I tuned in to NPR today for two hours. It was great fun.

[Synthaholic]

I wish I had a nickel for every story NPR did in the deep south that had twangy background music. It's quite obvious effete urban leftwingers have a disdain for small towns, especially those in red states. But invariably, they'd either find or invent some "enlightened" leftwinger in these backward venues who would join in NPR in lamenting the villain du jour (coal company, GOP legislature, anti-enivonmentalists....)

You pussies just cannot handle any criticism, any opposing viewpoints.

 

[Synthaholic]

Look at Harvard: 50 billion dollars in the bank and they are screaming bloody murder that worlds will collide if they don't get a couple billion from the taxpayers every year.

Like Israel.

I rather resent their greed.

But not the greed of the mult-billionaires, who are screaming bloody murder that worlds will collide if they don't get a couple billion in tax breaks from the taxpayers every year.

 

[leftwinger]

How about if someone pulled back half of your paycheck? You would complain.

Stupid OX. Annual occurrence in Silicon Valley off/on. 15 million laid off in 08-12 when Congress busted housing. Silicon Valley up/down increased layoffs until dust cleared. All to install the Kenyan.

Remember? Learn to code. Now? Learn to mine coal you arsejack.

 

[leftwinger]

I wish I had a nickel for every story NPR did in the deep south that had twangy background music. It's quite obvious effete urban leftwingers have a disdain for small towns, especially those in red states. But invariably, they'd either find or invent some "enlightened" leftwinger in these backward venues who would join in NPR in lamenting the villain du jour (coal company, GOP legislature, anti-enivonmentalists....)

Good call.
It's hard to watch listen or read anything anymore since 09'

DEI, Black pandering, leftist hogwash, false lying hacks. It's pretty far gone now.

 

[BackAgain]

I had not really grasped just how completely obsessed port Synthia is until I saw his/her/its desperate posts (one after the other) in this trite thread.

One of the worst cases or STDS ever.

 

[Darkwind]

How about if someone pulled back half of your paycheck? You would complain.

you mean like the keystone pipeline and Joe Biden?

 

[1srelluc]

I hear Soros has been buying radio stations.

I guess he saved money not having to buy NPR what with the taxpayer footing part of the bill for their leftist swill and all the staff being dems already.

 

[fncceo]

They are still on the air

For now

 

[JGalt]

I hear Soros has been buying radio stations.

I guess he saved money not having to buy NPR what with the taxpayer footing part of the bill for their leftist swill and all the staff being dems already.

Some rich lib just bought 20 AM radio stations here in Wisconsin, and they have anti-Trump talk shows 24/7.

Civic Media is betting on local pro-democracy radio. Will it work?

 

[Scoutster]

I was driving around town today doing errands for a couple of hours and tuned in to NPR to see what they would say about Congressional recission of $1.1 billion to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

They griped the whole time, lamenting how the money had been promised, but pulled back, and that rural stations might have to close and how areas wouldn’t get disaster warnings anymore. They said the big city stations would do OK, but the ones in the boonies might have to go under, and how it is the first time in the 55 year history they didn’t get government money, and Trump is a no-good SOB. It was sweet to listen to, frankly.

They did mention that Trump thought NPR was biased, but they said NPR is denying that. (Well, that’s proof, isn’t it?). So they did two contradictory things; they boo-hooed about maybe having to cut things, but vowed to fight on.

So I have some questions and observations for NPR.

• Before the cuts, they were saying government funding constitutes only 1% of NPR’s budget, so it’s really not that much. My question is: Great. If it’s not that much, shouldn’t they be able to easily make it up in donations?
• NPR laments about rural areas being hit hard. Funny, leftwingers always disparage red state hicksvilles any other time.
• If bigger NPR cities will do OK, but rural stations might be shut down, why don’t the big stations share with the smaller rural ones?
• Since NPR vows to fight on against the rednecks who voted for Trump, maybe they will prove they never needed government funding in the first place. So I encourage NPR to knock themselves out fundraising.
• Real businesses have to tighten the belt all the time. Welcome to the real world, NPR. Now you have to make it on your own. If your product is as great as advertised, you should get enough in donations.
• Might it ever occur to NPR that these cuts would have never happened if they hadn’t turned so blatantly far left? . Hint; If Marxist bilge doesn’t sell, maybe you need to get rid of your Marxist bilge. Nothing like the free market, eh?
• NPR still hasn’t learned its lesson. As I listened in today , the underlying and sometimes overt theme to every story is STILL that Trump is an evil crazy bastard. You did this to yourself, NPR. All you had to do was report straight news and straight features.
• That crap about NPR being the only news source for rural areas is hogwash. Who the hell tunes to NPR for weather information?

