Today, I swapped cars with my Today, I swapped cars with my younger brother and his radio was set to NPR, which he always thought was boring and only for old people. I was very surprised because he normally only listens to music.
weberlin
May 13, 2010 @
3:33 PM
briansd1 wrote:Today, I [quote=briansd1]Today, I swapped cars with my younger brother and his radio was set to NPR, which he always thought was boring and only for old people. I was very surprised because he normally only listens to music.[/quote]
Is your brother in his mid/early 20s? That’s when I made the switch from pop-music stations to NPR. The switch was also motivated by Clear Channel’s complete takeover and gutting of the radio airwaves a few years back.
Clear Channel ruined radio in America.
afx114
May 13, 2010 @
3:48 PM
I agree that Clear Channel I agree that Clear Channel has done a ton of damage to radio, but I think the iPod/Smartphones played a bigger role in killing radio than they did.
Fletch
May 13, 2010 @
3:54 PM
Where is the “I listen to it Where is the “I listen to it regularly but mentally filter the news stories for bias” option. Then again, who doesn’t?
(BTW, I may be the first registered Republican to get engaged on A Prairie Home Companion some years ago.)
KSMountain
May 13, 2010 @
6:09 PM
I like a lot of their I like a lot of their programming.
There was a segment though that I still remember which really influenced my perception of NPR.
It was Thanksgiving Day and the piece was all about the sad time murderers were having in jail on that day. How lonely they were, etc.
Not once in the whole piece, which was quite long and detailed, were the families of their victims mentioned. Perhaps some of those folks were lonely too.
That piece really opened my eyes to NPR slant which is really obvious once you start paying attention.
Allan from Fallbrook
May 13, 2010 @
8:28 PM
KSMountain wrote:I like a lot [quote=KSMountain]I like a lot of their programming.
There was a segment though that I still remember which really influenced my perception of NPR.
It was Thanksgiving Day and the piece was all about the sad time murderers were having in jail on that day. How lonely they were, etc.
Not once in the whole piece, which was quite long and detailed, were the families of their victims mentioned. Perhaps some of those folks were lonely too.
That piece really opened my eyes to NPR slant which is really obvious once you start paying attention.[/quote]
KSM: But you’re missing the larger point: Prisoners are victims, too! Yup. They are. They have no choice and only through thoroughly indoctrinating the populace at large with pieces like that will we see that.
You know, Tookie Williams started writing children’s books while in prison. I bet NPR did a whole series on him and his “rehabilitation”. I don’t know if any of the relatives of the four people he shotgunned to death read them, but still…
Its kind of like that joke about “The Nation” magazine cover at the end of the world: “End of the World Coming, Poor and Minorities to Suffer Most”.
Jim Jones
May 13, 2010 @
9:07 PM
Allan from Fallbrook [quote=Allan from Fallbrook][quote=KSMountain]I like a lot of their programming.
There was a segment though that I still remember which really influenced my perception of NPR.
It was Thanksgiving Day and the piece was all about the sad time murderers were having in jail on that day. How lonely they were, etc.
Not once in the whole piece, which was quite long and detailed, were the families of their victims mentioned. Perhaps some of those folks were lonely too.
That piece really opened my eyes to NPR slant which is really obvious once you start paying attention.[/quote]
KSM: But you’re missing the larger point: Prisoners are victims, too! Yup. They are. They have no choice and only through thoroughly indoctrinating the populace at large with pieces like that will we see that.
You know, Tookie Williams started writing children’s books while in prison. I bet NPR did a whole series on him and his “rehabilitation”. I don’t know if any of the relatives of the four people he shotgunned to death read them, but still…
Its kind of like that joke about “The Nation” magazine cover at the end of the world: “End of the World Coming, Poor and Minorities to Suffer Most”.[/quote]
Here is NPR’s ode to one of our nations finest criminals.
This is where the article is especially touching. What the hell were we thinking when we executed this guy? This is an injustice he had clearly been rehabilitated!
