started listening to NPR

[PingSpike]

Yeah, cartalk is cool. I like that show.

 

[0roo0roo]

i do.
yea music on the radio is tiresome.
some of npr is just pretty lame though, the "peace" programs are pretty stereotypical liberal cr@p. especially when they talk about video games they always end up talking about bullsh*t games like darfur is dying. course people who are ignorant of the subject are the perfect people to sell that kind of idea to i guess.
i find i listen to npr through podcasts more and more instead though. this american life/on the media/fresh air with terry gross/car talk

 

[jjzelinski]

Originally posted by: seemingly random

Originally posted by: Auryg

Originally posted by: JS80
now you get to listen to liberal crap

As far as I can tell, and I'm republican, NPR is the most 'neutral' news. If they do something that was biased one way or the other, people write in emails/letters about it and they read them on the air. Good luck finding another news source that does that.

Probably. This doesn't mean that it's completely neutral though. You can't put away your bullshit detector.

Like fox news and similar ilk, npr has an agenda. It's just not accompanied with the demand that the listener turn off his brain. I believe this is the main reason npr threatens so many wingnuts. This and a gentler tone in general.

You can't have fox news and NPR in the same sentence as if they were comparable to each other. Fox news is openly slanted, it doesn't even try to pretend it's not.

 

[PHiuR]

Since there are so many listeners...how many of you actually donate to it?

 

[DrVos]

Don't forget that you can podcast a number of NPR programming for free!

I currently podcast:
This American Life
Market Place
KQED's Forum

 

[thecrecarc]

Originally posted by: TheTony
The local public radio affiliate (MPR) actually has three stations: one for news and two for music.

FTW!

 

[her209]

Car Talk
Wait... Wait... Don't Tell Me
Marketplace

 

[seemingly random]

Originally posted by: jjzelinski

Originally posted by: seemingly random

Originally posted by: Auryg

Originally posted by: JS80
now you get to listen to liberal crap

As far as I can tell, and I'm republican, NPR is the most 'neutral' news. If they do something that was biased one way or the other, people write in emails/letters about it and they read them on the air. Good luck finding another news source that does that.

Probably. This doesn't mean that it's completely neutral though. You can't put away your bullshit detector.

Like fox news and similar ilk, npr has an agenda. It's just not accompanied with the demand that the listener turn off his brain. I believe this is the main reason npr threatens so many wingnuts. This and a gentler tone in general.

You can't have fox news and NPR in the same sentence as if they were comparable to each other. Fox news is openly slanted, it doesn't even try to pretend it's not.

I know this seems insulting. They do serve similar purposes though - the dissemination of news, current events and opinion. They just go about it in very differently.

Not all agendas are evil.

 

[jjzelinski]

Originally posted by: seemingly random

Originally posted by: jjzelinski

Originally posted by: seemingly random

Originally posted by: Auryg

Originally posted by: JS80
now you get to listen to liberal crap

As far as I can tell, and I'm republican, NPR is the most 'neutral' news. If they do something that was biased one way or the other, people write in emails/letters about it and they read them on the air. Good luck finding another news source that does that.

Probably. This doesn't mean that it's completely neutral though. You can't put away your bullshit detector.

Like fox news and similar ilk, npr has an agenda. It's just not accompanied with the demand that the listener turn off his brain. I believe this is the main reason npr threatens so many wingnuts. This and a gentler tone in general.

You can't have fox news and NPR in the same sentence as if they were comparable to each other. Fox news is openly slanted, it doesn't even try to pretend it's not.

I know this seems insulting. They do serve similar purposes though - the dissemination of news, current events and opinion. They just go about it in very differently.

Not all agendas are evil.

I'm going to employ a bit of hyperbole just to illustrate a point, and that's Al Jazeer. They, too, disseminate news, current events, and opinions. Another way of looking at is through analogies; a Yugo and a Ferrari are both cars, Gigli and Citizen Kane are both movies, Err Body in tha Club and Handel's Messiah are both songs. I don't see the comparison between FNC and NPR any differently.

