Rant about NPR: For the last several days they have been reporting on

[AlinPA]

Bush**'s campaigning and always play parts of his damn speeches. They also played parts of Cheney's and several Republicans. I have never heard any parts of Democrats (except their playing the Kerry blooper)

[ChairmanAgnostic]

1. during their fundraising this week, I called and let them have it.

not money, but a complaint.

[xchrom]

2. npr is conservative ala schwarzenneger or lieberman or

landrieu, etc.

and has been for a very long time.

[John Q. Citizen]

4. Yes, the Repos put their guy in charge there.

[Warren Stupidity]

3. They swung right and I stopped donating.

Eventually they will figure it out. Their audience is liberal/left/progressive by probably 3-1. They have to get off the government dole, self fund, and play to their base, or they are going to vanish.

[HamdenRice]

10. Ironically it was going off the dole that turned them right

Back before the 80s, they had some system whereby they received government funding but were insulated from political influence. Boy, did they go after the Reagan administration!

So the retaliation was to put them off the dole and force them to get "private" funding, which meant going on the corporate dole. The corporate sector basically emasculated NPR. They program based not on ratings, but on the basis of what programs get funded.

Thank Archer Daniel Midlands, supermarket to the world, et al for NPR's pathetic reporting.

[Warren Stupidity]

12. It is only sort of private off the dole funding.

The quasi governmental corporations set up to provide funding and grants still receive considerable amounts of government cash. Earlier in the criminal bush administration the cabal was able to conduct a purge and scare campaign to force an even more overt right-shift in NPR and PBS. The corporate influence is the other half of the equation.

[Red Zelda]

5. I wouldn't send them a dead bird

[ChiciB1]

8. Actually I WOULD Send Them A DEAD Bird... But That's All!

Amazing how NPR has changed. I once held them in high regard but now they seem to have shifted to being SHILLS!!!

[BOSSHOG]

6. The only thing I listen to on NPR

is Click and Clack the Tapper Brothers. Its a hilarious and helpful car repair program on Saturday Mornings.

[Evergreen Emerald]

7. Every TV media outlet is doing the same thing

I had to turn of MSNBC news this morning when they continued to allow the republican to interrupt the democrat, and then would not allow the dem to respond. The announcer (a blond female)actually suggested that running the story about the military asking for Rumsfield's resignation shows their left wing-bias. Apparently reporting the truth shows a bias.

In the last push before the election, the media outlets are doing their job: propaganda for the neo-cons.

That is why we have such a tough time winning: they have the ears of the people and are spewing propaganda 24-7. America is waking up, but I don't think they quite get the fact that the media is lying for the neo-cons.

[Joe Bacon]

9. I refuse to finance Republican propaganda.

I gave up on National Petrolum Rodio and the Putrid Bull Shitting networks right after Clinton was elected when they followed the rest of the liars in the Main$tream Media who manufatured lie after lie about the Big Dog. They STILL call me asking for money, I told them not one damn nickel from me.

I'm tired of being taxed to pay for these LYING Pre$$titute Welfare Queens! It's time to pull the plug on NPR and PBS. Let their corporate masters pay 100% of their bills!

[MH1]

11. What's bugging me

is that the Pres and Vice Pres are spending time campaigning, that they should be doing their real jobs. (Although we may all be better off, the less they actually attempt to do their real jobs).

The same argument doesn't apply so much to Congress because Congress is not in session during this period.

I'll bet if you go back to the 90's you will find plenty of republican complaints about the time and money that Clinton spent campaigning. Funny how quiet those same people are now, huh? (For the record: I felt Clinton doing it was wrong, too - but part of the system. How do we stop it?)

[Donna Zen]

13. Banned by NPR

I once wrote to Eric Westervelt because of a hit job that he'd delivered. I was fairly polite and sent him support for my position with quotes and links. After a few days without a reply, I wrote again with a cc to the appropriate dept. Finally I heard from Westervelt. He advised me to quit donating to NPR and to quit listening.

I'm honored.

The funding for NPR is a combination of various right-leaning groups and the republican congress. No matter what they say about NPR being a liberal outlet, the truth is that NPR is a powerful ally of the right. By being branded as a mouthpiece of the left, they can shill all they please to moderates and Democrats in the continuing effort propagandize America. Everyone knows that fox is rabid, which leaves media like NPR to say whatever republican talking points they want.

[dailykoff]

14. Yeah that corny cracker accent gets on my nerves.

He sounds like he's autitioning for the Grand Ol Opry every time he makes one of those asswipe "y'all gonna git out 'n vote fer us" speeches. As if.

NPR shills big time, no doubt about it.