NPR on way to becoming defunded, but hey, we got the brackets done.

[Safetykitten]

Well just a tidbit, a small sentence, a post it note to the masses from the President on his concern about this would be nice but again, it's not for us to know. So below are the usual excuses.

He can't inject himself now, it's (too soon, too late, just right).

He has the big picture in view.

Nobody listens to NPR anyway.


On edit...
Too screwed up to keep, inside conflicts.

"They" asked him to stay away, like all other situations big and small, a general hall pass for non-attendance.

[sinkingfeeling]

1. Yes, I'm absolutely certain that the GOP House would stop and pay as much attention to

the President as it does to the public.

[RoccoR5955]

2. Whadda ya mean, nobody listens to NPR?!?!?!

I know of thousands who listen to the Albany, NY NPR affiliate, WAMC. They have more than ten transmitters and translators. People listen to that NPR station all the way from the Canada border to Rome, NY, to NE Pennsylvania, to Central Massachusetts, Eastern New Hampshire, down into Putnam County, and everywhere in between.
Many of us get our local news from that station. They do an awful lot of good for the community, and if they de-fund NPR, WAMC *WILL* survive. The thousands of supporters of that station will insure it!

[groundloop]

3. Does it really matter what the Publican run house does?

A bill like that would never make it through the senate, or withstand a veto, so what's it really matter. It's just posturing on the part of the house Publicans.

[Bardley]

4. in any case, it's important for the citizen to understand there's little 'Public' about them

the h-1b issue proved to me that tech company sponsorship of NPR bought them immunitiy from NPR on a position they didnt like - and censored news is propaganda

my family had given to NPR, but i really wondered 'were companies sponsoring a public message, or was the public sponsoring a corporate message'

really important question, IMO

sure, NPR favors 'New' Democrats over Republicans, but sometimes I think 'New Democrats only

[gratuitous]

5. I'll add an excuse

Why help an outfit that doesn't help itself? NPR immediately turned its back on Ron Schiller as soon as the O'Keefe video came out. And they know (or should know) what O'Keefe's record is when it comes to walking with the truth. They're not in the same ballpark; hell, they're not even in the same league. Instead of contacting Ron Schiller for his side of the story, they ushered him out the door, and then various NPR commentators piled on. What difference could it make to NPR if I or anyone raised a lonely voice in their defense if they won't defend themselves?

I was listening to the usually very good Liane Hansen this past Sunday on Weekend Edition. She had on another NPR correspondent who detailed some of the creative editing O'Keefe had done, and in her introduction Hansen admitted that she, too, had called for Schiller's ouster when the tape came out. The piece was quite good on what a liar O'Keefe is, but Hansen stopped short of saying that she had rushed to judgment or pronounced her decision before she quite had all the facts.

I dropped NPR a line Sunday and asked them how many times O'Keefe was going to cry wolf and still get a respectful hearing for his lies. They haven't responded. I guess we'll have to wait for his next pack of lies to see if the popular media has learned anything, but I'm not sanguine about that.

[liberalmuse]

6. You know..

I'm tired of people having a shit fit because President Obama filled out his brackets. My god. The man deserves a little down time. And I'm sick of people blaming him for all the world's ills. Get off your own asses and do something for fuck's sake, instead of whining for Obama to save the world. Jesus. He's only one man, and one man with a helluva lot of opposition, and not so much support. It gets old, you know? He's ONE man, in an office that was given limited power with checks and balances. He's not one to abuse that power and become a dictator to please a certain group of people.

[RockaFowler]

Thanks for this

:)

[classof56]

8. Couldn't agree more!

:thumbsup:

[tallahasseedem]

15. It's getting a little disconcerting...

around here.

[mcar]

28. Sing it!

It does get old, doesn't it? It's now a knee jerk reaction - anything happens, blame the President.

[jp11]

31. He's pleasing a certain group of people by selling the rest of us out bit by bit. n/t

[NoTimeToulouse]

7. All the NPR top dogs have asked him to stay away so that's good enough for me.

I would add a blue link, but do I need to?

