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ContraBass Black (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 04:40 PM Original message |
Has NPR gone rightward? |
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whistle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 04:41 PM Response to Original message |
1. Yep, to the right and toward fundemental Christianity |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 05:27 PM Response to Reply #1 |
17. Can you give some examples? |
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whistle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 09:34 PM Response to Reply #17 |
25. NPR, PBS, I mix them up, but the local public radio broadcasts |
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rniel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
2. Everyone has their price |
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LiberalEsto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
3. Yes. They've got a lot of rightwing donors now |
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katinmn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 04:47 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. They even have Wal-Mart as a sponsor now |
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candy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
4. Naaah,it's just becoming "fair and balanced" LOL |
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Lisa0825 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
5. I started listening to NPR about 2 years ago, and believe you are correct. |
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ContraBass Black (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 04:45 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. They seem to be hammering at it pretty hard |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
6. don't they get money from the corporation for public broadcasting? |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
7. Prepare to hear a lot of slams on NPR |
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ContraBass Black (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 04:47 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. All I've heard so far is, "You're black? Be republican!" |
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5X (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 04:51 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. They may be better than MSM, but |
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lectrobyte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 04:52 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. NPR is probably somewhere in the middle. Which is probably |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 04:53 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. I agree wholeheartedly, Az. |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 05:28 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. Exactly. NPR presents things in an unemotional, straightforward way. |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 05:27 PM Response to Reply #7 |
18. You're right. A ditto head could not focus his attention long enough |
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ContraBass Black (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
14. Hold on, they're talking about voter fraud |
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Roland99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
15. NPR tends to have one side on one day, the other side the next day |
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Neshanic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
16. Yes, I was a regular listener, The tide turned fast after the election. |
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catmandu57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
20. They belong to the dark side now |
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HuskiesHowls (582 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
21. They are leaning more to the right... |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
22. They refused to add Amy Goodman's Democracy Now to their line-up |
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mantis49 (398 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
23. You're not imagining things. |
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DoNotRefill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 06:50 PM Response to Original message |
24. they've become Right-wing tools. |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 09:51 PM Response to Original message |
26. Ahhl.... |
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chomskyite_naderite (44 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
27. "centrist", pro war, pro free trade, politically correct |
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solinvictus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 10:00 PM Response to Original message |
28. Oh, most definitely... |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 09:29 AM Response to Reply #28 |
29. I just heard their Terri report.. |
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