NPR

[gwalchmai]

I listened to NPR this morning while taking the trash and recycling to the dump and going to the Costco for some gas. I've listened to NPR off and on for at least 30 years, and I understand they've always been liberal, but damn if they haven't become just a straight-up mouthpiece for the DNC. Every "news" story is a Dim editorial. They make political statements as "facts". They shamelessly present themselves as objective arbiters of truth. And their conclusions are all wrong. 

Sorry. I'm getting old.

[railfancwb]

2 minutes ago, gwalchmai said:

I listened to NPR this morning while taking the trash and recycling to the dump and going to the Costco for some gas. I've listened to NPR off and on for at least 30 years, and I understand they've always been liberal, but damn if they haven't become just a straight-up mouthpiece for the DNC. Every "news" story is a Dim editorial. They make political statements as "facts". They shamelessly present themselves as objective arbiters of truth. And their conclusions are all wrong. 

Sorry. I'm getting old.

I gave up on them during the Obama-McCain campaign. They spent 15 minutes, or so it seemed, gushing about Obama. Then one or two brief sentences about McCain. 

[Huaco Kid]

They've solely become a money-laundering operation for the dnc.

Your tax dollars at work!

[jfost11]

Around 5:30 Sunday mornings on my way to work, the local ESPN radio affiliate plays some news and human interest segment every week. It is presented very much like NPR and has nothing to do with sports. It is always liberal drivel. Every week while Trump was in office, at least half of it was how the Trump administration was hurting some group with its actions or policies. Brainwashing at its finest.

Edited December 23, 2021 by jfost11
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[deputy tom]

I used to listen to NPR en-route to and from work. After I retired I took a part time delivery driver job. I listened to it while driving around in some seriously heavy traffic. Classical music calmed me quite a bit. I never listened to their news reports however. Six years ago today I retired from that part time work and haven't listened to NPR since.  tom.

[Mark Smeaton]

The Associated Press is just as bad: usually the first sentence of any AP news story reveals their bias.

[Historian]

8 hours ago, Mark Smeaton said:

The Associated Press is just as bad: usually the first sentence of any AP news story reveals their bias.

No crap.  I am, actually, a member of The Society of Professional Journalists.

The AP is very one sided. The industry needs to face up to that, as well.

That being said NPR is very one sided. 

But i sure do like their feature programing.  Wait wait, don't tell me has only proved Paula Poundstone may be the funniest person to walk the planet.  And Science Friday is pretty decent.   I like Ted Talks too.   And there are two other programs I like, Hidden Mind is very interesting.  Not very political.   Just exceedingly well done theater of the mind stuff.

I also like the very capitalistic, "How i created this."  This often focuses on people who built a great business.

 

[Historian]

Oh!  My local station places the BBC News...and it's interesting for a few minutes.

Then my insomnia issues are fixed.

Love the show, their delivery is....so dry i fall asleep!

[norton]

When I was still working and in the car for hours on end I sometimes listened to Diane Reims on NPR.  It got to be a hysterical one sided clap trap of far left drivel.

However when she reviewed authors and their books-if they weren't political-it was interesting.  Most of the time it was just Marxist propaganda.  

On a side note, the Indianapolis Star daily newspaper-I buy it on Sunday morning before going to Church-has also morphed into a one sided leftist rag.  

 

[Huaco Kid]

I listen to Stephani Miller on the computer. 

Her biting political commentary consists of repeating the quote she just played in a retard-voice, dinging her reception-desk bell, and pushing the canned-laughter button.

Over.  And over.  And over.  And over.  And over again.  For 3 hours.

[Borg warner]

12 hours ago, gwalchmai said:

I listened to NPR this morning while taking the trash and recycling to the dump and going to the Costco for some gas. I've listened to NPR off and on for at least 30 years, and I understand they've always been liberal, but damn if they haven't become just a straight-up mouthpiece for the DNC. Every "news" story is a Dim editorial. They make political statements as "facts". They shamelessly present themselves as objective arbiters of truth. And their conclusions are all wrong. 

Sorry. I'm getting old.

National People's Radio.

State funded just like Pravda was in the USSR.

[railfancwb]

2 hours ago, norton said:

When I was still working and in the car for hours on end I sometimes listened to Diane Reims on NPR.  It got to be a hysterical one sided clap trap of far left drivel.

However when she reviewed authors and their books-if they weren't political-it was interesting.  Most of the time it was just Marxist propaganda.  

On a side note, the Indianapolis Star daily newspaper-I buy it on Sunday morning before going to Church-has also morphed into a one sided leftist rag.  

 

Progressive newspapers seem to have taken over most larger communities. 

