Belly35
Posts: 9,716
Mar 9, 2011 6:51am
NPR …. Good reasons to cut their funding
This is where our tax dollars go … to worthless, greedy, bias, anti-American organization. Let save the tax payer 89 million and cut the NPR funding now.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/03/08/npr-exec-caught-camera-slamming-tea-party-republicans/?test=latestnews
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/09/us/09npr.html?_r=1
This is where our tax dollars go … to worthless, greedy, bias, anti-American organization. Let save the tax payer 89 million and cut the NPR funding now.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/03/08/npr-exec-caught-camera-slamming-tea-party-republicans/?test=latestnews
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/09/us/09npr.html?_r=1
CenterBHSFan
Posts: 6,115
Mar 9, 2011 8:30am
I read some of that when I signed online this morning.
I don't know why the government has to donate to media anyway.
I'm getting a little tired of hearing about O'Keefe.
I don't know why the government has to donate to media anyway.
I'm getting a little tired of hearing about O'Keefe.
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Footwedge
Posts: 9,265
Mar 9, 2011 12:17pm
NPR a liberal station? Not hardly. The audience is split down the middle.
Mr. 300
Posts: 3,090
Mar 9, 2011 12:19pm
Audience? Maybe.Footwedge;704891 wrote:NPR a liberal station? Not hardly. The audience is split down the middle.
Management? Liberal all the way, and they make no bones about it.
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queencitybuckeye
Posts: 7,117
Mar 9, 2011 12:20pm
"The audience is split down the middle. "
The content is not. This is how one measures such things unless they're just intending to be argumemtative by making shit up.
The content is not. This is how one measures such things unless they're just intending to be argumemtative by making shit up.
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Con_Alma
Posts: 12,198
Mar 9, 2011 12:20pm
Footwedge;704891 wrote:... The audience is split down the middle.
There should be no reason they shouldn't have the ability to be self-sustaining with such a split audience.
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fan_from_texas
Posts: 2,693
Mar 9, 2011 12:20pm
Footwedge;704891 wrote:NPR a liberal station? Not hardly. The audience is split down the middle.
I'm certainly a conservative, and I listen to NPR. I think it's fair to say that they're left-leaning, though they generally at least make a pretense of presenting both sides.
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wkfan
Posts: 1,641
Mar 9, 2011 12:44pm
Seems that nearly everyone who has replied to this post agrees that NPR is on the left side of the political spectrum.
For those of you who are on the left....should our tax dollars go to fund a conservative radio network???
If a tax dollar supported organization takes one side or the other politically (i.e. NPR, Planned Parenthood, etc), their governmental funding should be cut to zero.
Let them rely on fundraisers, bake sales, etc....maybe even make them form a PTA....
For those of you who are on the left....should our tax dollars go to fund a conservative radio network???
If a tax dollar supported organization takes one side or the other politically (i.e. NPR, Planned Parenthood, etc), their governmental funding should be cut to zero.
Let them rely on fundraisers, bake sales, etc....maybe even make them form a PTA....
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analogkid
Posts: 62
Mar 9, 2011 1:16pm
And who decides what the middle is? And if we can define it, how much wiggle room do we give them? Is there any new organization that is truly in the middle?
CenterBHSFan
Posts: 6,115
Mar 9, 2011 1:54pm
To me I don't care if the news is right or left - what business is it of our government to donate monies to it?
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stlouiedipalma
Posts: 1,797
Mar 9, 2011 1:56pm
Sounds like we need a litmus test of sorts, so that we can weed out the liberal organizations and take away their funding. I think there should be a media-based committee set up to explore this, with Rupert Murdoch as its chairman.
Skyhook79
Posts: 5,739
Mar 9, 2011 1:58pm
Yeah, not that your missing the point.stlouiedipalma;705082 wrote:Sounds like we need a litmus test of sorts, so that we can weed out the liberal organizations and take away their funding. I think there should be a media-based committee set up to explore this, with Rupert Murdoch as its chairman.
Thread Bomber
Posts: 1,851
Mar 9, 2011 2:03pm
stlouiedipalma;705082 wrote:Sounds like we need a litmus test of sorts, so that we can weed out the liberal organizations and take away their funding. I think there should be a media-based committee set up to explore this, with Rupert Murdoch as its chairman.
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wkfan
Posts: 1,641
Mar 9, 2011 2:06pm
CenterBHSFan;705078 wrote:To me I don't care if the news is right or left - what business is it of our government to donate monies to it?
This.
I would vote for removing the politics from all newscasts and returning to the roots of true journalism....report the news, don't make the news, slant the news, put your 'spin' on the news, etc.