[Ed Suspicious]

10. I keep hearing about all these instances...

where people would much rather have the president stay away. What does that say about his presidency? Is all of his political capital spent? Seems like even left left leaning decision makers are failing to believe in him. Why should I? I hate to say that because I really was looking for the change I could believe in. I believed in it. It's just getting harder and harder to do all the time.

[Bobbie Jo]

20. !!

:rofl:

[NoTimeToulouse]

36. I was being sarcastic.

[moondust]

9. Why are you wasting time posting here instead of working?

You don't have time for this.

[NeedleCast]

11. I love these posts that assume I'm incapable of doing two things

I couldn't possibly fill out a bracket AND support NPR, could I?

FFS...

[Safetykitten]

12. But we saw you fill in the brackets, yet say nary a word about NPR.

[Teaser]

14. How do you stop someone who is worse than <insert monster >?

I think that we need to start a group blog showing how <insert monster>ific Omonster is.

Would you like to help me by being a featured poster?

[Safetykitten]

16. Your response is over the line, and you should consider editing it.

[NeedleCast]

18. Come on, we should all be able to appreciate a good Godwin'ing of a thread

[Safetykitten]

21. As a tactic to take it to another level not warranted, no.

[Teaser]

22. edited

.

[yellowcanine]

25. With that OP I am not sure you are the best judge of where the line is.

[11 Bravo]

34. Your OP is a steaming pile of horseshit, and you should consider deleting it.

[yellowcanine]

26. And of course the two things have all kinds of connections. Not.

Logic is not a strong suit here.

[Teaser]

13. oh god you're right. Presidents never do this symbolic shit!

maybe he really is....

WORSE THAN HITLER!
WORSE THAN HITLER!
WORSE THAN HITLER!
WORSE THAN HITLER!
WORSE THAN HITLER!
WORSE THAN HITLER!
WORSE THAN HITLER!
WORSE THAN HITLER!
WORSE THAN HITLER!
WORSE THAN HITLER!

we're all gonna die.

[AtomicKitten]

35. --

[Proud Liberal Dem]

17. Has something been passed in the Senate in regards to NPR?

Is President Obama signing it?

What happened that I haven't heard about?

[mcar]

29. There you go, injecting reason

[Proud Liberal Dem]

33. I don't really care what the House GOP is trying to do

Very little of it will pass the Senate (let alone get President Obama's signature) IMHO. Not even all conservatives/Republicans are in favor of defunding NPR and there's only been one Democrat (in the House) who has signed on to it. Apparently, some people think that just because the GOP House Majority does something, it's now law (though I imagine that some wingnuts think that "Obamacare" has been repealed, so.......?)

[Scurrilous]

19. ROFL

:thumbsdown:

[yellowcanine]

23. Uncalled for snark, in my opinion. For what it is worth there was nothing Obama could have done to

stop this action of the House Republicans. But I suspect you aren't really interested in facts.

[Safetykitten]

27. Uh, maybe just "NPR is a valuable service and I ask my republican friends...

to consider the effects of the de-funding"

[yellowcanine]

30. And of course you know that he didn't do that because you didn't hear it.

But of course you know better than Obama about how to communicate with legislators.

[firehorse]

24. Depressing news, that means right wing media will have total control over the airwaves

meaning we will be headed more and more towards a fascist state.

I'd rather have moderate reporting, and left leaning reporting, even if occasionally its balanced with right wing stuff -- than a total takeover of Beck, Rush, Murdoch empire, etc.

I've listened to NPR for over 20 years, there is no other radio I'd rather listen to while I work all day. Hopefully WNYC will survive. Today discussed was Japan, but also lengthy discussion about Libya, and now I'm listening about the economic crisis in Ireland.

[brooklynite]

32. Unrec'd

NPR is not "on its way to being defunded" by virtue of a House vote, any more than HCR is on its way to be repealed.