“Once behind bars, Williams says he found his own path to redemption. He re-educated himself, reading everything from the dictionary to law books. And he began writing children’s books — nine so far — and speaking out against gangs. He’s made public apologies for creating the Crips and adopting the gangster lifestyle.”
“Those efforts earned Williams a nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize, and may be a factor should Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger decide to grant him clemency. Williams could also appeal his original conviction to the U.S. Supreme Court.”
briansd1
May 13, 2010 @
9:10 PM
We don’t have Talk of The We don’t have Talk of The Nation on KPBS anymore but I listen to it on my iPhone.
granted there are a lot of granted there are a lot of sappy stories and the slight slant toward the left, but in general they do make an effort to be a legit objective news outlet.
whenever it gets too sappy or when they have their donation drives I switch to the AM talk radio side where the birthers rule the airway. I always return with a renewed appreciation for NPR.
Allan from Fallbrook
May 13, 2010 @
9:28 PM
ocrenter wrote: the slight [quote=ocrenter] the slight slant toward the left [/quote]
OCR: “Slight slant to the left”? That’s like saying Hitler was “slightly” anti-Semitic. I don’t listen to Fox News, either, because of their “slight” slant to the right.
As long as you have clowns like Terry Gross on NPR and Sean Hannity on Fox, the national dialogue will suffer. Of course, my favorite apparatchik, Bill Moyers, finally gave up the ghost and retired from PBS, so maybe we’ll get some honest reportage there.
ocrenter
May 14, 2010 @
6:57 AM
Allan from Fallbrook [quote=Allan from Fallbrook][quote=ocrenter] the slight slant toward the left [/quote]
OCR: “Slight slant to the left”? That’s like saying Hitler was “slightly” anti-Semitic. I don’t listen to Fox News, either, because of their “slight” slant to the right.
As long as you have clowns like Terry Gross on NPR and Sean Hannity on Fox, the national dialogue will suffer. Of course, my favorite apparatchik, Bill Moyers, finally gave up the ghost and retired from PBS, so maybe we’ll get some honest reportage there.[/quote]
fine, you tell me where to turn to news here in SD. I have NOTHING but NPR if I don’t feel like listening about clues that Obama is really Kenyan or how do we close the border.
a lot of time I just end up reverting back to 1070, but then I don’t really need to hear about the 405 jammed up in LAX.
Jim Jones
May 14, 2010 @
7:17 PM
ocrenter wrote:Allan from [quote=ocrenter][quote=Allan from Fallbrook][quote=ocrenter] the slight slant toward the left [/quote]
OCR: “Slight slant to the left”? That’s like saying Hitler was “slightly” anti-Semitic. I don’t listen to Fox News, either, because of their “slight” slant to the right.
As long as you have clowns like Terry Gross on NPR and Sean Hannity on Fox, the national dialogue will suffer. Of course, my favorite apparatchik, Bill Moyers, finally gave up the ghost and retired from PBS, so maybe we’ll get some honest reportage there.[/quote]
fine, you tell me where to turn to news here in SD. I have NOTHING but NPR if I don’t feel like listening about clues that Obama is really Kenyan or how do we close the border.
a lot of time I just end up reverting back to 1070, but then I don’t really need to hear about the 405 jammed up in LAX.[/quote]
OCRenter,
1170 KCBQ is a pretty good alternative to the Hannity and Limbaugh crowd. Its conservative, but not a 24 Republican good, Democrat bad rant.
ocrenter
May 14, 2010 @
9:33 PM
Jim Jones [quote=Jim Jones]
OCRenter,
1170 KCBQ is a pretty good alternative to the Hannity and Limbaugh crowd. Its conservative, but not a 24 Republican good, Democrat bad rant.[/quote]
thanks, will give it a try
afx114
May 14, 2010 @
10:14 PM
Could it be that NPR leans Could it be that NPR leans left because leftists believe in public broadcasting and rightists don’t? Could it be that AM talk leans right because rightists believe in private broadcasting and leftists don’t? Seems simple enough to me.
