Save NPR and PBS

[Anonymous]

Bias is just as much about what is not reported as it is about what is reported.

My job is related to a topic that is very high profile. I know topic very well and I have seen NPRs reporting on it omit critical facts in order to present the issue in a particular way. Facts have a “liberal bias” only when you want them to.

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Anonymous wrote:If it's that good, it can stand on its own, right?

NP, no it can’t. PBS stations don’t run advertising and what they air has education value and not commercial value. Many stations can survive via fund raising but in remote areas the money isn’t there.

The CEO of pbs lives in a mansion outside Roundhill.

Long overdue to let them stand on their own

There are a lot of rural communities like rural Kansas where public broadcasting is the only way they have to get local news, weather, high school sports, agricultural updates and so on. Smoky Hills PBS serves 1.2 Kansans over 71 counties. They are going to be gutted, losing half of their budget.

Seems Trump gives even less of a shit about rural "flyover country" than the democrats do.

To me, this is the biggest issue and one of the most misunderstood.

NPR and PBS address the issue of "news desserts." If everything were privatized, and profit margins were the goal, then there would be absolutely no local news in so many places throughout the United States. If you care about everything having access to the news --and the government SHOULD care-- then you have to support NPR and PBS.

[Anonymous]

They have to make it until 2029, that’s it. I honestly don’t know where to get reliable news or tv worth watching. The guardian, and I subscribe to britbox and acorn on prime, but that’s not much.

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Anonymous wrote:If it's that good, it can stand on its own, right?

NP, no it can’t. PBS stations don’t run advertising and what they air has education value and not commercial value. Many stations can survive via fund raising but in remote areas the money isn’t there.

The CEO of pbs lives in a mansion outside Roundhill.

Long overdue to let them stand on their own

There are a lot of rural communities like rural Kansas where public broadcasting is the only way they have to get local news, weather, high school sports, agricultural updates and so on. Smoky Hills PBS serves 1.2 Kansans over 71 counties. They are going to be gutted, losing half of their budget.

Seems Trump gives even less of a shit about rural "flyover country" than the democrats do.

Well then they should have been more responsible and reported the news such as high school sports and weather and ag reports; and avoided progressive nonsense.

I’m a former NPR listener who was shocked by how biased it had become in recent years. Can you imagine if a public radio had dared report with a conservative lens?

They 100% deserve this.

They do their best. How would you go about being "neutral" when one side consists of typical politicians while the other side lies, then claims any fact checking is biased?

I’ve Been at NPR for 25 Years. Here’s How We Lost America’s Trust.

Uri Berliner, a veteran at the public radio institution, says the network lost its way when it started telling listeners how to think.

https://www.thefp.com/p/npr-editor-how-npr-lost-americas-trust



Their best isn't good enough. Even former employees are down on them.

I tried reading that but it's paywalled...got a link that I can actually read?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Bias is just as much about what is not reported as it is about what is reported.

My job is related to a topic that is very high profile. I know topic very well and I have seen NPRs reporting on it omit critical facts in order to present the issue in a particular way. Facts have a “liberal bias” only when you want them to.

NPR absolutely has a liberal bias and it's not about the facts. Last time I tried to listen it took 5 minutes to get through the initial discussion of all the "intersectionalities" in the topic and major events were covered by writing about how COVID affected trans workers, as one example.

[Anonymous]

Why can’t they just sell commercial spots and survive in the marketplace like regular TV and radio?

With all the fundraising begging they do every hour as it is, I might as well be hearing commercials anyway.

Seriously though - if they can’t exist on their own, that’s an indication that they shouldn’t exist at all.

[Anonymous]

Media all are somewhat biased depending on their audience, but NPR and PBS couldn't be more neutral than other news organization, especial for PBS, most of programs are for kids, education, history, no for-profit media will make those and news program is also very moderate with a little left leaning.
Because they couldn't lie like Fox news, then it's liberal bias, it just shows your bias.

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Anonymous wrote:Bias is just as much about what is not reported as it is about what is reported.

My job is related to a topic that is very high profile. I know topic very well and I have seen NPRs reporting on it omit critical facts in order to present the issue in a particular way. Facts have a “liberal bias” only when you want them to.

NPR absolutely has a liberal bias and it's not about the facts. Last time I tried to listen it took 5 minutes to get through the initial discussion of all the "intersectionalities" in the topic and major events were covered by writing about how COVID affected trans workers, as one example.

So they're liberal because in the short time you listened they happened to acknowledge that trans people exist?

[Anonymous]

Wait, ABC, CNN, MSNBC are biased. But we need PBS. How can that be?

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Anonymous wrote:If it's that good, it can stand on its own, right?

