NPR vs. Elon Musk

[Alma]

1) Fair enough. And being labeled as "left leaning" by you isn't actual evidence of it.
2) I never said I think the U.S. should have government-funded media organizations. I think the exact opposite of that.

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.

 

[Scout]

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.

 

[I Should Coco]

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.

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!

 

[Pilot]

I try to imagine what the center is in my own mind, and go from that. NPR sits to the left of that.

But, probably what ABC Radio News used to be. Perhaps even what NPR used to be. It isn't that now.

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.

 

[Twirling Time]

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

 

[dixiehack]

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.

The home of Paul Harvey, natch.

 

[swingline]

Good day!

 

[CD Boogie]

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...

 

[MeanGreenATO]

NPR is leaving Twitter:

 

[Azrael]

Good.

 

[Scout]

Bold move.

 

[MeanGreenATO]

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?