Jim Jones
May 14, 2010 @
11:17 PM
afx114 wrote:Could it be that [quote=afx114]Could it be that NPR leans left because leftists believe in public broadcasting and rightists don’t? Could it be that AM talk leans right because rightists believe in private broadcasting and leftists don’t? Seems simple enough to me.[/quote]
Your logic seems a bit off. Are you saying that I as a taxpayer should support their belief in public broadcasting because they believe in it?
I believe that I need a new car, would you call your congressman to support my belief that I need a new car? This would be a public good because everyone would get the chance to hear and see my belief that I needed a new car as I drive it around town!
KIBU
May 15, 2010 @
1:07 AM
I have been listening to NPR I have been listening to NPR for a decade. I trust them. I find things they tell interesting and broad. I don’t consider them lefties. I consider them more intellectual reporters.
I also switch to AM640, AM600, AM760, AM1170 sometimes. When I listen to these , there were many times I stopped to switch back to FM music or NPR, the reason:
AM radios most of the time are complaining about something (except a few good shows like Bill Handel, which are very informative). It’s so depressing listening to these complaints all the time.
John and Kent, limbaugh, Roger Hedgecock, Hanity are bunch of meanie guys specialized in complaining. Not to say I didn’t learn from these guys too. It’s informative to know their often selfcentered logics and once in a while, a few times, something worth thinking. It’s always good to know how some think!!!
Anonymous
May 16, 2010 @
11:30 AM
Just a question. I’m Just a question. I’m originally from the LA area. What is the San Diego equivalent to KNX1070? All news all the time and traffic/weather on the fives? I haven’t been able to find it, so I still just listen to KNX1070.
briansd1
May 14, 2010 @
9:50 AM
Allan from Fallbrook [quote=Allan from Fallbrook]
As long as you have clowns like Terry Gross on NPR and Sean Hannity on Fox, the national dialogue will suffer. [/quote]
Terry Gross or Sean Hannity? Who is more civil, polite and considerate? I really wonder.
Jim Jones
May 14, 2010 @
7:20 PM
briansd1 wrote:Allan from [quote=briansd1][quote=Allan from Fallbrook]
As long as you have clowns like Terry Gross on NPR and Sean Hannity on Fox, the national dialogue will suffer. [/quote]
Terry Gross or Sean Hannity? Who is more civil, polite and considerate? I really wonder.[/quote]
What does polite have to do with anything. The compliant media is why are nation is a 12% of GDP in debt.
Maybe Terry Gross should ask Obama about that instead of asking about his new dog.
jpinpb
May 14, 2010 @
10:19 AM
weberlin wrote:
Is your [quote=weberlin]
Is your brother in his mid/early 20s? That’s when I made the switch from pop-music stations to NPR. The switch was also motivated by Clear Channel’s complete takeover and gutting of the radio airwaves a few years back.
Clear Channel ruined radio in America.[/quote]
X2
[quote=briansd1][quote=Allan from Fallbrook]
As long as you have clowns like Terry Gross on NPR and Sean Hannity on Fox, the national dialogue will suffer. [/quote]
Terry Gross or Sean Hannity? Who is more civil, polite and considerate? I really wonder.[/quote]
Didn’t Terry Gross win Peabody Award for excellence in journalism?
briansd1
May 14, 2010 @
12:19 PM
jpinpb wrote:
Didn’t Terry [quote=jpinpb]
Didn’t Terry Gross win Peabody Award for excellence in journalism?[/quote]
Yes she did.
Terry Gross is a small radio station journalist in Philadelphia with a national audience.
She interviews interesting personalities on the left and on the right.
30 years from now, Terry Gross’ interviews of historical figures will be replayed. But Sean Hannity? He’ll be long forgotten.
ocrenter
May 14, 2010 @
12:27 PM
briansd1 wrote:
30 years from [quote=briansd1]
30 years from now, Terry Gross’ interviews of historical figures will be replayed. But Sean Hannity? He’ll be long forgotten.[/quote]
ocrenter, it’s interesting to ocrenter, it’s interesting to me how conservatives like to rail against the liberal ivory tower.
But they are all clamoring for their kids to get it. And if they win an award, they display it proudly.