Feature story today: A college professor’s trip to the depths of the Arctic Ocean 5000 meters down to find unique methane-eating worms. On the face of it, it sounds pretty interesting, right? But no. They had to throw in women empowerment angle (the professor was a woman, succeeded in a man’s world, was able to get her way over the male crew, etc.), and they had to include that she was a lesbo and interviewed her female life partner. I mean, why add all that? Just do the story. STOP PLAYING THE LEFTWING AGENDA ANGLE ON EVERY SINGLE STORY!.

 

[Crepitus]

you mean like the keystone pipeline and Joe Biden?

Who had money taken from them?

 

[Calypso Jones]

Like Israel.


But not the greed of the mult-billionaires, who are screaming bloody murder that worlds will collide if they don't get a couple billion in tax breaks from the taxpayers every year.

hey drama queen. Most of the multi billionaires are dems/leftists. You don't seem to have a problem with THEM cheating us all blind..INCLUDING YOU!

 

[Foxfyre]

I was driving around town today doing errands for a couple of hours and tuned in to NPR to see what they would say about Congressional recission of $1.1 billion to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

They griped the whole time, lamenting how the money had been promised, but pulled back, and that rural stations might have to close and how areas wouldn’t get disaster warnings anymore. They said the big city stations would do OK, but the ones in the boonies might have to go under, and how it is the first time in the 55 year history they didn’t get government money, and Trump is a no-good SOB. It was sweet to listen to, frankly.

They did mention that Trump thought NPR was biased, but they said NPR is denying that. (Well, that’s proof, isn’t it?). So they did two contradictory things; they boo-hooed about maybe having to cut things, but vowed to fight on.

So I have some questions and observations for NPR.

• Before the cuts, they were saying government funding constitutes only 1% of NPR’s budget, so it’s really not that much. My question is: Great. If it’s not that much, shouldn’t they be able to easily make it up in donations?
• NPR laments about rural areas being hit hard. Funny, leftwingers always disparage red state hicksvilles any other time.
• If bigger NPR cities will do OK, but rural stations might be shut down, why don’t the big stations share with the smaller rural ones?
• Since NPR vows to fight on against the rednecks who voted for Trump, maybe they will prove they never needed government funding in the first place. So I encourage NPR to knock themselves out fundraising.
• Real businesses have to tighten the belt all the time. Welcome to the real world, NPR. Now you have to make it on your own. If your product is as great as advertised, you should get enough in donations.
• Might it ever occur to NPR that these cuts would have never happened if they hadn’t turned so blatantly far left? . Hint; If Marxist bilge doesn’t sell, maybe you need to get rid of your Marxist bilge. Nothing like the free market, eh?
• NPR still hasn’t learned its lesson. As I listened in today , the underlying and sometimes overt theme to every story is STILL that Trump is an evil crazy bastard. You did this to yourself, NPR. All you had to do was report straight news and straight features.
• That crap about NPR being the only news source for rural areas is hogwash. Who the hell tunes to NPR for weather information?

Feature story today: A college professor’s trip to the depths of the Arctic Ocean 5000 meters down to find unique methane-eating worms. On the face of it, it sounds pretty interesting, right? But no. They had to throw in women empowerment angle (the professor was a woman, succeeded in a man’s world, was able to get her way over the male crew, etc.), and they had to include that she was a lesbo and interviewed her female life partner. I mean, why add all that? Just do the story. STOP PLAYING THE LEFTWING AGENDA ANGLE ON EVERY SINGLE STORY!.

So if their funding is 1% federal government money and they choose to cut 1% of their programming and that would be no longer putting out disaster warnings, what does that say about their priorities?

 

[RoshawnMarkwees]

Their report, obtained by The New York Times, was bleak. Up to 18 percent of about 1,000 member stations would close, it found, impacting the Midwest, the South and the West the most.


Curley estimated that 65 of 433 stations he analyzed, about 15 percent, would be at risk of closing in the next three years if they lost federal funding.

Cool!

 

[Drop Dead Fred]

Instead of defunding NPR, we should ask them to please explain why their editorial board consists of 87 registered Democrats and 0 registered Republicans, and why they suspended senior editor Uri Berliner after he mentioned that information in an ess

By Daniel Alman (aka Dan from Squirrel Hill) July 19, 2025 According to the political ideology that I subscribe to (libertarian), I’m supposed to be in favor of ending government funding of N…

danfromsquirrelhill.wordpress.com

Instead of defunding NPR, we should ask them to please explain why their editorial board consists of 87 registered Democrats and 0 registered Republicans, and why they suspended senior editor Uri Berliner after he mentioned that information in an essay that was published by The Free Press.​

By Daniel Alman (aka Dan from Squirrel Hill)

July 19, 2025

According to the political ideology that I subscribe to (libertarian), I’m supposed to be in favor of ending government funding of NPR. And from a theoretical point of view, I agree with that position.

