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Hit by Recession, NPR to Lay Off Seven Percent of Staff (Dinosaur Media DeathWatchâ„¢)
Washington Post ^
| December 10, 2008
| Paul Farhi
Posted on 12/10/2008 1:07:17 PM PST by abb
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Wednesday afternoon good news.
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posted on
12/10/2008 1:07:17 PM PST
by
abb
To: 04-Bravo; aimhigh; andyandval; Arizona Carolyn; backhoe; Bahbah; bert; bilhosty; Caipirabob; ...
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posted on
12/10/2008 1:07:44 PM PST
by
abb
("What ISN'T in the news is often more important than what IS." Ed Biersmith, 1942 -)
To: abb
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posted on
12/10/2008 1:08:56 PM PST
by
SIDENET
(Hubba Hubba...)
To: abb
Don’t let the door hit ya where the good Lord split ya.
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posted on
12/10/2008 1:08:56 PM PST
by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
To: abb
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posted on
12/10/2008 1:09:18 PM PST
by
abb
("What ISN'T in the news is often more important than what IS." Ed Biersmith, 1942 -)
To: Army Air Corps
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posted on
12/10/2008 1:10:37 PM PST
by
refermech
To: abb
....and the newsmaker-interview program "News & Notes," which NPR hoped would attract African Americans. The O'ne will NOT be pleased, nosiree!
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posted on
12/10/2008 1:10:47 PM PST
by
Gaffer
To: abb
Faced with a sharp decline in revenue Waitaminnit -- that means I got a tax cut!
To: abb
Back when I commuted to NYC, I used to listen to classical music every day on NPR. Then they cancelled their only excuse for being subsidized and went all liberal, all the time.
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posted on
12/10/2008 1:11:10 PM PST
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: SIDENET
This post made my day.
Thank you.
To: abb
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posted on
12/10/2008 1:11:31 PM PST
by
frithguild
(Can I drill your head now?)
To: ggekko60506
You're very welcome.
I'm always happy to help.
:-)
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posted on
12/10/2008 1:12:46 PM PST
by
SIDENET
(Hubba Hubba...)
To: abb
To: abb
There was a time twenty years ago...when jazz, opera, and classical music made up fifty percent of their production and delivery....and simple shows like “Car-Talk” cover another thirty percent. Then they started getting used like hookers, hiring high-priced journalists after high-priced journalists, and then they tried to make their entire production news instead of unique music. That was the end of the NPR legend. They are simply a liberal mouth-piece today, with no connection to eighty percent of America. If you want jazz or folk music or classical....it won’t be on NPR.
To: abb
NPR has long outlived its usefulness if it ever had any to begin with. There might have been a specious argument in their favor back in the days of creation when radio choices were few and isolated areas had few choices of stations.
But those days are long since gone. NPR could be put on the auction block and produce income rather than be yet another expense item in another unneeded government program.
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posted on
12/10/2008 1:15:21 PM PST
by
Vigilanteman
(Are there any men left in Washington? Or, are there only cowards? Ahmad Shah Massoud)
To: abb
64 employees = $23,000,000????
What is their overhead for programming?
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posted on
12/10/2008 1:15:24 PM PST
by
Mikey_1962
(Obama: The Affirmative Action President)
To: abb
To: abb
Oh man I hope Terry Gross and Juan Williams are on the chopping block!
To: abb
The shows include "Day to Day," which was aimed at younger listeners, and the newsmaker-interview program "News & Notes," which NPR hoped would attract African Americans.What to make of this. I can understand them giving up on the younger group, because they don't pay attention anyway. But it is downright racist to cancel the show that is for African-Americans. They get all magnanimous about how supportive they are of pet socialist causes, and how much they care about poor people and minorities, and children, but when there are cuts to be made, it's the minorities and children. Freaking hypocrites, although they are immune to being called that. Of course, there is no greater sin to a liberal than a conservative that they can call a hypocrite.
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posted on
12/10/2008 1:18:25 PM PST
by
webheart
(All sarcasm contained in this post is intentional, and does not necessarily reflect a real opinion)
To: abb
Now if we could just cut the federal dollars they steal.
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posted on
12/10/2008 1:18:33 PM PST
by
stockpirate
(2009 year of the tax revolt. Two arms, two arms, the socialists are coming.....burp.)
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