If “prestigious” awards or degrees were not so important, why fixate on them?
patientrenter
May 14, 2010 @
6:40 PM
briansd1 wrote:….
Terry [quote=briansd1]….
Terry Gross is a small radio station journalist in Philadelphia with a national audience.
She interviews interesting personalities on the left and on the right….[/quote]
I listen to Terry Gross, and often enjoy the show, which is usually not political. But when she does have a politician from the right on her show, she harangues them, not interviews them.
I listen exclusively to local public stations that rebroadcast a lot of NPR and BBC programming. But I am under no illusion – NPR wears its partisan left-wing politics on its sleeve.
Jim Jones
May 13, 2010 @
7:48 PM
NPR = National Proletariat NPR = National Proletariat Radio
I refuse to listed to any of their programing except Market Place.
All they ever talk about in the news are those who are “disadvantaged” and need free stuff to be “equal”. They find a narrow special interest group then air their “victim-hood” for all of use to feed bad on our drive to work, where they then solicit listeners for contributions to fund their programing.
Their key demographic of “victims” is still in bed at home collecting a cheque while the taxpayer is driving to work, paying taxes and funding their pseudo “vicitim” journalism.
UCGal
May 13, 2010 @
9:04 PM
I didn’t like your choices, I didn’t like your choices, so I put “other answer”. I listen to NPR because it’s news when I’m driving, and I’m a news junkie. But I take all news stations with a grain of salt – so I didn’t feel comfortable with the qualifier of “I trust”.
That said – NPR accounts for about 80% of my drive time.
Jim Jones
May 13, 2010 @
9:06 PM
UCGal wrote:I didn’t like [quote=UCGal]I didn’t like your choices, so I put “other answer”. I listen to NPR because it’s news when I’m driving, and I’m a news junkie. But I take all news stations with a grain of salt – so I didn’t feel comfortable with the qualifier of “I trust”.
That said – NPR accounts for about 80% of my drive time.[/quote]
UCGal
Just curious have you ever hear of AM radio? 🙂
enron_by_the_sea
May 13, 2010 @
11:08 PM
Sure, lefties rule NPR…. Sure, lefties rule NPR…. But is there any other station on radio that even comes close in quality???
Sadly by catering to the lowest common denominator, free market has killed (at least the news on) radio. NPR is about the only good source left for news and current events IMO.
MANmom
May 14, 2010 @
7:21 AM
I have an ongoing date on I have an ongoing date on Sunday morning with “Wait, Wait, don’t tell me!” People that see me on my runs can’t understand why I am laughing…
ocrenter
May 14, 2010 @
9:00 AM
I decided on the way to work I decided on the way to work to do a detailed comparison of NPR vs AM 760:
NPR: talked about SD schools doing better this year, a long segment on the oil spoil, including a small portion of an oil rig worker and his sob story about dealing with acute stress disorder and his need to sue, a long segment about Indian Muslim population and their daily adversities. (I give it slight left leaning).
AM 760: the “court of public opinion” is 100% for the Arizona immigrant law, Rick Roberts want to recall the ENTIRE SD city council and the ENTIRE school board. some guy called and called the city council idiots. (I give it extreme right)
svelte
May 17, 2010 @
7:11 AM
I listen to it once in a I listen to it once in a while, but not too often.
When they get into their extreme over-focus on Israel or one of their touchy-feely interviews (which seem oddly pre-staged to me, how can someone have a smarmy and/or witty comeback to every question?) then I change the station.
dbapig
May 17, 2010 @
12:48 PM
I’d pick the 1st choice but I I’d pick the 1st choice but I don’t like how it’s phrased.
Yes. I trust NPR and it makes my drive enjoyable
I listen to NPR and but would I say I trust NPR? I’d say I trust some of what I hear but but not 100%.
Same goes for FOX listeners. Sure you can listen to FOX but should you trust 100% of what you hear/see on FOX?
briansd1
May 17, 2010 @
1:40 PM
But can you really compare But can you really compare NPR to Fox? Style and substance are very different and leagues apart, in my opinion.