 

[seemingly random]

Originally posted by: jjzelinski

Originally posted by: seemingly random

Originally posted by: jjzelinski

Originally posted by: seemingly random

Originally posted by: Auryg

Originally posted by: JS80
now you get to listen to liberal crap

As far as I can tell, and I'm republican, NPR is the most 'neutral' news. If they do something that was biased one way or the other, people write in emails/letters about it and they read them on the air. Good luck finding another news source that does that.

Probably. This doesn't mean that it's completely neutral though. You can't put away your bullshit detector.

Like fox news and similar ilk, npr has an agenda. It's just not accompanied with the demand that the listener turn off his brain. I believe this is the main reason npr threatens so many wingnuts. This and a gentler tone in general.

You can't have fox news and NPR in the same sentence as if they were comparable to each other. Fox news is openly slanted, it doesn't even try to pretend it's not.

I know this seems insulting. They do serve similar purposes though - the dissemination of news, current events and opinion. They just go about it in very differently.

Not all agendas are evil.

I'm going to employ a bit of hyperbole just to illustrate a point, and that's Al Jazeer. They, too, disseminate news, current events, and opinions. Another way of looking at is through analogies; a Yugo and a Ferrari are both cars, Gigli and Citizen Kane are both movies, Err Body in tha Club and Handel's Messiah are both songs. I don't see the comparison between FNC and NPR any differently.

Ok, I won't put them in the same sentence anymore. Thinking about this has brought back some unpleasant memories - mainly of fox talking heads. I'm not as sensitive to them since I haven't seen them (or any of the talking heads) since I dumped satellite tv last summer. This has been the best decision I've made this decade.

 

[jjzelinski]

Originally posted by: seemingly random

Originally posted by: jjzelinski

Originally posted by: seemingly random

Originally posted by: jjzelinski

Originally posted by: seemingly random

Originally posted by: Auryg

Originally posted by: JS80
now you get to listen to liberal crap

As far as I can tell, and I'm republican, NPR is the most 'neutral' news. If they do something that was biased one way or the other, people write in emails/letters about it and they read them on the air. Good luck finding another news source that does that.

Probably. This doesn't mean that it's completely neutral though. You can't put away your bullshit detector.

Like fox news and similar ilk, npr has an agenda. It's just not accompanied with the demand that the listener turn off his brain. I believe this is the main reason npr threatens so many wingnuts. This and a gentler tone in general.

You can't have fox news and NPR in the same sentence as if they were comparable to each other. Fox news is openly slanted, it doesn't even try to pretend it's not.

I know this seems insulting. They do serve similar purposes though - the dissemination of news, current events and opinion. They just go about it in very differently.

Not all agendas are evil.

I'm going to employ a bit of hyperbole just to illustrate a point, and that's Al Jazeer. They, too, disseminate news, current events, and opinions. Another way of looking at is through analogies; a Yugo and a Ferrari are both cars, Gigli and Citizen Kane are both movies, Err Body in tha Club and Handel's Messiah are both songs. I don't see the comparison between FNC and NPR any differently.

Ok, I won't put them in the same sentence anymore. Thinking about this has brought back some unpleasant memories - mainly of fox talking heads. I'm not as sensitive to them since I haven't seen them (or any of the talking heads) since I dumped satellite tv last summer. This has been the best decision I've made this decade.

I appreciate you not taking my comments too seriously, it's just the premise of FNC irritates me and I think I would be equally repulsed by an openly leftist equivalent.

Ideally, news should be the dissemination of information with light touches of analysis and not the other way around. Pre-biased and analyzed news is akin to having someone else chew your food for you. Yuck.

 

[rasczak]

Originally posted by: rivan
NPR. :thumbsup:

Long time listener, first time supporter here.

Edit: add a poll, eh? a) don't listen, b) listen some but don't donate, c) listen some and donate, d) listen lots but don't donate, e) listen lots and donate.

would love to add a poll, but i suck at setting them up.

