Anybody listen to NPR any more? I just caught the first half hour of

[rurallib]

talk of the nation. They had some right wing former congressman on. He hit all the talking points with nary a challenge from the host. He described the mob as well informed. No challenge.
I have been listening to NPR since probably 1974. They were once excellent. Now I cringe when I drive because my choices are shitty music, RW radio and NPR.
And no I won't get XM and I really don't want to listen to CDs. This is America. We are supposed to have choice. Real choice.

[HowHasItComeToThis]

1. NPR HAS BEEN DESTROYED BY THE RIGHT

[Doctor_J]

2. You do have a choice

you can get right-wing propaganda with commercials or without.

[BlooInBloo]

11. Win.

[mullard12ax7]

3. Yes, you're right, they've got lying repuglicants on there constantly

but we do have a choice, choose to turn NPR off. I did. It's that easy, just like all the advertisers who are ditching Glenn Beck. If media sources choose to commit suicide, I don't have to listen to it while they do.

[rurallib]

8. I really like to have the radio on when I drive. I am a radiophile

but in my area I am down to NPR as a choice. I feel like a vegan at a hog roast. I get a skinny ear of corn.

[woo me with science]

4. I stopped listening to NPR and switched to C-SPAN

a long time ago...except for shows like Click and Clack or This American Life.

It's C-SPAN all the way for me, now. Probably the least-filtered news source we have left.

[BOSSHOG]

5. Don't Drive like my brother

[woo me with science]

7. Don't drive like MY brother. nt

[canoeist52]

6. Pisses ya off doesn't it? The only good thing about NPR is lack of

"advertizing"....chuckles...

[rurallib]

9. Well they only have about half as much advertising.

[rwork]

10. I heard the Republican

Say we have ideas on health care, but the Democrats won't listen to us. What ideas? Health care savings accounts.

Also a few minutes later on a different subject a caller out the host filling in for Neil Conan about an all right wing panel.
She shot him down.

[glinda]

12. Yes. I heard it. I like NPR for the most part but was disappointed at the lack of

counter speak. It was very lopsided.
MPR od mid-MN (MN Public Radio) biggest advertiser sponsor now is the St. Cloud Chamber of Commerce. I can see where that is going. MPR down the tubes.

[rurallib]

16. St. Cloud chamber of commerce!??!

and if you ask them there will say there is no influence on programming or content.

[glinda]

18. Yup! The Chamber of Horrors.

[DebbieCDC]

13. NPR has gone totally RW

I can't stand to listen to them anymore

[asdjrocky]

Not public radio at all any more.

They give one side now, the corporate side. It's a shame because I used to play jazz overnights on a college station that ran npr.

It really is sad.

[AuntPatsy]

14. Your choice is to no longer listen to them, and you have a choice

to no longer buy any products that are advertised on their stations...its very simple really, I don't believe we the people honestly understand just how much power we have and that we have always had choices, we have simply made the wrong ones.

[rurallib]

17. seldom listen anymore - nut when I am in the car ...... see posts above.

[Jane Austin]

15. I used to listen without fail.

Now I never do.

[saltpoint]

19. Prefer it to the rest of the pack but like it less than ever before.

I don't care for their Religion correspondent at all.

And I could do without Juan Williams and Cokie Roberts.

[Iris]

20. I listen to "The Take Away" on a local public radio station. Check it out (link in message)

http://www.thetakeaway.org/

[Cresent City Kid]

21. I listen to Fresh Air on the way home from work

The San Antonio public station has a lot of programming from PRI (Public Radio International) as well as NPR. I guess I'm lucky to find non-offensive programming during my commute. I'm pulling into work as "Talk of the Nation" starts, so if I'm not missing anything, thanks for the heads up. Sorry about your plight.