May 13, 2010 @ 3:18 PM
Today, I swapped cars with my
Today, I swapped cars with my younger brother and his radio was set to NPR, which he always thought was boring and only for old people. I was very surprised because he normally only listens to music.
May 13, 2010 @ 3:33 PM
briansd1 wrote:Today, I
[quote=briansd1]Today, I swapped cars with my younger brother and his radio was set to NPR, which he always thought was boring and only for old people. I was very surprised because he normally only listens to music.[/quote]
Is your brother in his mid/early 20s? That’s when I made the switch from pop-music stations to NPR. The switch was also motivated by Clear Channel’s complete takeover and gutting of the radio airwaves a few years back.
Clear Channel ruined radio in America.
May 13, 2010 @ 3:48 PM
I agree that Clear Channel
I agree that Clear Channel has done a ton of damage to radio, but I think the iPod/Smartphones played a bigger role in killing radio than they did.
May 13, 2010 @ 3:54 PM
Where is the “I listen to it
Where is the “I listen to it regularly but mentally filter the news stories for bias” option. Then again, who doesn’t?
(BTW, I may be the first registered Republican to get engaged on A Prairie Home Companion some years ago.)
May 13, 2010 @ 6:09 PM
I like a lot of their
I like a lot of their programming.
There was a segment though that I still remember which really influenced my perception of NPR.
It was Thanksgiving Day and the piece was all about the sad time murderers were having in jail on that day. How lonely they were, etc.
Not once in the whole piece, which was quite long and detailed, were the families of their victims mentioned. Perhaps some of those folks were lonely too.
That piece really opened my eyes to NPR slant which is really obvious once you start paying attention.
May 13, 2010 @ 8:28 PM
KSMountain wrote:I like a lot
[quote=KSMountain]I like a lot of their programming.
There was a segment though that I still remember which really influenced my perception of NPR.
It was Thanksgiving Day and the piece was all about the sad time murderers were having in jail on that day. How lonely they were, etc.
Not once in the whole piece, which was quite long and detailed, were the families of their victims mentioned. Perhaps some of those folks were lonely too.
That piece really opened my eyes to NPR slant which is really obvious once you start paying attention.[/quote]
KSM: But you’re missing the larger point: Prisoners are victims, too! Yup. They are. They have no choice and only through thoroughly indoctrinating the populace at large with pieces like that will we see that.
You know, Tookie Williams started writing children’s books while in prison. I bet NPR did a whole series on him and his “rehabilitation”. I don’t know if any of the relatives of the four people he shotgunned to death read them, but still…
Its kind of like that joke about “The Nation” magazine cover at the end of the world: “End of the World Coming, Poor and Minorities to Suffer Most”.
May 13, 2010 @ 9:07 PM
Allan from Fallbrook
[quote=Allan from Fallbrook][quote=KSMountain]I like a lot of their programming.
There was a segment though that I still remember which really influenced my perception of NPR.
It was Thanksgiving Day and the piece was all about the sad time murderers were having in jail on that day. How lonely they were, etc.
Not once in the whole piece, which was quite long and detailed, were the families of their victims mentioned. Perhaps some of those folks were lonely too.
That piece really opened my eyes to NPR slant which is really obvious once you start paying attention.[/quote]
KSM: But you’re missing the larger point: Prisoners are victims, too! Yup. They are. They have no choice and only through thoroughly indoctrinating the populace at large with pieces like that will we see that.
You know, Tookie Williams started writing children’s books while in prison. I bet NPR did a whole series on him and his “rehabilitation”. I don’t know if any of the relatives of the four people he shotgunned to death read them, but still…
Its kind of like that joke about “The Nation” magazine cover at the end of the world: “End of the World Coming, Poor and Minorities to Suffer Most”.[/quote]
Here is NPR’s ode to one of our nations finest criminals.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4608950
This is where the article is especially touching. What the hell were we thinking when we executed this guy? This is an injustice he had clearly been rehabilitated!
