Am I the only one who wishes NPR had a cable news channel?

[derby378]

I'm getting so weary of what passes for "news media" in America.

[Hoyt]

1. Agree, although I've seen a lot of criticism of NPR around here.

[hlthe2b]

3. I would agree with the concept. As to the criticism, they have several reporters who are totally

into "bothsiderism" to an appalling degree. I've had a running conversation with the ombudsman over this, particularly re: Inskeep and a couple of others. Sometimes, they've even admitted problems (e.g., when they were normalizing White Nationalists and ALT-Right "leaders" like Richard Spencer). Clearly they, like some other outlets, are sensitive to criticism from conservatives, so that they grill Democratic and progressive guests to a degree we virtually never hear them do with the conservatives.

It is cyclical with improvement then backsliding and on and on... Still it beats anything else on FM radio.

[Hoyt]

4. First off, media can show Spencer or trump 24/7 and it wouldn't change my

opinion of them.

Second, it beats me why conservatives call media outlets liberal, and liberals call the same outlets conservative. Truthfully, that’s probably what a news organization ought to aim for.

I would love for the media to call trump a racist POS, but I don’t need them to do that. I don’t think most listeners do either. Most people are smart enough to see the truth, although a lot don’t care. Used to love Air America, but truthfully most of us don’t need that to filter through the BS.

In any event, NPR does some interesting stories that others don’t touch.

[hlthe2b]

5. in words of Daniel Patrick Moynihan, they and anyone else are "welcome to their own opinions

but not his (sic, their) own facts". It isn't who they bring on as guests, but whether they hold them to the established facts--the truth. Bothsiderism is the antithesis of that.

[Hoyt]

11. Most of us can see through the BS. Sometimes we seem to think other

viewers are not as smart as us and can’t see the truth. I think most can, some just don’t care in the case of trump, etc.

[hunter]

9. I reluctantly support our local public radio station.

It's the only radio I listen to but the corporate leanings and occasional aimless seeking of a "middle ground" between good and overtly evil frequently irritates me. Sometimes I feel like I'm paying them simply to keep the frequency clear of "Christian" radio.

Radio and television news and "news talk" are worthless to me. I ignore all of it. Our television plays DVDs and Netflix. That's all it does. No cable, no satellite, no broadcast. My kitchen radio is tuned to our local NPR station, but I don't listen to news shows.

I read all my news.

[NRaleighLiberal]

2. It would play lots of "both sides do it", sadly

[watoos]

6. Nope, NPR has changed,

I need my fix of 100% progressive left wing media from Sirius radio. I need to hear broadcasters say, Fuck Trump and the horse he rode in on. As long as they tell the truth I'm a Sirius junkie.

[DBoon]

7. Yes, and at least one clear channel AM station

If some of the FM band can be reserved for nonprofit educational radio, why not part of teh AM band, with enough power to allow regional coverage.

[question everything]

8. PBS NewsHour is good

and we watch it every evening after we got tired of the screaming Matthews.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/

And Bob Acosta has a weekly program on PBS, too

https://www.pbs.org/weta/washingtonweek/profile/robert-costa

[frazzled]

10. Our go-to as well

Less headache-inducing than the cables, but more important, it covers world news far better, plus interesting in-depth reports on issues, not just political in nature, but also science and the arts and literature.

NPR was good today (I don't listen regularly, but I was doing household chores so turned it on): a full-length interview with Cory Booker that was excellent, and .... Randy Rainbow interview with Terry Gross on Fresh Air! (a in-depth one).

[virgogal]

12. NPR is radio..why would it have cable?

[derby378]

13. Because what passes for cable news sucks nowadays? (n/t)