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

[multivita-man]

I’ve listened numerous times. If you don’t think NPR rips Trump 10 times an hour, YOU don’t listen to it.

As opposed to ? Reporting facts isn't ripping.

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.

Left-wing policies are generally better for rural folk, even though they often end up voting against them because God or culture wars.

 

[Mashmont]

As opposed to ? Reporting facts isn't ripping.

NPR doesn't report facts; they report lies. The climate change hoax is chief among them. The endorse every twisted leftwing agenda item there is. Trump opposes those, so therefore they rip Trump.

Left-wing policies are generally better for rural folk, even though they often end up voting against them because God or culture wars.

Oppressive regulations are even more damaging for rural areas. The climate change hoax has been devastating to rural areas.. Ax the people of West Virginia who have seen the coal industry destroyed by these people. Ax the people of Western Maryland who lost their paper mill that employed millions. Ax the Keystone pipeline people who lost thousands of jobs to Biden. Ax southwest Virgini which lost Norfolk Southern because of the dried up coal industry. Where are the EV charging stations in rural areas? Marxist anti-capitalism is a disaster for rural America.

Then they come up with crazy stuff like "had we spent billions on climate change research, the Texas flooding wouldn't have happened". Only stupid people believe that.

 

[multivita-man]

NPR doesn't report facts; they report lies.

Oppressive regulations are even more damaging for rural areas.

Closing rural hospitals, gutting social security, Medicare, and Medicaid are going to be far, far worse than whatever imaginary crises you're banging your drum about.

 

[Mashmont]

Closing rural hospitals, gutting social security, Medicare, and Medicaid are going to be far, far worse than whatever imaginary crises you're banging your drum about.

Destroying a state's livelihood is hardly imaginary, scooter. I invite you to take a driving tour of rural Virginia, West Virginia, and Kentucky.

 

[Dogmaphobe]

NPR is one of the many mouthpieces of the Maoist style cultural revolution.

Unfortunately, it is but one of many.

 

[hondo 50]

I can't take 2 seconds of that crap.

 

[Mac-7]

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.

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.

How did farm states in the midwest get their news before NPR and federal funding?

There are a wealth of private stations that blanket the airwaves

 

[JWBooth]

How did farm states in the midwest get their news before NPR and federal funding?

There are a wealth of private stations that blanket the airwaves

But but but those are commercial and not underwritten by Phizer or Merck, or Bayer, or Boeing, or the Pugh Family Trust, or Perdue or any of the right people.
And besides, those stations can’t be trusted. Some of them even carried, shudder, the Limbaugh show. The horror.

 

[PeanutGallery]

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NPR wines? What a better way to connect to those out there away from the big cities with foo-foo wine.

 

[marvin martian]

They are still on the air

Exactly, this is a non-issue.

It may mean a smaller bonus for their multi-millionaire CEO, if anything.

 

[PeanutGallery]

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.

Who in the rural areas listen to NPR? If NPR can reach them, you're telling me that there are no AM or FM stations that reach out those people? I've lived in a rural area. I could listen to plenty of radio channels. This notion of "the plight of the rural areas" is being made by people who likely wouldn't be caught dead in those same areas.

 

[marvin martian]

Who in the rural areas listen to NPR? If NPR can reach them, you're telling me that there are no AM or FM stations that reach out those people? I've lived in a rural area. I could listen to plenty of radio channels. This notion of "the plight of the rural areas" is being made by people who likely wouldn't be caught dead in those same areas.

That trope is coming from the same lefty elitists who insist black people are too stupid to get photo IDs.

 

[PeanutGallery]

As opposed to ? Reporting facts isn't ripping.



Left-wing policies are generally better for rural folk, even though they often end up voting against them because God or culture wars.

Let me guess. You're not a rural person. But I'm interested. What left-wing policies are better for rural people?

 

[multivita-man]

Let me guess. You're not a rural person. But I'm interested. What left-wing policies are better for rural people?

I mentioned them already.

 

[PeanutGallery]

I mentioned them already.

What ... post #43? Those are talking points. Those aren't policies.

 

[multivita-man]

What ... post #43? Those are talking points. Those aren't policies.

They're the result of policies. They're going to lose those services because of MAGA policies.

 

[The Duke]

But but but those are commercial and not underwritten by Phizer or Merck, or Bayer, or Boeing, or the Pugh Family Trust, or Perdue or any of the right people.
And besides, those stations can’t be trusted. Some of them even carried, shudder, the Limbaugh show. The horror.

Rush was right. I never minded Rush Limbaugh. Always turned Hannity off, though.
Hannity's too smug for me.
Glenn Beck, too.

 

[Synthaholic]

Most of the multi billionaires are dems/leftists

Everything you type is pulled straight out of your ass.

 

[Synthaholic]

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.

Their broadcasts and transcripts are online. Post an example.

 

[Synthaholic]

Those usually go out of business because nobody listens.

And nobody listens because Democrats are busy working for a living.