“Once behind bars, Williams says he found his own path to redemption. He re-educated himself, reading everything from the dictionary to law books. And he began writing children’s books — nine so far — and speaking out against gangs. He’s made public apologies for creating the Crips and adopting the gangster lifestyle.”
“Those efforts earned Williams a nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize, and may be a factor should Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger decide to grant him clemency. Williams could also appeal his original conviction to the U.S. Supreme Court.”
May 13, 2010 @ 9:10 PM
We don’t have Talk of The
We don’t have Talk of The Nation on KPBS anymore but I listen to it on my iPhone.
I enjoyed this story about family values in red states vs. blue states.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=126780035
Science Friday is a good show.
http://sciencefriday.com/
May 13, 2010 @ 9:13 PM
granted there are a lot of
granted there are a lot of sappy stories and the slight slant toward the left, but in general they do make an effort to be a legit objective news outlet.
whenever it gets too sappy or when they have their donation drives I switch to the AM talk radio side where the birthers rule the airway. I always return with a renewed appreciation for NPR.
May 13, 2010 @ 9:28 PM
ocrenter wrote: the slight
[quote=ocrenter] the slight slant toward the left [/quote]
OCR: “Slight slant to the left”? That’s like saying Hitler was “slightly” anti-Semitic. I don’t listen to Fox News, either, because of their “slight” slant to the right.
As long as you have clowns like Terry Gross on NPR and Sean Hannity on Fox, the national dialogue will suffer. Of course, my favorite apparatchik, Bill Moyers, finally gave up the ghost and retired from PBS, so maybe we’ll get some honest reportage there.
May 14, 2010 @ 6:57 AM
Allan from Fallbrook
[quote=Allan from Fallbrook][quote=ocrenter] the slight slant toward the left [/quote]
OCR: “Slight slant to the left”? That’s like saying Hitler was “slightly” anti-Semitic. I don’t listen to Fox News, either, because of their “slight” slant to the right.
As long as you have clowns like Terry Gross on NPR and Sean Hannity on Fox, the national dialogue will suffer. Of course, my favorite apparatchik, Bill Moyers, finally gave up the ghost and retired from PBS, so maybe we’ll get some honest reportage there.[/quote]
fine, you tell me where to turn to news here in SD. I have NOTHING but NPR if I don’t feel like listening about clues that Obama is really Kenyan or how do we close the border.
a lot of time I just end up reverting back to 1070, but then I don’t really need to hear about the 405 jammed up in LAX.
May 14, 2010 @ 7:17 PM
ocrenter wrote:Allan from
[quote=ocrenter][quote=Allan from Fallbrook][quote=ocrenter] the slight slant toward the left [/quote]
OCR: “Slight slant to the left”? That’s like saying Hitler was “slightly” anti-Semitic. I don’t listen to Fox News, either, because of their “slight” slant to the right.
As long as you have clowns like Terry Gross on NPR and Sean Hannity on Fox, the national dialogue will suffer. Of course, my favorite apparatchik, Bill Moyers, finally gave up the ghost and retired from PBS, so maybe we’ll get some honest reportage there.[/quote]
fine, you tell me where to turn to news here in SD. I have NOTHING but NPR if I don’t feel like listening about clues that Obama is really Kenyan or how do we close the border.
a lot of time I just end up reverting back to 1070, but then I don’t really need to hear about the 405 jammed up in LAX.[/quote]
OCRenter,
1170 KCBQ is a pretty good alternative to the Hannity and Limbaugh crowd. Its conservative, but not a 24 Republican good, Democrat bad rant.
May 14, 2010 @ 9:33 PM
Jim Jones
[quote=Jim Jones]
OCRenter,
1170 KCBQ is a pretty good alternative to the Hannity and Limbaugh crowd. Its conservative, but not a 24 Republican good, Democrat bad rant.[/quote]
thanks, will give it a try
May 14, 2010 @ 10:14 PM
Could it be that NPR leans
Could it be that NPR leans left because leftists believe in public broadcasting and rightists don’t? Could it be that AM talk leans right because rightists believe in private broadcasting and leftists don’t? Seems simple enough to me.
