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46. It certainly is, and we can thank

Reply to Kashkakat v.2.0 (Reply #43)

Sat Feb 20, 2021, 11:50 AM

Feb 2021

the dumbing down of the education system for that.

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NPR on the Texas Shitshow...arghhhhhhhhh [View all] maxrandb Feb 2021 OP

NPR is especially good at this. n/t 5X Feb 2021 #1

I haven't seen that on MSNBC or CNN. I gave up on NPR more than a decade ago. Crunchy Frog Feb 2021 #2

NPR presents view from both sides, Oldem Feb 2021 #31

Absolutely. See #32 on the fairness doctrine ... nt Geechie Feb 2021 #33

Never mind the fact that there often is multiple sides to ANY issue - why must Kashkakat v.2.0 Feb 2021 #43

It certainly is, and we can thank Geechie Feb 2021 #46

a good and apt analogy. barbtries Feb 2021 #3

Our local NPR affiliate KJZZ is pretty good here in Phoenix LazySusanNot Feb 2021 #4

It's not going to change. Mariana Feb 2021 #5

NPR became the poster child of both-siderism... jcgoldie Feb 2021 #6

Newt Gingrich DENVERPOPS Feb 2021 #27

Now Promoting Republicans. maxsolomon Feb 2021 #45

Sounds like a nuanced response. aikoaiko Feb 2021 #7

Gotta be nuanced. It ain't shit if it ain't nuanced! dchill Feb 2021 #14

Presenting reality and falsehood as equally valid. Crunchy Frog Feb 2021 #37

meanwhile the legacy media is blaming twitter and facebook Voltaire2 Feb 2021 #8

Your last sentence sums is spot on why we are fucked Cosmocat Feb 2021 #9

Local NPR Bear Creek Feb 2021 #10

NPR gets a lot of money from the fossil fuel industry, their reporting is worse than ABC or NBC. nt yaesu Feb 2021 #11

Yes, they have quite a few corporate wnylib Feb 2021 #30

After too many cases of yelling at NPR and slapping the "off" button, I gave up on them. NBachers Feb 2021 #12

I miss car talk dianaredwing Feb 2021 #34

I gave up on NPR many years ago. Now I donate to my local college radio station OMGWTF Feb 2021 #13

Was the NPR host Robin Young? Lonestarblue Feb 2021 #15

I guarantee you that Hate Radio maxrandb Feb 2021 #25

NPR has some good programing but their news reporting is slanted right. They always give more time List left Feb 2021 #16

I have been defending that kind of behaviour, saying NPR has to tiptoe around sometimes. BobTheSubgenius Feb 2021 #17

Nice Polite Republicans (NPR) Buzz cook Feb 2021 #18

To my shock and dismay I tuned in NPR back around 2003 or so Submariner Feb 2021 #19

The deal is real Traildogbob Feb 2021 #20

And everyone of us must beat the talking heads and listeners over the head ffr Feb 2021 #21

Journalists not being good at math is a serious problem gulliver Feb 2021 #44

After a lot of NPR... PutGramaOnThePhone Feb 2021 #22

NPR Nice Polite Republicans LymphocyteLover Feb 2021 #23

Thanks for this thread about NPR rurallib Feb 2021 #24

The problem really isn't NPR maxrandb Feb 2021 #26

As true as that is NPR has a piece of the blame in its own diminishment rurallib Feb 2021 #36

Good point PutGramaOnThePhone Feb 2021 #48

Bob Edwards did a great job. summer_in_TX Feb 2021 #38

Elimination of Fairness Doctrine and loss of government funding means Ilsa Feb 2021 #41

Hmmmm. Better head down the road paleotn Feb 2021 #28

Who was the person responding that way? LiberalFighter Feb 2021 #29

Actually the "media" doesn't HAVE TO Geechie Feb 2021 #32

It's a choice... Hugin Feb 2021 #40

As I say from time to time: "Fairness is not a one way street" DSandra Feb 2021 #35

This has been a long time work in progress UpInArms Feb 2021 #39

I used to be an avid NPR listener Proud Liberal Dem Feb 2021 #42

Why people listen to them and much worse give them money SlogginThroughIt Feb 2021 #47

You summed it up perfectly. Vinca Feb 2021 #49

Local Public Radio WNYC AM & FM is a great station electric_blue68 Feb 2021 #50

NPR's been corrupted. If this was "how our media operates," Hortensis Feb 2021 #51