'nother nasty letter to NPR

[rurallib]

Caught a bit of the puff piece on McCain today on talk of the nation. The host (Caonant?) was just a stenographer for the writer of a praise McCain book. Good Lord. For the third time this week, I turned off the radio and NPR
There is sadly a substantial number of folks that think NPR is still some real news organization.
When driving I have a choice of jesus, music, rush, sports babble and NPR. I have always had the radio on in the car because I want to be on top[ of things. Anymore I often just turn it off and listen to the rytthm of the road.

[sharp_stick]

1. Anytime they have their Political "analyst" Juan Williams on

I despise that prick with every fibre of my being. Obama is always doing something to piss him off while McCain and his campaign staff are such brialliant technicians of the political machine (he actually said that once a couple of weeks ago).

I hear he's coming up the CD goes in. My next car will have XM or Sirius whatever the merged thing will be called.

[Muttocracy]

2. yeah, funny they don't mention he works for Fox too. When Ray Suarez and Bob Edwards

left NPR, things went downhill.

[rurallib]

4. Reply to both of you

1) I remember when Williams started and he was black. That sure changed in a hurry.
2) Who can ever forget when Edwards "retirement" was announced in the news before they had even talked to him? Fired used to be the term? No need to ask why.

[Muttocracy]

3. to NPR's credit, they just played the whole house ad for free :)

[Tesha]

5. What's NPR? ;-)

Since Mr. Tesha got laid-off from work and stopped commuting,
I never even *HEAR* about the latest crap on NPR anymore.

Try it (not listening) -- it'll help your blood pressure.

Tesha

[Muttocracy]

6. I love a lot of their programs, but their hosts and commentary drive me nuts.

they still have some good field reporters (e.g., Watson in Georgia recently)

[bushmeister0]

7. Nuthin' new here

Nasty letter to NPR's "Mourning Edition" June 7 2004

"Dear NPR-- At the top of this hour's news, it seems to me I heard only four references to HIS most holy, meteoric, divine present, Ronald Wilson Reagan. Not good enough. If you don't want a boycott launched against you, I would suggest dropping the Iraq crap and just going straight to the news on Ronald Wilson Reagan.

Here are several other things you can do to make those who are mourning, MOURNING, the loss of the Gipper a little happier and less likely to write more angry letters. ---NPR should immediately change its name to RWRR. (Ronald Wilson Reagan Radio) ---RWRR should immediately call for John Kerry to suspend his campaign until after president Bush has won the election in honor of Ronald Wilson Reagan. ---

All references to the fact that Ronald (6) Wilson (6) Reagan (6) is 666 will end this minute. ---

And RWRR should make it abundantly clear to the listening public that the greatest president from the greatest generation was right when he said, '80 percent of air pollution comes not from chimneys and auto exhaust pipes, but from plants and trees.' Thank you for your time Sincerely, someone who loves the former president."

[Judi Lynn]

8. Really sad situation. They've been awful since the Republican Congress slashed away so much of their

budget. They've been simple puppets for the right-wing ever since.

I had to stop listening because of that very presence you mentioned. I can't spell his name, but the first time I heard him fighting and hissing at a guest who condemned some Republican I nearly swallowed my tongue in rage. Have never been able to respect any part of them since then.

You'll find yourself turning it back on from time to time because you really can't take hate radio and the choices are so limited, but you'll just get angry all over again.

Infuriating that they have taught the conspicuously right-wing or otherwise soulless clowns to sound exactly as if they were ordinary NPR people of the kind most of us used to trust and enjoy.

[Tesha]

10. Neil Conan

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neal_Conan

[Bluenorthwest]

9. Aside from the editorial strangness

NPR is like some well intentioned station from, say, 1974, sealed up in a Mason jar and left unchanged. I can not stand the on air talent there, and it seems it is like the Supreme Court, a job for life. Stale, dull, unchallenged, those folks are the worst of the worst. Except for PBS, the NPR of the small screen. Eventually those Prarie Home folks and the rest of the dinosaurs at NPR will die off and they will have to find some new voices. Unless Kellior is really an android, which would not be a suprise. For decades I hear him sing and I know what is wrong with non profit art in America.

[a kennedy]

11. Wisconsin Public Radio is much better.......local radio I say.

I just can not deal with the national people.

[October]

12. This morning

They had some guy on from Denver, telling "vegetarian, tofu-eating liberals" which steakhouse to visit during the DNC. Oh, and the NPR interviewer just hooted and howled at every liberal slam. It was ridiculous. The guy has some right-wing radio talk show, and it was stunning in its bias. I know it was supposedly in fun or whatever (?) and we're supposed to be able to laugh at ourselves...but there's no balance on NPR. Where are the funny left-wing comedians?

The reporter just enjoyed it way too much.