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In reply to the discussion: NPR is becoming a joke [View all]budkin
(6,849 posts)115. It's pretty bad
They are so scared of being called "liberal."
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Early polling is a joke. At worst it dampens voter turnout. All media is guilty.
marble falls
Jan 2024
#4
Dick Cheney used to have pro Iraqi war propaganda planted on NPR when he was V.P..
Botany
Jan 2024
#5
NPR still has some outstanding people, stories, and reporting but the influence of right wing and
Botany
Jan 2024
#11
NPR is now owned by people and organizations like the Koch Foundation. Their bias has been getting worse for years.
Lonestarblue
Jan 2024
#9
K&R!!! People like Mara LIE-asson are insufferable!!! I have to change the station when she gives her propaganda
diva77
Jan 2024
#10
I won't listen to some dogshit cheerleading session for the MAGA shitbirds. NPR used to mean something about journalism.
SoFlaBro
Jan 2024
#19
National rePublican Radio - I occasionally try to listen and end up slamming it off because of their puke slant.
NBachers
Jan 2024
#36
I was a big donor to NPR for years, but not for the last 20 because of sh!t like this.
OMGWTF
Jan 2024
#40
To me, since the tax funding cuts in 2000 allowed content to be controlled by donors, NPR has been Voice of the Koch.nt
ShazamIam
Jan 2024
#69
Those on the right do seem to work feverishly to infiltrate any media source that is known for
PatrickforB
Jan 2024
#96
KUT Austin and the other NPR affiliates in the state finally got a daily one-hour statewide newscast off the ground.
summer_in_TX
Jan 2024
#126
I am getting pissed off with CBC (Canada) and the BBC as well, they keep interviewing republicans
Bev54
Jan 2024
#109
Chicago has many good local programming that is very liberal and diverse. We are lucky.
mucifer
Jan 2024
#118
NPR has been a joke for at least the past 20 years. When the psychopath was installed, they couldn't get
msfiddlestix
Jan 2024
#120