DSK wrote:

....But they don't tell you that NPR carries many of President
Bush's speeches, interviews with General Tommy Franks, etc etc. Boy talk
about a leftist agenda!


Curtis CCR wrote:
I have to agree. I listen to NPR regularly. While I think some of
the programming on our local NPR member station could be considered
fairly liberal. I find much of the NPR programming to be very
objective.

Thank you Curtis. Some of our local station's stuff is rather bogus,
too... like gay lifestyle programs and such. And of course, I happen to
like Prairie Home Companion but think Garrison Kiellor is an idiot when
he tries to talk politics. Some people can't seperate the two.


I would say that much of it is pretty damned boring.

They mumble a lot too. I have to turn up the volume louder for NPR than
anything else including old Pink Floyd albums.


"...In an interview with Talkers Magazine, Mr. Edwards gave a
surprising answer when asked what kind of people listen to NPR.

"'Bright people,' he replied. 'People of all economic strata. It's a
whiter audience than we would like and we're trying to fix that.'

"Now substitute 'GOP Chairman Ed Gillespie' for Bob Edwards and
'Republican Party' for National Public Radio and think what the
reaction would be to a statement that could be read to imply that
white people are somehow brighter..."

I would construe it as saying that he thinks there are too many white
people in the lower economic strata

DSK



Where NPR really shines is in the presentation of really long news
takes, long interviews, lots of questions, even difficult ones,
persistent questioning, discussing the depths of an issue, both on
Morning Edition and All Things Considered. I also like Diane Rehm;s
show, even with her continuing voice problems.

I suspect the depth of the news shows puts off those who like itty bitty
soundbites.

--
"There's an old saying in Tennessee - I know it's in Texas, probably in
Tennessee - that says, fool me once, shame on - shame on you. Fool me -
you can't get fooled again." -George W. Bush, Nashville, Tenn., Sept.
17, 2002