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I’ve never understood why MAGAs think NPR is “liberal propaganda”. I consider myself neutral in politics (partly conservative and partly liberal) and listen to NPR frequently and never have I thought there is “liberal propaganda” in their stories. I find them informative and factual.
Same
Half the top shows on pbs are sponsored by groups like the Koch family or the Walton foundation. I guess as the President said “I love the Uneducated”
Totally agree. For those of us who can see the middle ground, NPR seems about as neutral in it’s programming as it gets.
In the MAGA world, anything other than far, radical right is “liberal propaganda.” Centrism and balance are miles too far to the left of where they are perched, and carefully reported facts are downright dangerous.
NPR was very leftwing on any topic regarding race.
Listened to countless commentators
talk about racial issues. Every last one one of them were leftwingers.
NEVER! Not once was a black conservative ever given a voice.
That’s because the Conservative voice is “we should treat them as less than human.”
Public TV and Radio is the main distributer of Inside Indiana Business and Indianapolis Business Journal to rural Indiana communities. This makes Indiana less competitive and hurts our economy.
The truth. But easier in the current environment to use the short hand invented by Rush Limbaugh 30+years ago to make it so simple for folks who ate looking for someone/thing to make it easy to digest. (The five word sentence, the clever name calling he did so effectively) and adopted by awful examples like Senator Banks.
Sad stuff…and will take a long time to recalibrate to a more civil and sensible citizenry…
more civil and sensible like the leftist that took over the democrat party?
key any teslas lately Steven?
NPR has never been neutral on anything regarding current events or race.
That said. PBS has some great programming that is not found anywhere else.
Thank God and only hope Congress eliminates national funding of media!! Have your rich liberal buddies fund your commie bs!
Stick with the gaslight gang John.
Line up w the President or else he’ll get them…and then you.
It’s happened before.
Example: evening coverage this week of Pope’s death and world response…but not on Fox, where hours are spent “fox-spaining” the awful decisions of the Secretary of Defense…and gaslighting the importance of due process. You see, John, your news source doesn’t “say” that…while we don’t take action toward individuals, we round up whole populations of people and put them in concentration camps. Didn’t that happen before? Isn’t there a little super-con bias…i think when our tax dollars support yo-ho elected leaders like Banks it’s a sad and even yes “deplorable” use of tax payer dollars.
Hang on buddy…they’re coming for something you have or prize.
An educated electorate doesn’t yield the results they want.
“An educated citizenry is a vital requisite for our survival as a free people.” Thomas Jefferson
educated in what? let the people that listen to this crap fund it. not hard to do a telethon like they used to. maybe they will use the funds more wisely also. if lots of people listen they should have no problems selling ads
D.D. (Dee Dee?) – How about a few examples of “crap” on NPR…?
Could give many example of crap on NPR.
It’s like the producers and hosts live in an alternate world.
Keith B. – You “could” but yet you didn’t….
How does Jim Banks live with himself?
????? Jim Banks is a US Senator and has nothing to do with Indiana stopping local funding. Of course, like most rational people, he understands the government shouldn’t be funding a “free press’ but some of you folks don’t quite get that!
John S., in case you missed it in the above article:
“Conservative lawmakers in Washington D.C. have called for the dismantling of the nation’s public radio system, and the New York Times reported last week that the Trump administration planned to ask Congress to rescind the more than $1 billion already allotted for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which passes most of that funding down to NPR, PBS and their member stations.
“Earlier this year, Indiana Sen. Jim Banks authored a bill he dubbed the “Defund NPR Act,” which would have prohibited federal funding from being directly or indirectly used to support NPR. “Taxpayers shouldn’t be forced to fund NPR’s liberal propaganda,” Banks said in a written statement.”
As I mentioned, Banks is a US Senator and has nothing to do with Indiana funding statewide public broadcasting. Yes, he’s authored legislation in the past in the House and now in the Senate to RIGHTFULLY defund state broadcasting! You folks need a lesson in the First Amendment which is antithetical to the GOVERNMENT funding, therefore, controlling “news and commentary” broadcasting!!!!
John S. – Hilarious that you mention the First Amendment. MAGA is the party that is constantly trying to silence the media. NPR is just a competitor to other media outlets.
Does John think the “free” in “free press” means that it doesn’t cost anything to produce? Sadly, John is exactly the type of citizen the Indiana republicans have been curating for decades – unwilling to question their authority and happy to spread their propaganda.
