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yellowwood (550 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 06:06 AM Original message |
NPR--Record Ratings |
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geckosfeet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 06:10 AM Response to Original message |
1. Diane Rehm?! Give me a break. NPR is perhaps near the top of the rubbish heap |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 06:11 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. I'm sorry that NPR won't spoonfeed you leftwing dogma and other liberal comfort food. |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 06:42 AM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Yeah, it's so much better to be spoonfed pseudo-intellectual centrist and rightwing tripe |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 06:58 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. snore. |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 07:34 AM Response to Reply #8 |
20. Well put - very well put actually. That is a good analogy to what they do with every story. |
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hootinholler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 08:19 AM Response to Reply #3 |
27. But if I don't listen to D.R. |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 08:34 AM Response to Reply #27 |
30. God forbid that you educate yourself on multiple sides of a given issue. |
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hootinholler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 11:51 AM Response to Reply #30 |
41. God forbid she ever have a progressive on to present both sides. |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 05:56 PM Response to Reply #41 |
53. She never has a progressive on her show? |
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yellowwood (550 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 06:24 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. I Can't Stand "Cartalk," Either |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 06:32 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. you don't like Car Talk? |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 07:21 AM Response to Reply #6 |
17. I hate cartalk. |
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ogneopasno (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 02:13 PM Response to Reply #6 |
50. Car Talk was great when it was about cars. Now it's a comedy/relationship show. |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 06:57 AM Response to Reply #4 |
11. Perfectly stated. |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 07:35 AM Response to Reply #4 |
21. Don't confuse NPR with your local Public Radio |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 08:34 AM Response to Reply #21 |
32. Car Talk is NPR... |
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geckosfeet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 04:22 PM Response to Reply #4 |
52. Car talk and This American Life I can listen to. Speaking of Faith actually has |
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Proud Liberal Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 06:59 AM Response to Reply #1 |
13. I don't listen to NPR quite as much as I used to |
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bushmeister0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 08:38 AM Response to Reply #13 |
34. Hmmm . . . I don't know. |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 06:10 AM Response to Original message |
2. This won't be good news for those who think the R in NPR stands for Republican. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 06:26 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. You're kidding |
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sufrommich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 06:37 AM Response to Original message |
7. NPR is the only interesting station on talk radio. It's got a |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 06:44 AM Response to Original message |
9. It has become a very misleading |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 07:14 AM Response to Reply #9 |
16. agreed, |
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realitythink (354 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 06:50 AM Response to Original message |
10. NPR used to be worth listening to |
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TreasonousBastard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 07:02 AM Response to Original message |
14. Didn't take long for the peanut gallery to chime in.. |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 07:27 AM Response to Reply #14 |
19. I surely wouldn't rely on NPR for the news. |
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Mike Daniels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 08:24 AM Response to Reply #14 |
29. Criticism about NPR from people who would gladly kiss Keith Olbermann's ass |
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a kennedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 07:05 AM Response to Original message |
15. I love my local radio WPR station......not the national NPR |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 07:25 AM Response to Original message |
18. Well for about 95% of America, it is the ONLY alternative to RW radio |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 08:38 AM Response to Reply #18 |
33. But it has become RW radio. nt |
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last_texas_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 09:30 AM Response to Reply #18 |
39. Great point |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 01:55 PM Response to Reply #39 |
47. bit of trivia. DId you know that that station in Houston is the only radio |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 07:37 AM Response to Original message |
22. If they'd give Juan Williams his pink slip, I'd contribute also. |
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mucifer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 07:58 AM Response to Original message |
23. Chicago NPR's local programming is much more liberal than their national news. |
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Strelnikov_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 08:06 AM Response to Original message |
24. 'Shape of earth . . opinions differ" n/t |
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bushmeister0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 08:09 AM Response to Original message |
25. Nice Polite Republicans. |
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yellowwood (550 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 08:34 AM Response to Reply #25 |
31. Neocons |
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bushmeister0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 09:00 AM Response to Reply #31 |
37. This time, at least, there was no competent person opposing. |
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Iwillnevergiveup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 08:14 AM Response to Original message |
26. IMHO |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 12:12 PM Response to Reply #26 |
46. yes. I like apples better than oranges. How about you? n/t |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 08:20 AM Response to Original message |
28. My Money Goes To Specific NPR Affiliates... |
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Peacetrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 08:47 AM Response to Original message |
35. Love NPR, Love Garrison Keillor, Love Science Friday, Love my jazz and pop |
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roody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 08:49 AM Response to Original message |
36. Since my life is not driven by the stock market, |
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MinM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 09:12 AM Response to Original message |
38. NPR had 3 worthwhile shows: Day to Day, Here & Now, and On the Media |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 09:34 AM Response to Original message |
40. I like NPR, Truly the most balanced new sourse out there. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
42. NPR = mouthpiece of the upper middle class. I stopped listening years ago. nt |
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Kalyke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
43. In the South, it's the only radio station that's not blatently slanted right. |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
44. i usually listen in the mornings and on the drive home |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
45. We are cut from the same cloth. |
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Burma Jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
48. NPR is OK.....I try to read the news and get any commentary from Stewart and Colbert..... |
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Fireweed247 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
49. oh bullshit |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 05:29 AM Response to Reply #49 |
54. Nice post, Fireweed. nt |
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ogneopasno (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
51. I like "On the Media," "This American Life" and "WWDTM." But I really started hating on NPR when |
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