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GulfCoast66

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9. All they should do is let people come on and have their say.
Fri Oct 11, 2019, 10:46 PM
Oct 2019

And then fact correct them. NPR does that.

I don’t want NPR to be a left wing Fox News where opposing views are not heard.

And I need to hear the BS being pushed by the right. On NPR the right tries hard not to go to conspiracy world because it will be called out.

Take the Economy. Every right wing guy on NPR touts the economy. And there is no denying it has done well by standard measurement. But on NPR they will tell you Trump inherited a good economy and talk about the debt as well. And have lots of articles on those left behind.

I know it comfortable to listen to only voices that always agree with us. I watch MSNBC and listen to progressive radio on Sirius radio. But it is not healthy to listen to voices that only confirm our biases.

My dad was a journalism major. I grew up when even medium sized towns had competing papers. In our town one was liberal in its editorial and one was conservative. We took both. Dad was generally liberal but read both and insisted I did as well.



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NPR isn't leftist that is for sure. Thomas Hurt Oct 2019 #1
Another good point ArcticFox Oct 2019 #3
NPR is de facto rightwing sharedvalues Oct 2019 #2
What's wrong with our society ArcticFox Oct 2019 #4
NPR is the best news we have. GulfCoast66 Oct 2019 #5
I agree it's the best news we've got ArcticFox Oct 2019 #7
All they should do is let people come on and have their say. GulfCoast66 Oct 2019 #9
No. Listen to podcasts sharedvalues Oct 2019 #11
Well, I don't do podcasts. GulfCoast66 Oct 2019 #12
Time to start. Podcasts are the real news of our time sharedvalues Oct 2019 #15
You mean national petroleum radio? SlogginThroughIt Oct 2019 #6
I get a lot of that on KPFK ArcticFox Oct 2019 #8
Not sure we have a lot of room to criticize China, considering our treatment Hoyt Oct 2019 #10
Pacifica Radio pecosbob Oct 2019 #13
This message was self-deleted by its author elocs Oct 2019 #14
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