The BBC is too liberal according to NPR

[Ichingcarpenter]

I just heard an interview this morning with a BBC representative and
a reporter from NPR, sorry didn't catch his name.

He said that the US thinks the BBC news is too left whereas
NPR tries to not to force an opinion on the news.

The BBC is too pro Palestinian, then he said he is no Zionist but
the BBC gives too much credence to their view.

Then they went on to talk about the Iraq war and how
NPR and the BBC covered it.


The BBC guy said that most of the world thinks that the BBC is
too conservative especially listeners from Africa and India.

The NPR viewpoint was interesting since I think they went right wing
5 years ago.

I hope someone else listened to that interview.


It should make you think where the US media is now.

[Ichingcarpenter]

1. The feed came out of WNYC in New York

that I was streaming

[lame54]

2. Because facts have a liberal bias

[Ichingcarpenter]

6. I hope mediamatters covers this interview

And I wish I knew who the NPR guy was
Its strange, the feed is from NY but in the early morning
in Europe all they send is the BBC then when NY catches up
they send NPR news which gives me a perspective on what
is important to the BBC and NPR.

[Baltimore]

31. NPR reporter

The NPR reporter Saturday morning is Steve Inskeep(sp?) who's a Republican.

[Ichingcarpenter]

32. Well they gave him 20 mins to attack the BBC

If that was him....like I said it was a NY feed I guess you heard it or you just checked
who was on.

Anyway thanks.

I guess I need to write media matters again
I haven't in years but I think this is a story they could cover
and need to

[kristopher]

3. National Pentagon Radio nt

[marmar]

4. "NPR tries to not to force an opinion on the news"

Except in this interview apparently.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

7. Didn't hear it, but I am not surprised.

NPR's quality has been falling greatly over time.

[glinda]

14. Their new "fair and balanced" approach is dooming them to telling lies.

But what do you expect when their advertisers are now the Chamber of Commerce and other conservative groups.

[Tesha]

35. Nuthin' but Propaganda for Republicans. (NT)

[SoCalDem]

11. AND in their choice of commemtators & guests

:grr:

[malaise]

5. Maybe he saw this

and is terrified that the truth is being unearthed drip by drip

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-11469369

sp

[Ichingcarpenter]

10. NPR would never show that story its too

REVEALING..... but that's being bias on revealing the truth.

The news I hear from NPR right now they give the Republicans
even more time than Democrats on a spokesman's viewpoint.

I counted the time.... it was 12 seconds more on the average.

[HughMoran]

8. One stupid reporter

Anybody who thinks NPR is conservative is certifiable IMO.

[DavidDvorkin]

9. Is that a typo?

Or do you really think that NPR has not become conservative?

[HughMoran]

17. If I hear one thing I don't agree with on NPR

I don't shut it off and scream on DU that NPR is now completely conservative.

I'll bet $1000 that 99% of those who claim it is don't even listen to it. For one thing, the BBC is part of what I listen to on NPR - lol. There are some knuckledraggers that comment there, but they are in the minority - as an actual listener I can say this with 100% certainty. If you can't stand to hear a single comment that you disagree with, then yes, NPR is 'conservative'. But don't then complain about the Republicans plugging their ears and screaming LALALA!! I'd rather hear it there in a fair environment than on corporate owned cable news.

[Ichingcarpenter]

19. If you say so

I respect your comment

since you don't respect mine.

[hunter]

20. NPR is corporate owned in the sense...

... they won't bite the hands that feed them.

For some reason NPR reminds me of cows.

"Here you go, Bessy, have some nice sweet alfalfa."

wikipedia

[Ichingcarpenter]

21. Sounds like you have a grip on what World News should be

we bow to your opinion.

I imagine you like their new....NEWS.. and how they report.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

29. like the whirled nut delay?

[Tesha]

36. If you listened to my local affiliate, what you'd hear, *ROUTINELY*, is that...

...they give the Republicans actual sound quotes while "telling"
us what the Democrats said. Often, they even let the Republicans
tell us what the Democrats said.

And NPR isn't much different. And yes, as someone reported
above, NPR routinely gives proportionally more time to
Republican spokesman, story after story after story. And it
has been this way for quite a few years now.

But that suits you, doesn't it?

Tesha

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[HCE SuiGeneris]

26. And?

Your opinion is highly discounted.

[rucky]

13. NPR's "unbiased" opinion, eh?

[Ichingcarpenter]

15. Google Bush's influence on NPR

Anyway ......... no big deal

I GUESS.......

[bluerum]

16. the us media has been there for quite a few years now

NPR has creeped to the right and is now trumpeting RW copy.

Frankly I find the BBC quite refreshing. Hardly too far left however. More like firmly centrist.

[Davis_X_Machina]

18. My annual letter to our local outlet...

...that goes with our annual pledge, mentions how I've reduced our ordinary family membership by an amount proportional to the NPR, (i.e. non-PRI, non BBC news) that they run during their broadcast day.

[HCE SuiGeneris]

22. The loo, is where NPR ranks, IMHO. n/t

[Ichingcarpenter]

23. WC........ and we are not talking about Fields

LOL

[HCE SuiGeneris]

25. Good to see you on the board.

Weren't you weathering things in FL? I saw in your profile you're in Caulifornia now... :P

[Ichingcarpenter]

28. I was foreclosed on and left the States before it happened

My kids live here in Denmark, I came with two suitcases
and that's it and my bad health

I have a part time job as janitor here and my health is better.
Hey, I'm working at 59 ...... getting into the system soon
but with no retirement but maybe healthcare.

For this company, they do children's shows across europe plus some
heavy adult stuff animations and a sample of their toons.



http://www.wulffmorgenthaler.com/striphandler.ashx?stripid=83091040-bc63-43f9-8549-cf9ea1e65da4







Site for some toons these are lame compared to what they really do


http://www.wulffmorgenthaler.com/top10.aspx

The videos are called from the company Copenhagen Bombay
Respected Children's shows and movies.

[HCE SuiGeneris]

30. I wish you well, and am glad that you've found a new home.

Your posts have always resonated with me. Peace, I Ching.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

24. Someone once said: ''NPR is FOX ''news'' for people who think they're too smart for FOX ''news''.''

[Odin2005]

27. NPR allows corporations to "donate" money. 'Nuff said.

The PTB will let nothing go uncorrupted by corporate cash.

[kenny blankenship]

33. Now Praising Republicans has been unlistenable in the main for years

Dan Schorr was the only voice ATC had worth hearing, and now he's gone.

ATC isn't everything NPR does, but it's their centerpiece. The good stuff they still do, like Fresh Air, doesn't begin to balance the badness out.

[Ichingcarpenter]

34. Well to me it was a Saturday morning news

really don't know the program, but it was news before and news after that
that made me think it was an in-depth thing.

I love fresh air but its not on NPR's headline new agenda, I have search to hear it now.

It must have been around 7 or 8 NY time when I heard it in my time zone.
So that's important.... 8 is a centerpiece, be it morning or night on the news.

[Codeine]

37. A reporter who works for NPR said that, not NPR.

My local NPR station (91.9 KVCR) plays the BBC World Service during the overnight hours, so it can't be that much of a problem for them, right?