'We interrupt NPR's coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine..."

[Orrex]

“to spend twenty minutes on our pledge drive. You can score a sweet emergency radio!”

[MineralMan]

1. And so? NPR's coverage has been quite good overall.

MSNBC is running ads during their coverage.

Reporting the news is expensive, apparently. I donate to NPR. Do you?

[Orrex]

3. Perhaps you can find someone to explain the point to you

Meanwhile, I guess I’ll listen to some more of NPR’s tireless pop culture reporting that my donation help to fund.

[BlackSkimmer]

9. This.

Thank you.

[BlueIdaho]

12. Yes, yes I do.

I also support my local PBS station. They are an oasis in what passes for M$M and the news in America.

[MineralMan]

14. I listen to NPR in the evening and early in the morning when I wake up.

I particularly like hearing the BBC's take on the news. But, the NPR's hourly news gives me a precis of what is going on, too.

[BlueIdaho]

16. Also a big BBC fan

Going back to my shortwave days.

[MineralMan]

17. Yeah. I used to listen to the BBC on my shortwave radio

in my bedroom as a teenager back in the early 1960s.

[BlueIdaho]

19. Ditto.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

2. It's good to take a break now and then.

[Orrex]

4. Right, but perhaps they could preempt lower-priority stories for now

Maybe save the pop culture puff pieces for the second week of the invasion, for instance. Or, I don’t know, delay the pledge drive itself.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

5. Pretty sure things aren't moving so quickly that 20 minutes is going to make a difference in

coverage.

[Orrex]

6. No doubt

And if I spent my day listening to NPR, rather than tuning in during my drive to different job sites during the day, it wouldn’t matter. But each time I’ve turned on the radio I’ve gotten to enjoy the tote bag sales pitch while I wonder what the hell is going on in Ukraine.

[BlackSkimmer]

10. I donate, so I rarely listen to the sales pitches.

I’m lucky that my car is able to tune in many stations, so if I’m interested in what’s happening in Ukraine, it’s not hard to find out.

[Orrex]

11. I can hope for snippets of NpRs coverage, or

I can pick from a broad range of country stations, religious programming, Clearchannel garbage, and hard-right hate radio.

[underpants]

7. Does the radio come in a tote bag ?

[Orrex]

8. And where's my damn coffee mug?

[BlueIdaho]

13. Trust me, the war will still be going on

After the break.

[underpants]

15. 🏆

That’s a top 10 all time DU reply right there ladies and gentlemen.

[BlueIdaho]

18. Too kind.