Has NPR lost America’s trust?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did they do any surveys asking why the Latino and Black listening numbers didn't increase with the new programming? I don't think they like the woke programming either. The article mentioned a hip hop show being cancelled, did they throw in constant intersectionalities into that programming as well? There are tons of places to listen to hip hop discussion that aren't tainted with leftist political beliefs.

Please humor me and let me know which hip hop shows don't have a liberal viewpoint so that I can laugh at you.

For me as a black women, it is just the opposite. Don't try to determine what we like or don't like. Most of like "woke". I know you hate that. They used to have really amazing black themed shows. Michele Martin had the BEST show! So many others. They always cancel them. I stopped listening because I believe that they don't invest in black shows. I still listen to Latino USA and other diverse shows. You should listen. You might learn something.

I’m not the PP but there is an entire genre of conservative hip hop shows out there. The fact you don’t know this just demonstrates your bubble. They are common enough that famously liberal Rolling Stone wrote about it:

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/akademiks-rumble-far-right-platform-hip-hop-1234713809/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NPR can stick to its guns on the direction it took and continue to lose listeners, it's up to them. Many listeners including me have moved on to on demand podcasts and news stories.

NPR has been the same for the last 40 years. You changed, NPR didn't. All people have moved to more podcasts. That has nothing to do the broadcasting, that is how people now listen to shows.

They did not lose 18 million listeners due to podcasts. Some, yes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NPR can stick to its guns on the direction it took and continue to lose listeners, it's up to them. Many listeners including me have moved on to on demand podcasts and news stories.

NPR has been the same for the last 40 years. You changed, NPR didn't. All people have moved to more podcasts. That has nothing to do the broadcasting, that is how people now listen to shows.

NPR has plenty of podcasts. Their podcasts have the same problem as NPR generally. This is why I dropped Up First from my morning routine. The move to podcasts is not the problem.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I do still generally like NPR, but I find the CONSTANT discussion of race and gay/trans stuff very off putting. There's so much to the world than all this stupid racial/sexual identity crap.

I am not surprised they have lost a big portion of the audience.

It’s not constant.

It never stops. And I am a raging lefty.

Who doesn’t actually listen to it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NPR can stick to its guns on the direction it took and continue to lose listeners, it's up to them. Many listeners including me have moved on to on demand podcasts and news stories.

NPR has been the same for the last 40 years. You changed, NPR didn't. All people have moved to more podcasts. That has nothing to do the broadcasting, that is how people now listen to shows.

NPR has plenty of podcasts. Their podcasts have the same problem as NPR generally. This is why I dropped Up First from my morning routine. The move to podcasts is not the problem.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I do still generally like NPR, but I find the CONSTANT discussion of race and gay/trans stuff very off putting. There's so much to the world than all this stupid racial/sexual identity crap.

I am not surprised they have lost a big portion of the audience.

It’s not constant.

It never stops. And I am a raging lefty.

Who doesn’t actually listen to it.

Then there are those like you who pretend nothing's wrong.

[Anonymous]

I wish NPR leadership would read these comments and respond. Maybe even a former employee could respond. I am really curious to hear from somebody, other than Uri Berlinier, who works there. Anybody willing to chime in?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I do still generally like NPR, but I find the CONSTANT discussion of race and gay/trans stuff very off putting. There's so much to the world than all this stupid racial/sexual identity crap.

I am not surprised they have lost a big portion of the audience.

It’s not constant.

It never stops. And I am a raging lefty.

Who doesn’t actually listen to it.

Then there are those like you who pretend nothing's wrong.

I would not say there is nothing wrong, but there are a lot of posters on here exaggerating about the number of stories about people from marginalized groups. I listen regularly and the number of grievance stories is way down from what it was 2-3 years ago. If they are saying it's all the time, they either haven't listened lately or they aren't really paying attention.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I do still generally like NPR, but I find the CONSTANT discussion of race and gay/trans stuff very off putting. There's so much to the world than all this stupid racial/sexual identity crap.

I am not surprised they have lost a big portion of the audience.

It’s not constant.

It never stops. And I am a raging lefty.

Who doesn’t actually listen to it.

Then there are those like you who pretend nothing's wrong.

I would not say there is nothing wrong, but there are a lot of posters on here exaggerating about the number of stories about people from marginalized groups. I listen regularly and the number of grievance stories is way down from what it was 2-3 years ago. If they are saying it's all the time, they either haven't listened lately or they aren't really paying attention.