May 14, 2010 @ 11:17 PM
afx114 wrote:Could it be that
[quote=afx114]Could it be that NPR leans left because leftists believe in public broadcasting and rightists don’t? Could it be that AM talk leans right because rightists believe in private broadcasting and leftists don’t? Seems simple enough to me.[/quote]
Your logic seems a bit off. Are you saying that I as a taxpayer should support their belief in public broadcasting because they believe in it?
I believe that I need a new car, would you call your congressman to support my belief that I need a new car? This would be a public good because everyone would get the chance to hear and see my belief that I needed a new car as I drive it around town!
May 15, 2010 @ 1:07 AM
I have been listening to NPR
I have been listening to NPR for a decade. I trust them. I find things they tell interesting and broad. I don’t consider them lefties. I consider them more intellectual reporters.
I also switch to AM640, AM600, AM760, AM1170 sometimes. When I listen to these , there were many times I stopped to switch back to FM music or NPR, the reason:
AM radios most of the time are complaining about something (except a few good shows like Bill Handel, which are very informative). It’s so depressing listening to these complaints all the time.
John and Kent, limbaugh, Roger Hedgecock, Hanity are bunch of meanie guys specialized in complaining. Not to say I didn’t learn from these guys too. It’s informative to know their often selfcentered logics and once in a while, a few times, something worth thinking. It’s always good to know how some think!!!
May 16, 2010 @ 11:30 AM
Just a question. I’m
Just a question. I’m originally from the LA area. What is the San Diego equivalent to KNX1070? All news all the time and traffic/weather on the fives? I haven’t been able to find it, so I still just listen to KNX1070.
May 14, 2010 @ 9:50 AM
Allan from Fallbrook
[quote=Allan from Fallbrook]
As long as you have clowns like Terry Gross on NPR and Sean Hannity on Fox, the national dialogue will suffer. [/quote]
Terry Gross or Sean Hannity? Who is more civil, polite and considerate? I really wonder.
May 14, 2010 @ 7:20 PM
briansd1 wrote:Allan from
[quote=briansd1][quote=Allan from Fallbrook]
As long as you have clowns like Terry Gross on NPR and Sean Hannity on Fox, the national dialogue will suffer. [/quote]
Terry Gross or Sean Hannity? Who is more civil, polite and considerate? I really wonder.[/quote]
What does polite have to do with anything. The compliant media is why are nation is a 12% of GDP in debt.
Maybe Terry Gross should ask Obama about that instead of asking about his new dog.
May 14, 2010 @ 10:19 AM
weberlin wrote:
Is your
[quote=weberlin]
Is your brother in his mid/early 20s? That’s when I made the switch from pop-music stations to NPR. The switch was also motivated by Clear Channel’s complete takeover and gutting of the radio airwaves a few years back.
Clear Channel ruined radio in America.[/quote]
X2
[quote=briansd1][quote=Allan from Fallbrook]
As long as you have clowns like Terry Gross on NPR and Sean Hannity on Fox, the national dialogue will suffer. [/quote]
Terry Gross or Sean Hannity? Who is more civil, polite and considerate? I really wonder.[/quote]
Didn’t Terry Gross win Peabody Award for excellence in journalism?
May 14, 2010 @ 12:19 PM
jpinpb wrote:
Didn’t Terry
[quote=jpinpb]
Didn’t Terry Gross win Peabody Award for excellence in journalism?[/quote]
Yes she did.
Terry Gross is a small radio station journalist in Philadelphia with a national audience.
She interviews interesting personalities on the left and on the right.
30 years from now, Terry Gross’ interviews of historical figures will be replayed. But Sean Hannity? He’ll be long forgotten.
May 14, 2010 @ 12:27 PM
briansd1 wrote:
30 years from
[quote=briansd1]
30 years from now, Terry Gross’ interviews of historical figures will be replayed. But Sean Hannity? He’ll be long forgotten.[/quote]
But of course, turns out the Peabody is biased!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7qgLidXH3g
May 14, 2010 @ 12:34 PM
ocrenter, it’s interesting to
ocrenter, it’s interesting to me how conservatives like to rail against the liberal ivory tower.
