NPR vs. Elon Musk

1. No, it's not. But NPR is left-leaning.
2. I think it's time for NPR to go out on its own and see what it can do.

 

If NPR was state run, the story today about the marine never sees the light of day.

Does it lean left? Slightly. The art of Musk today proves that.

Does it edit trash and non-stories out if the news? Without a doubt. Is more non-stories spewed by the right? Probably.

 

Does NPR's programming lean left, and attracts those types of listeners, or do public radio's potential listeners lean left, affecting NPR's programming?

Chicken, egg.

I'm not sure there's any room on commercial radio -- or what's left of commercial radio -- for any type of talk programming that isn't right-wing or sports, though. Most fans of liberal political talk are going the podcasting route these days.

Or they come here!

 

I can’t help but laugh at the idea that we’re supposed to have the slightest idea what the political ideology of freaking ABC RADIO used to be.

 

Does the Scotts Corporation still fire employees for just a trace of nicotine?

 

The home of Paul Harvey, natch.

 

Good day!

 

Musk, the idiot who wants to crowdsource the news to build the modern media, instead of relying on trained experts and verified sources.

Citizen journalists? Oh, yeah, no harm in that. How about he try the same tack first in building rockets and electric vehicles. Citizen engineers before citizen journalists? What harm could that do...

 

NPR is leaving Twitter:

 

Good.

 

Bold move.

 

At this point, it's clear Elon is going to crater Twitter into the ground. Between that and the fact that most people don't actually use Twitter and it doesn't drive any traffic, what's the point of being on the site?