Wow!! Here’s a thought, leftists: How about instead of funding “public broadcasting” we divert those funds to Fox News, Newsmax or OAN???
We’re not supposed to have GOVERNMENT RADIO AND TV!!!!
Seek help.
One better, we pass a law that allows all of those cable users to unbundle garbage like FOX and OAN from their cable line up, so us in the middle and liberals aren’t forced to fund it.
Jim Banks is a non-responsive Senator he does not acknowledge nor reply to E-mailed communications sent to his offices like our other Senator Todd Young does routinely .
NPR is my first preset on my car radio and I modestly contribute. That said, it has always been an awkward situation with government funding for it — not that it’s not a good thing to do (as long as there is no government propaganda), but partisan/ideological problems have always threatened it creating almost annual chaos.
What I think would be best would be for a planned gradual reduction of Federal/State funding over a set period of years so that public broadcasting can secure NGO/private funding. My understanding is that much of the government funding ends up going to the stations in more rural/smaller city locations that would otherwise be unable to broadcast the programming. While some of its programming may skew left of center in what it covers, I’ve always found it to provide all sides of an issue and in depth — something that the MSNBCs, Foxes, CNNs rarely do.
It’s a brilliant idea. HAVE A POLICY, state it out loud and establish a consensus to achieve it.
What’s the policy though? I suspect it’s to eleimate any source of information (universities, media, etc…) that’s not right wing enough.
John S would make a fantastic Natsee.
Yet another move toward Republican fascism.
What is your highest level of education?? Do you know what a “Natsee” or “fascist” even is?? My guess is you are the perfect example of the failure of public education!
Michael,
Might want to rethink that statement.
It is the left that has shut down free speech and debate on our college campuses.
Leftwing college activists have shut down conservative speakers constantly.
When PBS came into existence, most people were lucky to get 3 stations. There was very little educational programming
In today’s world, there are literally hundreds Of stations and if you include the internet, you are talking access to hundreds of thousands of shows that are educational.
In the early days you may be able to see a cooking show, or an exercise show or a DYI show once a day. But if you missed it, that was it. Today there are dozens of channels on each topic and tens of thousands maybe hundreds of thousands of shows on each topic that you can watch from literally anywhere at any time.
The need for PBS is past. There is no programming on PBS you can’t find elsewhere. Any shows exclusive to PBS, that are popular, would quickly find homes elsewhere. Look at how many non PBS channels air reruns of PBS shows.
The US is deep in debt. Debt that is crippling and could prove fatal to our country. We must cut spending. That means getting rid of the wants and concentrating on the needs.
When I was downsized years ago, that’s what my family had to do. Out went cable, out went going to concerts, out went dinners out and out went trips. We cut the nice to haves and kept the must haves, and even those were reduced.
$500 million Federal tax dollars per year go to fund PBS. That’s not a huge dent, but its a start for something that is fairly redundant in this day and age. That is only 15% of the PBS Budget. A percentage that could easily be covered by private sources.
The US needs to get serious about cutting spending and we need to end funding of redundant and non critical items. PBS certainly falls in that category.
500mm is meaningless – cut 5% of the defense budget and balance the budget
The issue is more not collecting enough than spending too much. You’re not going to do anything towards the deficit without collecting more revenue in addition to cutting spending on Social Security, Medicare, and defense spending. It’s just math.
Of course, we also just cut spending on the National Parks Service which collected more than it cost, and we are gung ho about neutering the IRS, so maybe we just aren’t that good at math.
This country had 91% tax rates on top earners when it was “great” after WWII.
Thank you for the lectures from all you “Educated” Intellectuals. Hah Hah. I for one listen and watch (love antique roadshow) but think market forces should prevail. Any of you nim wit MAGAs just ask the above smart people what ‘market forces” are.
JJ Frankie J, you’re not so good with math. The US Deficit is $1.8 Trillion. The defense budget is $849 Billion. I agree all wasteful spending must be cut.
It’s a sad day when someone says $500 Million is meaningless. Every dollar means something
Yes, let’s let market forces prevail. Let’s start by immediately shutting down Medicare and forcing older Americans to pay market prices for their health insurance.
Joe you better go to one of your smart friends above for help. Market Forces does not mean market prices.
Not stopping Republicans from claiming the free market will fix healthcare, Donald. Let’s flood the market with seniors needing to buy their own healthcare with many ailments and see how that goes for everyone.
And, oh yeah, we haven’t had market forces in the media since we let a handful of companies buy everything.
The Trump Revenge Tour makes an Indiana stop, through Gov. Braun.