Anyone else sick of NPR?
 

I'm a long time listener of NPR and I'm familiar with their liberal bias but the stories and news they presented were worth the "filtering" I had to apply. Over the last few years, NPR seems to have become preoccupied with "global warming" and "politics" to the point where nothing else is covered. I'm getting sick of all that and I haven't heard an interesting story in a long time.

I still enjoy thier weekend programming (Prarie Home Companion, Weekend edition, Car Talk, This American Life, Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me, etc... but the weekday stuff is making me nauseous. Anyone else here notice this or am I just too sensitive?

If the truth sometimes isn't what you waant to hear then I suggest listening to...oh whatever. I'm sick of the global warming stuff too.SmileWavy

If the truth sometimes isn't what you waant to hear then I suggest listening to...oh whatever. I'm sick of the global warming stuff too.SmileWavy

I'm sick of bias news coverage (both left and right) with commentary masquareded as news or facts. "Consider the source" couldn't be more appropriate.

"Science Friday" and "This American Life" are good though.

During the Bosnia conflict, I switched from NPR in the mornings to Howard Stern.

Yeah, I hate that. They start out with some seemingly unrelated story from somewhere in the world and then gradually steer it back so that by the end they've gotten some "man on the ground" to mention gloabl climate change and wring his hands about it on the air.

I don't mind a bit of liberal bias with my news. You've got a liberal reporter from Columbia or something, you get what you get. But it's disturbing when you think of some executive editorial committee sitting around a conference table actually planning the slant of the news stories they're going to run. It's not just accidental bias now--it's up on a whiteboard somewhere.

I'm looking for another radio show to listen to, but nothing like Howard Stern or one of those "xxx and xxx in the morning" idiot-type shows. something that requires cerebral activity and makes you think is what interests me. When NPR began their focus on environmentalism and politics, they lost me...

Same here. Tired of NPR along with Rush.

I love NPR. I just want my NPR without the agenda and slant. More Wm F Buckley and less of that whiny scumbag Daniel Schorr. Is that so hard?

I used to listen to the weekday shows on line, but not anymore. I listen to Dave Ramsey (money advice call in show) and Dennis Miller.

not so much sick of NPR, sick of paying for NPR, not sick of it.

Global warming again.....

Gee, those who still deny there is such a thing as climate change?

I like some of NPR. Seems that there is more humor there than in some of the other "politically motivated and biased" outlets.

Rally: Do ya think that FOX has a committee that dictates what is to be said and what isn't? Ya think?

used to listen to NPR daily when i shared an office. both of us lifetime NRA members but NPR was a good source of global news. i had a much better idea of what was going on in the world and didn't have to suffer through commercials for crazy eddies bed barn or the strip club up the road.

still LOVE car talk though. could NEVER stomach Rush.

for those that enjoy comedians Bob & Tom is a fantastic show in the am. no news but they consistently have top quality comedians on the show (and an occasional musical great as well) and they are not your typical radio show morons.

You bet! Lots of the memos have been made public. Probably more memos telling anchors to yell a lot and not use big words. :D

But Fox is a for profit business and everyone knows the score. Fox is brilliantly targeted at a certain segment of the population to entertain them and tell them a slimmed down version of the news that will suit them.

I hold NPR in higher regard than that. Are you saying I shouldn't?

Fox absolutely made a conscious decision to report the news a certain way. Just as the rest of the MSM made their decision to hold onto their leftist bias, no matter how many readers/viewers it costs them.

You can leak all the memos you want and point at Fox as a shill for the GOP, but that would be a ridiculous pot/kettle situation. BTW, there are more liberals on Fox as there are conservatives in the rest of the media (based on donations to political parties).

NPR on the other hand is nothing more than a government-sponsored money pit full of smug, phony, posers who can't make it in a competitive environment.

They remind me of Alex Trebek, only twice as insufferable. They're as smart as the cue cards laying on the desk.

At least NPR has an aesthetic and sense of style. Many of their reports are beautifully crafted works. With a POV? Of course....ALL MEDIA HAS A POV. By comparison, the yelling hack job crap is like bad Ikea furniture.

I'm just tired of the bias, liberal or conservative. Even Charlie Rose has started to lean.

I actually tired of NPR a couple of years ago. They sound smug and oh-so-careful to be sincere and fair. I found the local yell radio guys (especially John and Ken) far more energizing. Sure, they are complete idiots, ill-informed and masters of half-truths, and the call in listeners are morons, but, dammit, it's entertainment.

I have a good friend that works for FOX....d@mn I guess the cats out of the bag.:D

NPR has always been National Propaganda Radio. It has always been spin. It has always been professionalism run-a-muck. There are worse programs you could listen to.

I'm most impressed with the BBC, the last remnant of professional radio journalism. They're lefty's at heart, but they at least they recognize their job is to report the news in an unbiased manner.

My biggest complaint with NPR news is the voice filtering of all the reporters. They must use some software that makes all the reporters voices soft and monotone. It lulls me to sleep. I feel like I am in an existential yoga class while listening.

Hear hear. It seems like every story is an attempt to prove some liberal point. They can't talk about the Israel-Palestine issue without saying how bad off Hamas has it these days. There's a tornado in the midwest, and the NPR POV is that the Iraq war has substantially reduced response capability. There's an interview with the NASA director, and the big issue is climate change -- as if NASA's only prerogative was climate change.