But for me, the real world always supersedes any theory. NPR, along with its government funding, is a long standing tradition in this country, just like the national parks, the national museums, and the Post Office. So even though it goes against libertarian theory, I support a continuation of all of those things.

I like to call myself a “bad” libertarian because I am always happy and willing to disagree with libertarian theory whenever there is real world evidence against it.

Anyway, a lot of people who subscribe to libertarian (and conservative) ideology want to end government funding of NPR.

But I have a much better idea.

We should continue with government funding of NPR, but we should also ask them to please explain why their editorial board consists of 87 registered Democrats and 0 registered Republicans, and why they suspended senior editor Uri Berliner after he mentioned that information in an essay that was published by The Free Press.

On April 9, 2024, the Free Press published this opinion column by NPR senior editor Uri Berliner:

Original: I’ve Been at NPR for 25 Years. Here’s How We Lost America’s Trust.

Archive: I’ve Been at NPR for 25 Years. Here’s How We Lost America’s Trust.

In that opinion column, Berliner wrote the following:

I looked at voter registration for our newsroom. In D.C., where NPR is headquartered and many of us live, I found 87 registered Democrats working in editorial positions and zero Republicans. None.

Seven days later, on April 16, 2024, NPR published the following:

Original: https://www.npr.org/2024/04/16/1244962042/npr-editor-uri-berliner-suspended-essay

Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/2024042...62042/npr-editor-uri-berliner-suspended-essay

NPR suspends veteran editor as it grapples with his public criticism

NPR has formally punished Uri Berliner, the senior editor who publicly argued a week ago that the network had “lost America’s trust” by approaching news stories with a rigidly progressive mindset.

Berliner’s five-day suspension without pay, which began last Friday, has not been previously reported.

Yet the public radio network is grappling in other ways with the fallout from Berliner’s essay for the online news site The Free Press. It angered many of his colleagues, led NPR leaders to announce monthly internal reviews of the network’s coverage, and gave fresh ammunition to conservative and partisan Republican critics of NPR, including former President Donald Trump.

Instead of defunding NPR, we should ask them to please explain why their editorial board consists of 87 registered Democrats and 0 registered Republicans, and why they suspended senior editor Uri Berliner after he mentioned that information in an essay that was published by The Free Press.

 

[Mashmont]

Instead of defunding NPR, we should ask them to please explain why their editorial board consists of 87 registered Democrats and 0 registered Republicans, and why they suspended senior editor Uri Berliner after he mentioned that information in an ess

By Daniel Alman (aka Dan from Squirrel Hill) July 19, 2025 According to the political ideology that I subscribe to (libertarian), I’m supposed to be in favor of ending government funding of N…

danfromsquirrelhill.wordpress.com

Instead of defunding NPR, we should ask them to please explain why their editorial board consists of 87 registered Democrats and 0 registered Republicans, and why they suspended senior editor Uri Berliner after he mentioned that information in an essay that was published by The Free Press.​

By Daniel Alman (aka Dan from Squirrel Hill)

July 19, 2025

According to the political ideology that I subscribe to (libertarian), I’m supposed to be in favor of ending government funding of NPR. And from a theoretical point of view, I agree with that position.

But for me, the real world always supersedes any theory. NPR, along with its government funding, is a long standing tradition in this country, just like the national parks, the national museums, and the Post Office. So even though it goes against libertarian theory, I support a continuation of all of those things.

I like to call myself a “bad” libertarian because I am always happy and willing to disagree with libertarian theory whenever there is real world evidence against it.

Anyway, a lot of people who subscribe to libertarian (and conservative) ideology want to end government funding of NPR.

But I have a much better idea.

We should continue with government funding of NPR, but we should also ask them to please explain why their editorial board consists of 87 registered Democrats and 0 registered Republicans, and why they suspended senior editor Uri Berliner after he mentioned that information in an essay that was published by The Free Press.

On April 9, 2024, the Free Press published this opinion column by NPR senior editor Uri Berliner:

Original: I’ve Been at NPR for 25 Years. Here’s How We Lost America’s Trust.

Archive: I’ve Been at NPR for 25 Years. Here’s How We Lost America’s Trust.

In that opinion column, Berliner wrote the following:

I looked at voter registration for our newsroom. In D.C., where NPR is headquartered and many of us live, I found 87 registered Democrats working in editorial positions and zero Republicans. None.