 

[jalaram]

Originally posted by: G Wizard
i'm teri gross and this is FRESCH AIR.

yeah, i listen to Diane Rheem most every day.

The locally produced shows, the BBC world sevice stuff... meh.

Talk of the Nation I run hot and cold with. When its good, its good, when its bad, man its bad.
Science Friday is almost always good.
Fresh Air is entertaining 80% of the time..
Then of course All Things Considered for the last 2 hours of work. I love hearing that bumper music. It means I'm on the home stretch.

Teri Gross is an amazing interviewer. I can't get enough of Fresh Air.

Wait Wait Don't tell me is a fun show as well.

 

[pontifex]

Echoes and Thistle & Shamrock FTW!

hmm...maybe this isn't what I think it is...

 

[edro]

I love it.

It's so much easier on the ears than all the new music with raised levels.

Plus... no commercials or traffic reports.

 

[spittledip]

Originally posted by: rasczak
anyone else listen to NPR? It's the strangest feeling listening to that station, but i'm starting to prefer it over the rest of the crap out there.

modern music is some horrible garbage, isn't it?

NPR can be pretty interesting at time and it gives you the most unbiased news too.

 

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: Auryg

Originally posted by: JS80
now you get to listen to liberal crap

As far as I can tell, and I'm republican, NPR is the most 'neutral' news. If they do something that was biased one way or the other, people write in emails/letters about it and they read them on the air. Good luck finding another news source that does that.

remember: facts have a liberal bias.

 

[Throckmorton]

Originally posted by: effowe
I've been listening to it for probably less than a year, but wish that I had been listening to it much longer. I stream it online all day at work, and listen in the car. Quality programming FTW.

I stream it at work too.. KCRW and KCRW music. The Morning Becomes Eclectic show is really good.

 

[ClarkJF]

why dont people mention this american life, probably the single most entertaining radio program that exists to day, I like to listen to it at work sometimes but end up paying too much attention to it instead of my work www.thislife.org on hmm saturday afternoons on npr.

 

[djheater]

Originally posted by: ClarkJF
why dont people mention this american life, probably the single most entertaining radio program that exists to day, I like to listen to it at work sometimes but end up paying too much attention to it instead of my work www.thislife.org on hmm saturday afternoons on npr.

I podcast it, can't stand to be interrupted while listening to it

 

[Turin39789]

Louisville is lucky enough to have 3 stations as well, one for classical music, one for other music, and one that is all talk. I moved slightly out of the area and my local npr is good for the drive into and out of work, but then I just tune in on the web to Louisville's station and listen at my cube all day.

Cartalk, this american life etc get blasted on the house stereo on the weekends so I can wrench in the driveway and hear it.

This is my second year as a contributing listener. Some of the best money I ever spent.

 

[Turin39789]

Originally posted by: seemingly random
If I have one complaint about public radio it's the fund raising. Twice a year they play the guilt card (catholic, jewish?) to get money. And they are already funded by each and everyone of us federal taxpayers.

Even though there are still no official commercials, there are now (last few years) product and/or company 'announcements'. You can be sure that the station demands a 'donation' for these spots.

IIRC my local station gets about 5-10% of their budget paid through federal funding.

" For radio, the biggest potential damage is to stations. NPR itself gets less than one percent of its budget from CPB. NPR member stations, however, receive an average of 15 percent of their budgets in grants from CPB that help support their local program production, program acquisition, community outreach and such day-to-day costs as paying the electric bill. If this funding were lost, it would certainly diminish the quality and depth of the stations' service to their communities.
"

Still the majority comes from listeners and community businesses that donate to the local stations

 

[Canai]

When I'm stuck with just a radio, it's either the classic rock station or NPR, depending on time of day.

All Thing Considered > all things else

 

[Pliablemoose]

<----NPR listener for years.

 

[thomsbrain]

Same here, I listen to NPR easily 2-3X more than all the other stations combined, and I love music. I just hate music radio.