But they are all clamoring for their kids to get it. And if they win an award, they display it proudly.
If “prestigious” awards or degrees were not so important, why fixate on them?
May 14, 2010 @ 6:40 PM
briansd1 wrote:….
Terry
[quote=briansd1]….
Terry Gross is a small radio station journalist in Philadelphia with a national audience.
She interviews interesting personalities on the left and on the right….[/quote]
I listen to Terry Gross, and often enjoy the show, which is usually not political. But when she does have a politician from the right on her show, she harangues them, not interviews them.
I listen exclusively to local public stations that rebroadcast a lot of NPR and BBC programming. But I am under no illusion – NPR wears its partisan left-wing politics on its sleeve.
May 13, 2010 @ 7:48 PM
NPR = National Proletariat
NPR = National Proletariat Radio
I refuse to listed to any of their programing except Market Place.
All they ever talk about in the news are those who are “disadvantaged” and need free stuff to be “equal”. They find a narrow special interest group then air their “victim-hood” for all of use to feed bad on our drive to work, where they then solicit listeners for contributions to fund their programing.
Their key demographic of “victims” is still in bed at home collecting a cheque while the taxpayer is driving to work, paying taxes and funding their pseudo “vicitim” journalism.
May 13, 2010 @ 9:04 PM
I didn’t like your choices,
I didn’t like your choices, so I put “other answer”. I listen to NPR because it’s news when I’m driving, and I’m a news junkie. But I take all news stations with a grain of salt – so I didn’t feel comfortable with the qualifier of “I trust”.
That said – NPR accounts for about 80% of my drive time.
May 13, 2010 @ 9:06 PM
UCGal wrote:I didn’t like
[quote=UCGal]I didn’t like your choices, so I put “other answer”. I listen to NPR because it’s news when I’m driving, and I’m a news junkie. But I take all news stations with a grain of salt – so I didn’t feel comfortable with the qualifier of “I trust”.
That said – NPR accounts for about 80% of my drive time.[/quote]
UCGal
Just curious have you ever hear of AM radio? 🙂
May 13, 2010 @ 11:08 PM
Sure, lefties rule NPR….
Sure, lefties rule NPR…. But is there any other station on radio that even comes close in quality???
Sadly by catering to the lowest common denominator, free market has killed (at least the news on) radio. NPR is about the only good source left for news and current events IMO.
May 14, 2010 @ 7:21 AM
I have an ongoing date on
I have an ongoing date on Sunday morning with “Wait, Wait, don’t tell me!” People that see me on my runs can’t understand why I am laughing…
May 14, 2010 @ 9:00 AM
I decided on the way to work
I decided on the way to work to do a detailed comparison of NPR vs AM 760:
NPR: talked about SD schools doing better this year, a long segment on the oil spoil, including a small portion of an oil rig worker and his sob story about dealing with acute stress disorder and his need to sue, a long segment about Indian Muslim population and their daily adversities. (I give it slight left leaning).
AM 760: the “court of public opinion” is 100% for the Arizona immigrant law, Rick Roberts want to recall the ENTIRE SD city council and the ENTIRE school board. some guy called and called the city council idiots. (I give it extreme right)
May 17, 2010 @ 7:11 AM
I listen to it once in a
I listen to it once in a while, but not too often.
When they get into their extreme over-focus on Israel or one of their touchy-feely interviews (which seem oddly pre-staged to me, how can someone have a smarmy and/or witty comeback to every question?) then I change the station.
May 17, 2010 @ 12:48 PM
I’d pick the 1st choice but I
I’d pick the 1st choice but I don’t like how it’s phrased.
Yes. I trust NPR and it makes my drive enjoyable
I listen to NPR and but would I say I trust NPR? I’d say I trust some of what I hear but but not 100%.
Same goes for FOX listeners. Sure you can listen to FOX but should you trust 100% of what you hear/see on FOX?
May 17, 2010 @ 1:40 PM
But can you really compare
But can you really compare NPR to Fox? Style and substance are very different and leagues apart, in my opinion.