i stopped listening to NPR and switched to MSNBC

[garybeck]

I just recently figured out that the live audio stream for MSNBC is FREE on Tunein.com.

I hardly listen to NPR anymore.

the coverage of all the investigations on MSNBC has been incredible. I hope a lot of people are listening/watching.


so for those who don't know, you don't need to pay for the video stream. the audio does quite well and it's free.

[FarPoint]

1. Great information!!!

Thanks for letting us all know.

[elocs]

2. I still listen to NPR all of the time and don't intend to change.

But I also use Tunein as well. MSNBC does not provide me with any local or state news or stories.

[TomSlick]

3. NPR: Nice Polite Republicans

Just saying.

[central scrutinizer]

5. Neutered Poodles for Republicans

[central scrutinizer]

4. I quit NPR years ago

Sounded like Fox News. Since I stopped contributing, it was only consistent that I stop listening as well.

[The Genealogist]

7. I stopped a long time ago as well

Back in the Dubya days. I scan past it sometimes while scanning through stations. Our local affiliate still runs mostly classical music.

[pwb]

6. I listen to NPR in the morning when its local.

.

[rurallib]

8. I listen to NPR a wee bit when I have to use a terrestrial radio

other than that it is usually FreespeechTV during the day - you can get it on your computer: https://freespeech.org/watch-live/

We got a computer radio to listen to KTNF in Minneapolis or WCPT in Chicago
We dip in and out of MSNBC during the day.
We are retired so we usually have some noise going on.

[wcmagumba]

9. I was listening in the car...

this afternoon when they started a report about the prison bill by bragging about Kushner and how he was totally responsible for this bill (how does that work?) and went into audio of a Kush being interviewed by Hannity...I'm done with them (as far as news anyway).

[Honeycombe8]

18. That's partly why I like NPR. It really is neutral.

It also depends on the show.

If you hear something on NPR that is unfavorable to Trump, you know it's true and not slanted because it tries to be neutral.

Kushner IS the one who is responsible for the prison reform bill. It was his pet project. Like it or not, that is the truth. But playing an interview of him with Hannity is a bit much. I would have turned that off.

I suspect he's sympathetic to prisoners because his father was in prison for a long time for fraud. And don't forget that Kim Kardashian spoke with Trump about it and got a woman prisoner pardoned by him.

But I don't listen to NPR very often. I listen to MSNBC since I discovered the live radio streaming of it on Tune-In a couple of months ago. It's more interesting than NPR. And my favorite shows are on MSNBC.

[llmart]

39. NPR neutral?

You're missing the point of the post. Like others, I stopped listening to NPR during Dubya's term. They aren't even trying to be neutral any longer.

[Sherman A1]

10. I listen to NPR

And will continue to do so.

[Boomer]

24. Same here. n/t

[Midnight Writer]

29. I listen to NPR, and MSNBC, and occasionally check in on hate radio.

[Sherman A1]

32. MSNBC and the other talk station

I avoid, both on TV and radio. I find them simply filling air time with 24/7 Breathless, Breaking Noise to get to the next set of commercials for drugs I never knew I needed.

NPR while certainly not perfect covers topics that are generally interesting and does so at a far lower decibel level. I prefer no one yelling at either me or each other.

[Lefta Dissenter]

11. I stream MSNBC on TuneIn

Pretty much all the time.

[garybeck]

25. me 2

[UniteFightBack]

12. Here you go if you would like to watch.

http://www.livenewsmag.com/msnbc-news-live-stream/

Just one of many sites..........

[mr_lebowski]

15. That's technically a pirate stream ... just sayin ... (nt)

[garybeck]

26. hmmmmm.

legit?
i'm really fine with just the audio

[Ciaphas Cain]

31. YouTube

I love YouTube for my mainstream media too. I don't really do the broadcast thing anymore.

[EndGOPPropaganda]

13. NPR is unfortunately king of bothsidesism. I stopped in 2011.

NPR has a strange angle - their news is effectively owned by all their member stations, who depend on donations. And many of the donations come from corporate advertising. I think this is why NPR is so aggressively bothsidesist and gives the right ample time to tell lies without challenge.

[EndGOPPropaganda]

14. Podcasts are good too

OK I'm going to make this a new post

[oberliner]

16. Which MSNBC shows are your favorites?

[watoos]

21. Nicole Wallace, Chris Hayes, and Rachel.

[oberliner]

40. Those are good ones

[garybeck]

27. i'm really just learning them but

i like rachel. sometimes she says the same thing 3 times, just make sure we understand what she's talking about, and I do get that it is complicated stuff, but i got it the first time however she is really thorough and I love her

[oberliner]

41. Agreed

She does a great job of breaking things down but can be redundant sometimes. On the whole, I like her show a lot.

[Honeycombe8]

17. I do, too! I found it a couple of months ago.

I listen to it on my Roku. If I want to see the video, the shows show later on Pluto and Xumo, two free streaming apps.

A perk, for those who have a data cap, is that streaming podcasts and live sound-only shows uses much less data than streaming video.

[NurseJackie]

19. I enjoy NPR. I plan to continue listening as often as time permits.

I'm a low dollar monthly donor to WAMU 88.5 here in the DC metro area.

[brooklynite]

20. Yeah! Why should those MSNBC reporters and correspondents expect to get paid anyway?

Information should be free, right?

[garybeck]

28. there is paid advertising on tunein. it is legit. what's the problem

for the first 50 years of television, it was free because of the advertising.
advertising on tv put me through college (my father worked at a tv station).
tunein is just like that.

[Lefta Dissenter]

33. A few times

The show hosts have either suggested listening on TuneIn or described an image “for those of you listening on TuneIn.”

Sometimes I prefer just the audio while I’m doing other things.

[mucifer]

34. MSNBC has listen live from tunein link

Right on their own web page so they are encouraging it and their ratings are going up

[watoos]

22. Several years ago NPR fell asleep,

and was taken over by the body snatchers.

[elmac]

23. NPR, Nation Patroleum Radio, lost its soul years ago

too bad they went over to the dark side.

[PaulX2]

30. NPR Plays Both Sides

It's just one side is Nazis representing only billionaires and corporations.

[mucifer]

35. I was listening in my car the day the trump charity

Story broke. NPR never mentioned it. I heard it on wcpt Chicago progressive talk.

However NPR did do an amazing long story about coal mining safety which they did the research with frontline

I just am very upset that I don’t think most people know about trumps charity being shut down because it hasn’t been in the news much.

[Achilleaze]

36. NPR has disgraced itself in recent years with its sneaky right-wing slant

Sad,

[elocs]

37. Ahh, the DU echo chamber where the choir preaches to the choir

and we can't abide hearing things that don't perfectly line up with our pure and noble virtues and philosophy, perfectly convinced that only we are righteous and the other side are obviously evil liars.
But are we really that insecure that we need to have our beliefs constantly reinforced? Is it possible for somebody to have a valid point of view even though we don't agree with it? Do we really need to condemn NPR for daring to present an opposing side to a story or issue that does not line up with our tribal view? Or are we just the other side of the coin of the Fox News devotees?

[Sanity Claws]

38. Today is my last day with NPR

I had been listening to their Up First podcast for several months but this morning was the last straw.

It is being removed from my list of podcasts.

[garybeck]

42. I will still listen to Radio Lab and Ted Talk podcasts... it is just the

weekday programming and news coverage that I am done with. our country is under attack and they seem to be treating it like any other news story. MSNBC is taking this seriously and i'm so happy i found the audio stream for free. I almost signed up for expensive TV service just to get it.