No, I don't think they're wrong -- Palestinians live a hard life, the Iraq war is expensive, and climate change is a big deal. I love their in-depth reporting. I enjoy hearing from people who are actually reporting from wherever it is that they're reporting about. I like the fact that they can get interviews with reall important people.

But do they have to twist everything to their agenda?

Tavis Smiley really killed it for me. You can only listen to someone create disunity in society under the banner of "preserving racial identity" for so long. IMHO that guy's a worse racist than some of the KKK guys. Very exclusionary and very hell-bent on creating a separate category for "black men" rather than just "men". I agree there are some issues and cultural things that are by-in-large more important to some racial groups than others, but it got VERY tiresome hearing variations on the same old theme night after night after night. . .

I still like it, but generally KNX's programming seems to be better.

Minnesota has an excellent public radio system and I listen to them at work most of the time. Politically I am very conservative, but I find right wing shout radio/tv to be so shrill and not thoughtful in their analysis that I can't stand listening to them. I find it easier to listen to NPR and disagree with their bias. I put my own filter on to counter their filter, read my local paper (The Minneapolis Red Star Tribune) and balance it out with internet news sites. I'd rather listen to a thoughtful liberal with whom I respectfully disagree than a loudmouth jerk who spouts slogans I agree with but can't do anything else.

+1

[QUOTE=Porsche-O-Phile;3406372]Tavis Smiley really killed it for me. You can only listen to someone create disunity in society under the banner of "preserving racial identity" for so long. IMHO that guy's a worse racist than some of the KKK guys. Very exclusionary and very hell-bent on creating a separate category for "black men" rather than just "men". QUOTE]

+1 .. He's got plenty of help throughout the media. Probably deserving of a thread in itself.

Yes - Tavis is very impressed with...Tavis. :rolleyes:

It's a good thing we have the lucid, thought-provoking banter of Michael Savage to counter the evil that is NPR.

Fortunately we have them all in a free society so that we can somewhat piece together what is going on in the world and draw our own conclusions. Much better than North Korea's system that is currently in place......

I knew that things were going bad when they got rid of Ray Suarez, and I don't think I spelled his name right. Then, when they chose not to renew Bob Edwards' contract, the die was cast.

I'm on the fringe area for their reception and can hardly receive it in the house. We get reception in the vehicles but I take the bike 98% of the time. In another period I enjoyed listening to Noah Adams, Susan Stamberg, and Bob Edwards. The wednesday morning talk between Bob and Red Barber. Frank DeFord finds something to say. Is Baxter Black on anymore?
Jim

I have heard some of the worst reporting in my lifetime recently on NPR. (Though it's nothing new). It was an "interview" w/ some broad who wrote a book on women in the workplace who was demanding Swedish-style maternity leave and family leave, (all paid by the employer no matter how small the business), etc., etc...

We all know what a "blowjob" is in the interview trade, but this piece was just beyond the pale. The interviewer was lobbing squishy softballs to the author, never challenging any of her hair-brained, socialist/fascist ideas, and interjecting "umms" and "ahhs" of approval constantly or giggling at lame witticisms, (if you could call them that), the subject put forth. There was never a moment when the interview subject did not have complete control of the dialogue, as a former journalism student I wanted to put a bullet in my car radio. I wish I had it on tape, it was honestly the worst crap I have ever heard.

I've heard many similar pieces on NPR. Keep in mind that I am a major fan and consumer of journalism, I've let my opinion of Fox-jazeera be known here frequently. I would not care if the interviewer had a bias, (who doesn't), but for chrisakes have a modicum of pride in your profession! You could almost hear the slurping sounds. Pathetic. :cool:

Yes, Baxter Black still appears. Cowboy poet and former large animal vetreranarian. Didn't you love Red Barber? Remember how he called Bob Edwards The Colonel? Talk about living history. He was the Dodgers' announcer and a southerner when Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier. He was friends with Pee Wee Reese and became friends with Roy Campenella. For three minutes a week we could hear him expound on the azalias, his princess bride and the state of sports today. Well worth listening the rest of the week just to get to Red. Frank DeFord is the new Red Barber, but he'll be the first to admit he's no match for the real Red Barber.

Their use of adjectives says a lot about their bias...

Can you get in CBC Radio-2, Art?

I really like Tavis Smiley. :)

The Iraq war, climate change, Darfur, why can't NPR cover something worthwhile for a change, like Paris Hilton.

Yep, NPR has become very tough to listen to.

rrriiightttt . .. and the KKK has the important topic of "race relations" to chat about . . ..rather than Paris.

Seriously, consider how a topic is discussed . . not just that they are talking about X.

+1.. A lot of media people are hell bent on preserving and spreading racism.

This is one reason I subscribed to XM 3 years ago.

I've been listening to NPR for about 15 yrs, and have contributed annually. It's just this year that I've stopped listening and won't contribute anymore. Their stories are increasingly biased to the left. This was always true to an extent, but within the last year it seems much more obvious. It's no longer reporting, but rather it approaches editorial. Sad -- it used to be more engaging and controversial.

Terri Gross is HOT.