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limpyhobbler

(8,244 posts)
8. I still like NPR but they used to be better.
Sat Jan 5, 2013, 12:55 PM
Jan 2013

I also see where NPR has become remarkably more bland over the past 20 years.

They got accused so many times of being the liberal media, they had to moderate a bit, so they ended up more bland. They do they whole "present both sides" thing. Such as, Democrats say it's sunny out, Repubs say it's raining. Nobody knows whose right. That may be balanced, but it's not fair to the audience who deserves to know the truth.

Environmentalists say fracking is dangerous/Oil companies say it's awesome.

Why they did no stories on Occupy Wall Street for the first two weeks:

We asked the newsroom to explain their editorial decision. Executive editor for news Dick Meyer came back: "The recent protests on Wall Street did not involve large numbers of people, prominent people, a great disruption or an especially clear objective."
http://www.npr.org/blogs/ombudsman/2011/09/26/140815394/newsworthy-determining-the-importance-of-protests-on-wall-street

Sounds like when Erin Burnett said on CNN: What are they protesting about??? nobody knows!

I still like NPR because they are a better alternative to mainstream radio. But they are not exactly a force for progressive change. They don't do investigative journalism. They don't even really provide insight or analysis.

I like the Michael Feldman/what do you know show.

Thank you! etherealtruth Jan 2013 #1
did you mean to say "about NPR" in your OP? Enrique Jan 2013 #2
" that would make it make more sense." greiner3 Jan 2013 #28
Fantastic post!!! Buzz Clik Jan 2013 #3
Buzz Clik, laughing about the NRA "cold dead hands pledge card", saidsimplesimon Jan 2013 #21
I don't hate NPR. But I do feel that, snot Jan 2013 #4
snot, the Rehm Show was never one I liked. However, in balance, she sure saidsimplesimon Jan 2013 #22
Beck and Limbaugh are a low bar. snot Jan 2013 #34
The Diane Rehm show is one of the NPR shows; greiner3 Jan 2013 #29
Car Talk went off the air last year taterguy Jan 2013 #5
They still play the best of them. nt Walk away Jan 2013 #7
taterguy, if we want to restore Car Talk, they need funding. saidsimplesimon Jan 2013 #23
Oh FFS taterguy Jan 2013 #27
I love NPR and I have supported them for years. Walk away Jan 2013 #6
I still like NPR but they used to be better. limpyhobbler Jan 2013 #8
limpyhobbler, in my local market, NPR has aired investigative journalists' saidsimplesimon Jan 2013 #24
"I like the Michael Feldman/what do you know show." greiner3 Jan 2013 #31
oh yeah I like to make eggs and toast and listen to that show limpyhobbler Jan 2013 #32
A lot of the criticism is driven by when you listen. Fumesucker Jan 2013 #9
NPR pimped Bush's imperial aggressions in Afghanistan and Iraq along with the rest of the coalition_unwilling Jan 2013 #10
exactly heaven05 Jan 2013 #17
coalition unwilling, I remain in oppossition to wars fought for oil, greed, saidsimplesimon Jan 2013 #25
Sorry, I've listened to winger after winger claim "Social Security is broke" without challenge... Scuba Jan 2013 #11
Ditto. SoapBox Jan 2013 #14
Agreed, Kochy Roberts and Mara LIE-ason are very "fair and balanced (TM)" in a "Foxy" kind of way. corkhead Jan 2013 #12
Ditto again. SoapBox Jan 2013 #15
SoapBox, I turn the dial, or tune out if it offends me. saidsimplesimon Jan 2013 #26
"Kochy Roberts and Foxy Liasson" greiner3 Jan 2013 #30
On Being with Krista Tippett gulliver Jan 2013 #13
Most of the time its fine. I don't even mind Frum who is on quite a bit. But sometimes they grantcart Jan 2013 #16
Saturday live Metropolitan Opera mantinee. longship Jan 2013 #18
I quit listening to NPR years ago ybbor Jan 2013 #19
The flagship news programs ATC and Morning Edition are at issue here Orrex Jan 2013 #20
What Orrex said. snot Jan 2013 #35
"they rush to give Mitch McConnell five minutes to air his views..." greiner3 Jan 2013 #36
the truth isn't "fair and balanced". quit pushing that right wing crap. Agony Jan 2013 #33
Thank you. 1gobluedem Jan 2013 #37
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