PP here. I haven't listened in 3 years. In order to regain all those millions of listeners like me, maybe they need to address the fact that they went in a wrong direction and have rectified their errors.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I do still generally like NPR, but I find the CONSTANT discussion of race and gay/trans stuff very off putting. There's so much to the world than all this stupid racial/sexual identity crap.

I am not surprised they have lost a big portion of the audience.

It’s not constant.

It never stops. And I am a raging lefty.

Who doesn’t actually listen to it.

Then there are those like you who pretend nothing's wrong.

I would not say there is nothing wrong, but there are a lot of posters on here exaggerating about the number of stories about people from marginalized groups. I listen regularly and the number of grievance stories is way down from what it was 2-3 years ago. If they are saying it's all the time, they either haven't listened lately or they aren't really paying attention.

PP here. I haven't listened in 3 years. In order to regain all those millions of listeners like me, maybe they need to address the fact that they went in a wrong direction and have rectified their errors.

I've listened recently and it still seems like this to me. Sure, the main story is not in this vein, but it's like they'll go out of their way to find someone to comment or talk about it that has this type of angle

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I do still generally like NPR, but I find the CONSTANT discussion of race and gay/trans stuff very off putting. There's so much to the world than all this stupid racial/sexual identity crap.

I am not surprised they have lost a big portion of the audience.

It’s not constant.

It never stops. And I am a raging lefty.

Who doesn’t actually listen to it.

Then there are those like you who pretend nothing's wrong.

I would not say there is nothing wrong, but there are a lot of posters on here exaggerating about the number of stories about people from marginalized groups. I listen regularly and the number of grievance stories is way down from what it was 2-3 years ago. If they are saying it's all the time, they either haven't listened lately or they aren't really paying attention.

PP here. I haven't listened in 3 years. In order to regain all those millions of listeners like me, maybe they need to address the fact that they went in a wrong direction and have rectified their errors.

I've listened recently and it still seems like this to me. Sure, the main story is not in this vein, but it's like they'll go out of their way to find someone to comment or talk about it that has this type of angle

+1. Even Up First doesn't give you just the biggest stories of the day, which is actually what I need to feel up to speed. It gives you a story or two, and then a story with an angle. At least, that's what was happening before I stopped listening 6 months ago.

[Anonymous]

I am pleased to see Jeff moved this topic to “entertainment,” since it acknowledges NPR is little more than a bizarre form of woke entertainment in 2024, with no actual news content.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am pleased to see Jeff moved this topic to “entertainment,” since it acknowledges NPR is little more than a bizarre form of woke entertainment in 2024, with no actual news content.

This is untrue. There is plenty of news content. You may not be interested in the stories, but they are still factual news stories.

Better than your Fox "news" or OAN.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I do still generally like NPR, but I find the CONSTANT discussion of race and gay/trans stuff very off putting. There's so much to the world than all this stupid racial/sexual identity crap.

I am not surprised they have lost a big portion of the audience.

It’s not constant.

It never stops. And I am a raging lefty.

Who doesn’t actually listen to it.

Then there are those like you who pretend nothing's wrong.

I would not say there is nothing wrong, but there are a lot of posters on here exaggerating about the number of stories about people from marginalized groups. I listen regularly and the number of grievance stories is way down from what it was 2-3 years ago. If they are saying it's all the time, they either haven't listened lately or they aren't really paying attention.

PP here. I haven't listened in 3 years. In order to regain all those millions of listeners like me, maybe they need to address the fact that they went in a wrong direction and have rectified their errors.

So you consider any news stories or including perspective from marginalized groups "wrong"?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I do still generally like NPR, but I find the CONSTANT discussion of race and gay/trans stuff very off putting. There's so much to the world than all this stupid racial/sexual identity crap.

I am not surprised they have lost a big portion of the audience.

It’s not constant.

It never stops. And I am a raging lefty.

Who doesn’t actually listen to it.

Then there are those like you who pretend nothing's wrong.

I would not say there is nothing wrong, but there are a lot of posters on here exaggerating about the number of stories about people from marginalized groups. I listen regularly and the number of grievance stories is way down from what it was 2-3 years ago. If they are saying it's all the time, they either haven't listened lately or they aren't really paying attention.

PP here. I haven't listened in 3 years. In order to regain all those millions of listeners like me, maybe they need to address the fact that they went in a wrong direction and have rectified their errors.

So you consider any news stories or including perspective from marginalized groups "wrong"?

DP. You know that’s not what people are saying. Of course including diverse perspectives isn’t “wrong” and personally I welcome it. It’s just when that swamps reporting.