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Fuck NPR (Original Post) LondonReign2 Apr 2015 OP
"evangelicals are rarely asked to speak at colleges and universities" IDemo Apr 2015 #1
There is a flip-side to that: surrealAmerican Apr 2015 #10
Yes, Liberals do stifle *intellectual diversity* Cosmic Kitten Apr 2015 #2
Eggs.. sendero Apr 2015 #16
But-but-but... derby378 Apr 2015 #35
I have been boycotting NPR since before the 2008 election. Enthusiast Apr 2015 #3
Fuck NPR Trajan Apr 2015 #27
The question defies the definition of liberal tech3149 Apr 2015 #4
NPR wouldn't let that get in way of a good smear against "Lib'ruls" Cosmic Kitten Apr 2015 #18
I listen to NPR. cwydro Apr 2015 #5
I adore "This American Life", "Radiolab", "Wait, Wait Don't Tell Me" and "Whaddya Know?" PeaceNikki Apr 2015 #6
Most of their series shows.. sendero Apr 2015 #17
^^That. All of that. Orrex Apr 2015 #19
ditto to the weekend shows, Wait wait don't tell me, Michael Feldman's whatdaya know, and of course a kennedy Apr 2015 #7
Yeah, we are super lucky with WPR, they do a good job. PeaceNikki Apr 2015 #8
Just wondering how Wanker can screw that up......oh, right, cut their funding too..... a kennedy Apr 2015 #11
mmm hmm PeaceNikki Apr 2015 #14
Obviously I listen to it as well, thus the link LondonReign2 Apr 2015 #9
Debate is good. Only hearing one side of a story is bad. I think NPR is wonderful. cbayer Apr 2015 #12
Always love your sanity cbayer.... redstatebluegirl Apr 2015 #23
Thanks redstatebluegirl! cbayer Apr 2015 #24
"Do Liberals Stifle Intellectual Diversity On The College Campus?" rock Apr 2015 #13
Exactly what I was thinking. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Apr 2015 #26
Please don't fuck NPR. lpbk2713 Apr 2015 #15
They "FRAMED" the debate in a VERY biased manner Cosmic Kitten Apr 2015 #20
Next on NPR: "Do liberals HATE America?" nt stillwaiting Apr 2015 #21
LOL, Better yet... "why" do Lib'ruls hate "Murika Cosmic Kitten Apr 2015 #22
"How much have evil liberals ruined Murica for us God fearin' Muricans?" LondonReign2 Apr 2015 #30
Do you call it "covering a debate" when LondonReign2 Apr 2015 #31
I couldn't say. I don't ever watch any Faux Snooze programming. lpbk2713 Apr 2015 #37
Right back at ya LondonReign2 Apr 2015 #38
When Fox News has actual debates mythology Apr 2015 #39
NPR (Neutered Poodles on Republlican laps) central scrutinizer Apr 2015 #25
NPR=Koch Funding? fredamae Apr 2015 #28
It sure has 2naSalit Apr 2015 #32
Whoa! Way worse than I fredamae Apr 2015 #33
Why slam NPR? They reported on the debate, which they should have. yellowcanine Apr 2015 #29
Fuck NPR.... for writing a news story about a debate that took place? philosslayer Apr 2015 #34
I think it is a problem when people try to silence their political opponents tritsofme Apr 2015 #36

IDemo

(16,926 posts)
1. "evangelicals are rarely asked to speak at colleges and universities"
Thu Apr 23, 2015, 09:23 AM
Apr 2015

Perhaps because colleges and universities do not exist to promote intellectually bankrupt dogma?

surrealAmerican

(11,339 posts)
10. There is a flip-side to that:
Thu Apr 23, 2015, 10:20 AM
Apr 2015

secular intellectuals are rarely asked to speak in evangelical churches.

Cosmic Kitten

(3,498 posts)
2. Yes, Liberals do stifle *intellectual diversity*
Thu Apr 23, 2015, 09:23 AM
Apr 2015

If by *intellectual diversity*
you want include anti-intellectual,
faith-based, fact-free,
incoherence.

Intellectualism has a liberal bias

derby378

(30,252 posts)
35. But-but-but...
Thu Apr 23, 2015, 01:11 PM
Apr 2015

...I have the right to make your children believe the universe is shaped like Abe Vigoda! I want my taxpayer grant now!!

Enthusiast

(50,983 posts)
3. I have been boycotting NPR since before the 2008 election.
Thu Apr 23, 2015, 09:35 AM
Apr 2015

The lies I heard go unchallenged on NPR in 2007 proved to me that they are a solidly biased source.

That isn't to say that there isn't some good programming. They must preserve some honest content or the propaganda will become ineffective.

NPR does not deserve us.

Fuck NPR.

 

Trajan

(19,089 posts)
27. Fuck NPR
Thu Apr 23, 2015, 12:16 PM
Apr 2015

I gave them up during the run up to the Iraq war - clearly in the pocket of the Neocon war mongerers ...

That was it ... I shut them down and deprogrammed the radio button ...

tech3149

(4,452 posts)
4. The question defies the definition of liberal
Thu Apr 23, 2015, 09:56 AM
Apr 2015

Liberal by definition is not intolerant or prejudiced and willing to base their opinion on a broad basis of information.

PeaceNikki

(27,985 posts)
6. I adore "This American Life", "Radiolab", "Wait, Wait Don't Tell Me" and "Whaddya Know?"
Thu Apr 23, 2015, 10:06 AM
Apr 2015

I have also just discovered "Love + Radio" which is pretty great. My Public Radio app is one of the most used on my phone and the local WPR station is locked on my car radio.

I <3 NPR.

sendero

(28,552 posts)
17. Most of their series shows..
Thu Apr 23, 2015, 10:32 AM
Apr 2015

....are very good. Their news programming went off the rails sometime around 2000-2002.