Seven days later, on April 16, 2024, NPR published the following:

Original: https://www.npr.org/2024/04/16/1244962042/npr-editor-uri-berliner-suspended-essay

Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/2024042...62042/npr-editor-uri-berliner-suspended-essay

NPR suspends veteran editor as it grapples with his public criticism

NPR has formally punished Uri Berliner, the senior editor who publicly argued a week ago that the network had “lost America’s trust” by approaching news stories with a rigidly progressive mindset.

Berliner’s five-day suspension without pay, which began last Friday, has not been previously reported.

Yet the public radio network is grappling in other ways with the fallout from Berliner’s essay for the online news site The Free Press. It angered many of his colleagues, led NPR leaders to announce monthly internal reviews of the network’s coverage, and gave fresh ammunition to conservative and partisan Republican critics of NPR, including former President Donald Trump.

Instead of defunding NPR, we should ask them to please explain why their editorial board consists of 87 registered Democrats and 0 registered Republicans, and why they suspended senior editor Uri Berliner after he mentioned that information in an essay that was published by The Free Press

Welfare is a long time tradition too. A lot of bad things are. No reason in the world government should fund NPR. The 87-0 tally is proof of the leftwing bias NPR denies with a straight face.

 

[multivita-man]

This discredits your whole post. Show me where NPR has disparaged "red state hicksvilles" - your words - or ANY elected Democrat in Congress. You retards concoct grievances in your minds and then try to pin them on Democrats.

The people doing cartwheels over the loss of NPR/PBS don't even listen/watch. They just assume that since it's gumbint, it's anti-Trump.

NPR will do fine in Boston, Philadelphia, NYC, etc. They don't rely on Federal funding like the farm communities in the Midwest, who will lose a lot of vital services, from weather warning to local emergencies and reporting on local government. They need this, and we need them to have it. There are enough Red State ignorants without creating more, a main Republican goal.

Precisely this. Public media will still exist in major metropolitan areas where they can get donations. It's a philanthropic exercise for aristocrats who fund the arts and prove that after years of ******* people over in the corporate world, that they're not total assholes.

Public broadcasting does do fairly well with their pledge drives and I suspect more people will donate larger sums if/when they can. They also have things like Passport, which you have to contribute to receive. Some things may end up being subscription-based, so it'll end up being more private non-profit than public, but things have been heading in this direction for a while now.

But in rural areas? Sometimes public broadcasts cover counties that don't have their own broadcasting channels or systems. These are the same communities that have been trying to get better broadband internet and cell service, and MAGA seems to be putting the brakes on that as well.

 

[Mashmont]

The people doing cartwheels over the loss of NPR/PBS don't even listen/watch. They just assume that since it's gumbint, it's anti-Trump.



Precisely this. Public media will still exist in major metropolitan areas where they can get donations. It's a philanthropic exercise for aristocrats who fund the arts and prove that after years of ******* people over in the corporate world, that they're not total assholes.

Public broadcasting does do fairly well with their pledge drives and I suspect more people will donate larger sums if/when they can. They also have things like Passport, which you have to contribute to receive. Some things may end up being subscription-based, so it'll end up being more private non-profit than public, but things have been heading in this direction for a while now.

But in rural areas? Sometimes public broadcasts cover counties that don't have their own broadcasting channels or systems. These are the same communities that have been trying to get better broadband internet and cell service, and MAGA seems to be putting the brakes on that as well.

I’ve listened numerous times. If you don’t think NPR rips Trump 10 times an hour, YOU don’t listen to it. It sure warms my heart hearing how you care so much about rural (heavily Trump-voting) areas, since most of the time you leftwingers can’t hide your disdain for country folk.

 

[Deplorable Yankee]

Some rich lib just bought 20 AM radio stations here in Wisconsin, and they have anti-Trump talk shows 24/7.

Civic Media is betting on local pro-democracy radio. Will it work?

Those usually go out of business because nobody listens.

 

[JWBooth]

Competition over subsidy, as it should be. Clearly there is a market for their drivel, let that market provide the funding.

They can, quite frugally, change their model. Podcasting and satellite radio reach a very broad segment of the world, expanding audiences beyond the reach of terrestrial radio.

For instance, there is an organic gardening program that originates on public broadcasting out of Bethlehem, Pa. that I regularly listen to via podcast. I kick in a few bucks here and there, supporting that program without financing the taint of NPR’s left/prog “news” product. Living in Texas, I’d have never have heard the program otherwise.

Though I am a boomer, I haven’t done terrestrial radio in a long time. I don’t miss annoying commercials or fundraising pleas one bit, especially around election time.