The Right Wing Lies about NPR are nothing new and are fabrications for political spin

[zulchzulu]

With all the claptrap about Juan Williams getting canned by NPR (and thus get a $2 million/3 year contract from Murdoch/Fox News), there are the usual suspects now calling for getting rid of NPR. It's an old, crusty set of lies and distortion.

NPR receives less than 2% (1.5%) of its funding from competitive grants sought by NPR from federally funded organizations (such as the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, National Science Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts). The other 98 percent of NPR's funding comes from a mix of donations, corporate support, and dues from member stations.

Just to give an idea on how much the US spends on an NPR-type news budget, look at this:



Funny thing about the NPR board and its far-left leanings! NPR is part of the evil, socialist, Nazi, communist, left-wing, Pinko, funny-looking Corporation for Public Broadcasting organization. We can see just how far-left they really are:

Ernest J. Wilson III (chair), Democrat, nominated to first term by President Clinton in 2000. Renominated to second term November 2004 by President George W. Bush, confirmed by U.S. Senate November 2004. Term expires 2010.

Beth Courtney (vice chair), Independent, nominated April 2003 by President George W. Bush, confirmed by U.S. Senate December 2003. Term expires 2010.

Chris Boskin, Republican, nominated June 2006 by President George W. Bush, confirmed by U.S. Senate September 2006. Term expires 2012.

Patricia Cahill, Democrat, nominated July 2009 by President Obama, confirmed by U.S. Senate August 2009. Term expires 2014.

Gay Hart Gaines, Republican, nominated December 2003 by President George W. Bush, confirmed by U.S. Senate November 2004. Term expires 2010.

Lori Gilbert, Democrat, nominated May 2008 by President George W. Bush, confirmed by U.S. Senate October 2008. term expires 2012.

Former Senator David H. Pryor, Democrat, nominated to first term by President George W. Bush in 2006. Renominated to second term May 2008 by President George W. Bush, confirmed by U.S. Senate October 2008. Term expires 2014.

Bruce Ramer, Republican, nominated May 2008 by President George W. Bush, confirmed by U.S. Senate October 2008. Terms expires 2012.

Elizabeth Sembler, Republican, nominated May 2008 by President George W. Bush, confirmed by U.S. Senate October 2008. Term expires 2014.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporation_for_Public_Broadcasting

Surely, NPR must have had it all wrong with so many Iraqis being involved in the events of 911.

The frequency of Americans' misperceptions varies significantly depending on their source of news. The percentage of respondents who had one or more of the three misperceptions listed above is shown below.



Variations in misperceptions according to news source cannot simply be explained as a result of differences in the demographics of each audience, because these variations can also be found when comparing the rate of misperceptions within demographic subgroups of each audience.

Another key perception--one that US intelligence agencies regard as unfounded--is that Iraq was directly involved in September 11. Before the war approximately one in five believed this and 13% even said they believed that they had seen conclusive evidence of it. Polled June through September, the percentage saying that Iraq was directly involved in 9/11 continued to be in the 20-25% range, while another 33-36% said they believed that Iraq gave al-Qaeda substantial support.

http://www.worldpublicopinion.org/pipa/articles/international_security_bt/102.php

It's funny that NPR listeners were more into the truth instead of being completely uninformed.

[MidwestTransplant]

1. NPR is the new ACORN

[zulchzulu]

3. Agreed n/t

[niyad]

2. so, on the "accurate and balanced" local "news" report tonight, I was informed that, in their

"balanced" coverage--it was almost entirely about local congress idiot doug lamborn (r--hateville) putting forth legislation to defund npr (gee, does this sound familiar?)

had a little chat with the station manager about their "accurate and balanced" coverage, which I won't repeat here (for the tender little ears) I know the local fishwrap is bad, know that what passes for "news" around here is non-existent, but tonight. . . .

john sayles once referred to this community as the heart of darkness. of course, that was before the teabaggers took over.