[Silentpoet]

13 hours ago, railfancwb said:

I gave up on them during the Obama-McCain campaign. They spent 15 minutes, or so it seemed, gushing about Obama. Then one or two brief sentences about McCain. 

Speaking of that election, the establishment media including fox news tried to portray Romney as the conservative option to McAmnesty.  I was like bullshit, he was the only one worse than Mccain.

[janice6]

17 hours ago, gwalchmai said:

I listened to NPR this morning while taking the trash and recycling to the dump and going to the Costco for some gas. I've listened to NPR off and on for at least 30 years, and I understand they've always been liberal, but damn if they haven't become just a straight-up mouthpiece for the DNC. Every "news" story is a Dim editorial. They make political statements as "facts". They shamelessly present themselves as objective arbiters of truth. And their conclusions are all wrong. 

Sorry. I'm getting old.

I don't listen to them for that very reason.  I quit watching the news and also Fox news.  No news, just politics.

[janice6]

16 hours ago, deputy tom said:

I used to listen to NPR en-route to and from work. After I retired I took a part time delivery driver job. I listened to it while driving around in some seriously heavy traffic. Classical music calmed me quite a bit. I never listened to their news reports however. Six years ago today I retired from that part time work and haven't listened to NPR since.  tom.

I drove through Minneapolis and also St. Paul to get to my work location.  I drove about 27 miles one way.  The traffic was horrible on my route. 

The last portion of my career I gave up and started to only listen to music on the radio. 

Driving the same route and encountering the same drivers in good weather and bad made me so angry I was fearful of "retaliating" and had to minimize my anger by music. 

It worked somewhat.  I found my blood pressure was skyrocketing from the commute and had to do something.

[pipedreams]

5 hours ago, railfancwb said:

Progressive newspapers seem to have taken over most larger communities. 

Not only the large communities, our daily paper was the same.  I canceled it this past month.  We have a once a week paper that just started up recently and we get that now.  It is strictly local events happening.

[Historian]

9 hours ago, railfancwb said:

Progressive newspapers seem to have taken over most larger communities. 

Most of them are owned by the same companies,  I think The Sarasota Times might be the last very large family owned newspapers.

When newspapers are owned by corporations they have a tendency to march in line or face regime change.

I love newspapers.  The building of them, the editing, the production.  Its a fantastic thing.  I detest what has happened to the industry.

 

 

[Historian]

3 hours ago, pipedreams said:

Not only the large communities, our daily paper was the same.  I canceled it this past month.  We have a once a week paper that just started up recently and we get that now.  It is strictly local events happening.

Long ago I would walk by the pressman with two fingers high and walk out with two papers with wet ink.

Those machines were amazing.  They used 5,000 pound roles of paper.

[Huaco Kid]

I let my last paper subscription run out after Watterson pulled the plug on C&H.

[Historian]

11 hours ago, norton said:

When I was still working and in the car for hours on end I sometimes listened to Diane Reims on NPR.  It got to be a hysterical one sided clap trap of far left drivel.

However when she reviewed authors and their books-if they weren't political-it was interesting.  Most of the time it was just Marxist propaganda.  

On a side note, the Indianapolis Star daily newspaper-I buy it on Sunday morning before going to Church-has also morphed into a one sided leftist rag.  

 

She was good at her job but I couldn't stand her leftest views:  Not only that but she sounded like she vibrated. 

I've pretty much given up on the news industry.   Sadly.   I went to one of the best journalism schools in the US and have been published a number of times in various periodicals.   Still think crafting a great feature story is fun.

Anyway. I listen to a lot of radio.  International long and shortwave, Rush (may be rest), local radio, you name it.   When i get board i move around the dials.

Check this out:
http://radio.garden/visit/gainesville-fl/h0HKNQAH

Need to work on your foreign language skills?  Maybe your Scottish Gaelic needs work?   

[railfancwb]

The USA Today folks cancelled Mallard Fillmore in all their properties. 

[Historian]

1 minute ago, railfancwb said:

The USA Today 

fiends have killed more decent local newspapers than Carter's got pills.

[Huaco Kid]

22 minutes ago, railfancwb said:

The USA Today folks cancelled Mallard Fillmore in all their properties. 

The USSGay Today?!?

[Huaco Kid]

40 minutes ago, Huaco Kid said:

The USSGay Today?!?

I used to call it The USSA Today,  but since they're becoming available again (for free) in the hotel lobbies,  it's obviously apparent that they've taken a 90° turn directly into homo.

[Historian]

4 hours ago, Huaco Kid said:

I used to call it The USSA Today,  but since they're becoming available again (for free) in the hotel lobbies,  it's obviously apparent that they've taken a 90° turn directly into homo.

Free because no one would buy what the industry calls, "McNews Paper."

I wouldn't wrap a quality mullet in that paper.