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Wounded Bear

(64,654 posts) Sun Jul 20, 2025, 10:22 AM Jul 2025

I think that PBS and NPR are the only contravening voices in rural America...

that speak in contrast/opposition to toxic RW talk radio.

That's why they must die.

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I think that PBS and NPR are the only contravening voices in rural America... (Original Post) Wounded Bear Jul 2025 OP

I worked for several years as a local NPR freelancer. One summer, a very experienced, allegorical oracle Jul 2025 #1

There's also stations in the Pacifica network. no_hypocrisy Jul 2025 #2

allegorical oracle

(6,594 posts)

1. I worked for several years as a local NPR freelancer. One summer, a very experienced,

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Sun Jul 20, 2025, 11:08 AM

Jul 2025

fulltime colleague took sick leave for a couple months and I was offered the job to substitute for that person. I would schedule and produce a half-hour local news 'cast that led into All Things Considered.

Things went okay, and one day I was summoned to the station's news director. The director asked if I planned to announce that China had just reported that it had the __-billionth birth. I said I did not plan to report that. The director was pleased. Before I left, I asked, "Why wouldn't we report that fact?" The reply was, "Because it might prompt some women to have abortions."

NPR stations are not left-leaning news outlets. Those stations report facts -- and news directors keep a tight rein on what is reported. They actively assess what is straight down the middle.

no_hypocrisy

(55,390 posts)

2. There's also stations in the Pacifica network.

Reply to Wounded Bear (Original post)

Sun Jul 20, 2025, 12:13 PM

Jul 2025

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