Sosa could hit softballs using a 2X4.

[The Great RJ]

My only reason for tuning in to NPR was it was and in most markets still is the only source for classical or jazz music on the dial. However, with commercial free Internet radio and the growth of satelite radio, I see NPR as doomed to neverending telethons and constant whining about the lack of government support. Face it-- there just aren't enough people out there who want to listen to all this liberal drivel to support NPR.

If NPR were smart they would dump "All Things Considered (very liberaly)" and find some great conservative comentator and have a 3 hour call-in show a-la Rush. Then the pledeges might come pouring in.

[rudypoot]

Well, hang me on a wall and call me Art.

[.cnI redruM]

No, but watching an insect like Nina Totenberg squirm does have entertainment value.

[bray]

In other breaking news, it is reported that the earth is round!!

Pray for GW and the Truth (neither found at NPR)

[AnAmericanMother]

Lord, we don't need Bonds or Sosa.

The girl's T-ball league can beat NPR like a rented mule.

Their audience keeps getting smaller, so they whine and telethon still more, so their audience gets smaller still, and round and round they go.

I used to listen to the classical stuff on NPR, but now when I scan the dial I never hear music - just more liberal drivel.

[DmBarch]

Geez - I'm suprised Terry Gross went off on Bill. If she had on the show a serial killer of the Axe-murderer variety, she probably would say... "Was it difficult finding the right type of file for the blade?"