Orrex

(63,084 posts)
19. ^^That. All of that.
Thu Apr 23, 2015, 10:36 AM
Apr 2015
This American Life and Fresh Air are sufficient in themselves to justify the entire enterprise of NPR, and they have many other terrific series as well.

Too bad that the flagship shows Morning Edition and All Things Considered are so shitty.

a kennedy

(29,460 posts)
7. ditto to the weekend shows, Wait wait don't tell me, Michael Feldman's whatdaya know, and of course
Thu Apr 23, 2015, 10:08 AM
Apr 2015

Click and Clack the Tappet, (RIP Tom), Brothers. I also love Kathleen Dunn, local Milwaukee host of WPR, she's great and still a liberal hostess that I really enjoy. But as a rule, the National Public Radio has gone to the dark side.

a kennedy

(29,460 posts)
11. Just wondering how Wanker can screw that up......oh, right, cut their funding too.....
Thu Apr 23, 2015, 10:23 AM
Apr 2015

Ugh...... I just despise him. Ugh.

LondonReign2

(5,213 posts)
9. Obviously I listen to it as well, thus the link
Thu Apr 23, 2015, 10:11 AM
Apr 2015

Yes, they have some good shows. Non-political shows. Political shit, posed in the best Fox-like way such as "Do liberals stifle diversity" however...

rock

(13,218 posts)
13. "Do Liberals Stifle Intellectual Diversity On The College Campus?"
Thu Apr 23, 2015, 10:25 AM
Apr 2015

I'd say they do: they insure we have smart, intellectual students without diversity in morons, cretins, blockheads, dimwits, and such.

Erich Bloodaxe BSN

(14,733 posts)
26. Exactly what I was thinking.
Thu Apr 23, 2015, 11:27 AM
Apr 2015

Liberals 'stifle' the sort of 'intellectual diversity' that comes up with excuses to rape drunk women or assault gay people, for instance.

Cosmic Kitten

(3,498 posts)
20. They "FRAMED" the debate in a VERY biased manner
Thu Apr 23, 2015, 10:36 AM
Apr 2015

Why not ask generally
about the quality of
intellectual debate?

In REALITY, it's the
conservatives who are
stifling debate.

LondonReign2

(5,213 posts)
31. Do you call it "covering a debate" when
Thu Apr 23, 2015, 12:43 PM
Apr 2015

Fox promotes content such as "Obama: Muslim out to ruin America?"

 

mythology

(9,527 posts)
39. When Fox News has actual debates
Thu Apr 23, 2015, 01:34 PM
Apr 2015

Then it would be appropriate to compare the Intelligence Squared debates to Fox News.

I listened to the podcast version and I have no problem with it. I suspect most of the people complaining don't. There have been previous debates titled Abolish the Death Penalty, Legalize Assisted Suicide and Income Inequality Impairs the American Dream of Upward Mobility.

Every debate is framed with a proposition yes or no. It stems from the format used by the Oxford Union style debates. Instead people who don't understand that format are offended because the are on the "wrong" side of the proposition. Ironically it suggests that the proposition has at least some validity.

central scrutinizer

(11,616 posts)
25. NPR (Neutered Poodles on Republlican laps)
Thu Apr 23, 2015, 11:21 AM
Apr 2015

I stopped listening to NPR after the 1999 WTO protests in Seattle. The reporter, ON THE FUCKING SCENE FER CRISSAKES, was describing how peaceful and well ordered the protests were. The host, Scott Simon I believe, back in DC kept yelling at her, "But what about the broken windows at Starbucks and the dumpsters set on fire". She repeated how calm everything was but Simon was having none of it - he really wanted to marginalize and demonize the protestors.

fredamae

(4,458 posts)
28. NPR=Koch Funding?
Thu Apr 23, 2015, 12:24 PM
Apr 2015

I noticed a change about 5 years ago...and stopped tuning in...it's apparently gotten much worse?

2naSalit

(86,040 posts)
32. It sure has
Thu Apr 23, 2015, 12:46 PM
Apr 2015

and some of their "political reporters" are also Fuxnooz employees. The demise was designed by none other than Mr. contract on America, the one and only sNewt grinchwich back in late '94 (?) after he was questioned about a $4million "book deal" with Rupert Murdoch who was being investigated for something by Congress. sNewt was so pissed that he started the kill NPR campaign and NPR responded by dividing up into the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to protect itself but has since been bought out in some probably secret leveraged buyout, probably by NewsCorp.

Can't find it in any archive but I remember it well, sNewt was asked about the alleged book deal with the reporter asking him if he couldn't see the impropriety of the deal. sNewt responded with, "No. So Mr' Murdoch has a problem with one of the laws/rules... so we'll change the law/rule, then there won't be a problem."

I knew we and public radio were in trouble from that point on.

fredamae

(4,458 posts)
33. Whoa! Way worse than I
Thu Apr 23, 2015, 12:59 PM
Apr 2015

even imagined when I "tuned out"....Holy crap!
We've been in trouble re: News since Nixon hooked up w/Ailes back then. The birth of "GOP TV" now known as FOX.

 

philosslayer

(3,076 posts)
34. Fuck NPR.... for writing a news story about a debate that took place?
Thu Apr 23, 2015, 01:05 PM
Apr 2015

The debate DID take place. And they reported on it. I'm really not sure what your beef is.

tritsofme

(17,320 posts)
36. I think it is a problem when people try to silence their political opponents
Thu Apr 23, 2015, 01:12 PM
Apr 2015

Or prevent potentially controversial figures from speaking on campus instead of engaging them in debate.

Some of those people that seek to stifle debate may be on the left, but they are not liberals in any sense of the word.

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