This goes for all news sources...expecially ones that I pay for.
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stlouiedipalma
Posts: 1,797
Mar 9, 2011 2:13pm
wkfan;705095 wrote:This.
I would vote for removing the politics from all newscasts and returning to the roots of true journalism....report the news, don't make the news, slant the news, put your 'spin' on the news, etc.
This goes for all news sources...expecially ones that I pay for.
A vast majority of network and cable-based "news" outlets would disappear if this happened, not that it's a bad thing. Jeez, that would mean that a lot of people would have to think for themselves when it comes to politics and elections.
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wkfan
Posts: 1,641
Mar 9, 2011 2:15pm
The vast majority of them would not be missed......stlouiedipalma;705105 wrote:A vast majority of network and cable-based "news" outlets would disappear if this happened, not that it's a bad thing.
Imagine that.....and what a wonderful world it would bestlouiedipalma;705105 wrote:Jeez, that would mean that a lot of people would have to think for themselves when it comes to politics and elections.
Belly35
Posts: 9,716
Mar 9, 2011 2:16pm
This is not about class, viewership and where they fall into the demographic of America ..this is just simply wrong and waste of tax money.
The era of Federal Funding of organizations of any type is OVER … Acorn, Plan Parenthood, Community Serves, Faith Base, Public , NPR wake-up the buck stops now. If an organization can’t support itself on the merit of its cause … so be the failure.
The era of Federal Funding of organizations of any type is OVER … Acorn, Plan Parenthood, Community Serves, Faith Base, Public , NPR wake-up the buck stops now. If an organization can’t support itself on the merit of its cause … so be the failure.
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queencitybuckeye
Posts: 7,117
Mar 9, 2011 2:21pm
Skyhook79;705086 wrote:Yeah, not that your missing the point.
Purely intentional, so instead of being stupid, he's an asshole.
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Footwedge
Posts: 9,265
Mar 9, 2011 2:57pm
Really? Management at NPR claim to be liberal? Show me a link supporting your claim. You can state your opinion on what you think their content is...but don't post erroneous statements regarding the management's stated position.Mr. 300;704898 wrote:Audience? Maybe.
Management? Liberal all the way, and they make no bones about it.
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Footwedge
Posts: 9,265
Mar 9, 2011 3:01pm
I would have hoped so....but it won't happen...because Americans prefer listening to train wrecks....from both fringe sides of the politial spectrum.Con_Alma;704900 wrote:There should be no reason they shouldn't have the ability to be self-sustaining with such a split audience.
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Footwedge
Posts: 9,265
Mar 9, 2011 3:02pm
What?queencitybuckeye;704899 wrote:"The audience is split down the middle. "
The content is not. This is how one measures such things unless they're just intending to be argumemtative by making shit up.
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stlouiedipalma
Posts: 1,797
Mar 9, 2011 3:08pm
Here's my take
All government funding, grants or assistance for any and all non-governmental programs or activities needs to end today or ASAP. That's a pretty broad sweep of the brush, but that's tough shit.
All government funding, grants or assistance for any and all non-governmental programs or activities needs to end today or ASAP. That's a pretty broad sweep of the brush, but that's tough shit.
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BoatShoes
Posts: 5,703
Mar 9, 2011 3:11pm
I don't know I'd rather have a news organization be supported by tax dollars providing some incentive to stay unbiased than get all of its funding from say, George Soros, and have only an incentive to promote his "anti-american, anti-white male, anti-christian socialist/marxist anti-nascar" worldview.
But as a practical matter, NPR receives no direct funding from the Congress. See the link
hubbub.wbur.org/2010/10/22/npr-funding
But as a practical matter, NPR receives no direct funding from the Congress. See the link
hubbub.wbur.org/2010/10/22/npr-funding
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Footwedge
Posts: 9,265
Mar 9, 2011 3:11pm
Fair enough. However I would question your choice of words in using "pretense". Sort of like the "pretense" that Rupert Murdoch's show is "fair and balanced"...no?fan_from_texas;704901 wrote:I'm certainly a conservative, and I listen to NPR. I think it's fair to say that they're left-leaning, though they generally at least make a pretense of presenting both sides.
The guy with the highest ratings by far and away....was the 10AM guy...forget his name.....but he was clearly a middle of the road person.
Belly35
Posts: 9,716
Mar 9, 2011 3:13pm
stlouiedipalma;705177 wrote:Here's my take
All government funding, grants or assistance for any and all non-governmental programs or activities needs to end today or ASAP. That's a pretty broad sweep of the brush, but that's tough shit.
OMG ..... We agree.............