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gottaB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 05:33 AM Original message |
When did NPR jump the shark? |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 05:44 AM Response to Original message |
1. When they canned Bob Edwards |
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gottaB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 05:55 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. I only listen on the web nowadays |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 10:50 AM Response to Reply #1 |
28. Forever, you just didn't notice. From 1998-2000 all they really did |
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icymist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 10:57 AM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Yup! NPR is dangerous because, since the mid 80's it pretended... |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 01:30 PM Response to Reply #28 |
49. Good call on their shilling of tech stocks, AP |
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keithyboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 05:46 AM Response to Original message |
2. Won't be sending any more money to them. |
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lojasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 05:54 AM Response to Original message |
3. About eighteen months ago |
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MarkTwain (902 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 07:18 AM Response to Original message |
5. Although it's been gradual... |
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gottaB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 07:26 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. nice analogy, Starbucks |
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radwriter0555 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 07:44 AM Response to Original message |
7. about 2 years ago they went corporate. Now they're National Propaganda |
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BiggJawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 07:53 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. But they air "A Prairie Home Companion", so stop saying that! |
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gulfcoastliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 09:15 AM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Praire Home Companion |
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jdsmith (612 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 10:06 AM Response to Reply #10 |
18. _Prairie Home Companion_ is actually a Public Radio International program |
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BiggJawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 11:54 AM Response to Reply #18 |
38. OK, maybe I should've said "Car Talk" or "Whaddayaknow?"... |
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UDenver20 (403 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 06:58 PM Response to Reply #38 |
52. Car Talk |
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BiggJawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 10:05 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. Yeah, but mechanicals hold no terror for me. |
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ibegurpard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 10:37 AM Response to Reply #10 |
25. I love "Prairie Home Companion" |
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gauguin57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 12:56 PM Response to Reply #25 |
47. i make tapes of garrison's |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 12:11 PM Response to Reply #10 |
39. I can sometimes enjoy... |
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goddess40 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 07:48 AM Response to Original message |
8. The right is trying to get rid of public radio/tv |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 07:54 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Its a ref to Happy Days |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 10:03 AM Response to Reply #11 |
17. Website here... |
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goddess40 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 05:04 PM Response to Reply #17 |
50. thanks |
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Stephanie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 07:49 AM Response to Original message |
9. Cokie Roberts |
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BiggJawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 07:54 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Mara Liason, Juan Williams... |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 10:01 AM Response to Reply #9 |
16. Agreed!!! |
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sal (321 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 10:33 AM Response to Reply #16 |
24. Juan Williams host of TOA |
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ljm2002 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 08:33 AM Response to Original message |
13. During the run-up to Election 2000 |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 08:46 AM Response to Original message |
14. When they allowed "experts" from the Heritage Institute to |
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yella_dawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 10:15 AM Response to Reply #14 |
20. What's up with that? |
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jdsmith (612 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 10:24 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. "Liberals" give leeway to argument culture types |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 12:14 PM Response to Reply #14 |
41. and... |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 12:22 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. You mentioned even more reasons why I think they have slid |
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jdsmith (612 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 10:10 AM Response to Original message |
19. McNPR: Around 1994 |
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Ann Arbor Dem (900 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 10:40 AM Response to Reply #19 |
26. Fortunately there are NPR affiliates like WEMU and WDET |
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misanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 11:39 AM Response to Reply #19 |
33. I'm calling bulls#!t on this one... |
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jdsmith (612 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 11:41 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. So what's your station? |
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jdsmith (612 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 11:47 AM Response to Reply #33 |
37. I see from another post that you're in Mobile |
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Selwynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
22. I've never turned to NPR for political commentary, however.... |
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jdsmith (612 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 11:09 AM Response to Reply #22 |
30. How about "On Point"? |
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Selwynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 11:46 AM Response to Reply #30 |
36. I don't get On Point, but I do get Tavis Smiley! Great show. |
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NeonLX (472 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
23. What scares me is... |
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cheezus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
27. All I see is people whining that it's not liberal enough |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 12:16 PM Response to Reply #27 |
42. They are worse than whores... |
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bullimiami (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
31. It must have been Bushco |
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misanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
32. What color is the sky in your world?... |
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gottaB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 11:42 AM Response to Reply #32 |
35. When did the NYT jump the shark? |
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PROGRESSIVE1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 12:14 PM Response to Reply #35 |
40. The NYT is not that bad! I still read them and they are not being.... |
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gottaB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 01:19 PM Response to Reply #40 |
48. I used to think they were the best |
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Stephanie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 06:55 PM Response to Reply #35 |
51. David Brooks |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 12:26 PM Response to Reply #32 |
45. Horsepuckey. |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
44. When they started focusing on boomer lifestyle features... |
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robbedvoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-04 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
46. Right after the coup. The W adoration was pouring out non-stop |
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