NP, no it can’t. PBS stations don’t run advertising and what they air has education value and not commercial value. Many stations can survive via fund raising but in remote areas the money isn’t there.

The CEO of pbs lives in a mansion outside Roundhill.

Long overdue to let them stand on their own

There are a lot of rural communities like rural Kansas where public broadcasting is the only way they have to get local news, weather, high school sports, agricultural updates and so on. Smoky Hills PBS serves 1.2 Kansans over 71 counties. They are going to be gutted, losing half of their budget.

Seems Trump gives even less of a shit about rural "flyover country" than the democrats do.

Well then they should have been more responsible and reported the news such as high school sports and weather and ag reports; and avoided progressive nonsense.

I’m a former NPR listener who was shocked by how biased it had become in recent years. Can you imagine if a public radio had dared report with a conservative lens?

They 100% deserve this.

As has been pointed out many times, reality has a liberal bias. Sorry about your feelings.

I imagine that a liberal's brain is full of 20 slogans that appear in their minds when agitated, like a Magic 8 Ball. "Every accusation is a confession/projection!" "History will judge you!" "Reality has a liberal bias!"

It's like there's a hamster in a wheel powering their brains, searching for the right slogan or accusation to throw out. Pathetic.

I’m sorry, can you show me on doll where the educated people hurt your feelings, snowflake?

No hurt feelings here. It's defunded from tax payer subsidies. Progress.

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Anonymous wrote:If it's that good, it can stand on its own, right?

NP, no it can’t. PBS stations don’t run advertising and what they air has education value and not commercial value. Many stations can survive via fund raising but in remote areas the money isn’t there.

The CEO of pbs lives in a mansion outside Roundhill.

Long overdue to let them stand on their own

There are a lot of rural communities like rural Kansas where public broadcasting is the only way they have to get local news, weather, high school sports, agricultural updates and so on. Smoky Hills PBS serves 1.2 Kansans over 71 counties. They are going to be gutted, losing half of their budget.

Seems Trump gives even less of a shit about rural "flyover country" than the democrats do.

Well then they should have been more responsible and reported the news such as high school sports and weather and ag reports; and avoided progressive nonsense.

I’m a former NPR listener who was shocked by how biased it had become in recent years. Can you imagine if a public radio had dared report with a conservative lens?

They 100% deserve this.

They do their best. How would you go about being "neutral" when one side consists of typical politicians while the other side lies, then claims any fact checking is biased?

I’ve Been at NPR for 25 Years. Here’s How We Lost America’s Trust.

Uri Berliner, a veteran at the public radio institution, says the network lost its way when it started telling listeners how to think.

https://www.thefp.com/p/npr-editor-how-npr-lost-americas-trust



Their best isn't good enough. Even former employees are down on them.

TheFP? That is a proto-MAGA rag

It hired Tyler Cowen and the Tiger Mom’s predatory DH. It’s clearly a cash grab.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Free_Press_(Bari_Weiss_media)

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If it's that good, it can stand on its own, right?

NP, no it can’t. PBS stations don’t run advertising and what they air has education value and not commercial value. Many stations can survive via fund raising but in remote areas the money isn’t there.

The CEO of pbs lives in a mansion outside Roundhill.

Long overdue to let them stand on their own

There are a lot of rural communities like rural Kansas where public broadcasting is the only way they have to get local news, weather, high school sports, agricultural updates and so on. Smoky Hills PBS serves 1.2 Kansans over 71 counties. They are going to be gutted, losing half of their budget.

Seems Trump gives even less of a shit about rural "flyover country" than the democrats do.

Well then they should have been more responsible and reported the news such as high school sports and weather and ag reports; and avoided progressive nonsense.

I’m a former NPR listener who was shocked by how biased it had become in recent years. Can you imagine if a public radio had dared report with a conservative lens?

They 100% deserve this.

They do their best. How would you go about being "neutral" when one side consists of typical politicians while the other side lies, then claims any fact checking is biased?

I’ve Been at NPR for 25 Years. Here’s How We Lost America’s Trust.

Uri Berliner, a veteran at the public radio institution, says the network lost its way when it started telling listeners how to think.

https://www.thefp.com/p/npr-editor-how-npr-lost-americas-trust



Their best isn't good enough. Even former employees are down on them.

TheFP? That is a proto-MAGA rag

It hired Tyler Cowen and the Tiger Mom’s predatory DH. It’s clearly a cash grab.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Free_Press_(Bari_Weiss_media)

Don't care. The person who wrote the article worked at NPR. He spilled the beans. I'm sure you don't like that. Too bad.

[Anonymous]

While I hate that educational programming will suffer, I'm all for PBS and NPR going out on their own. Those of us who enjoy them (like me) can contribute and hopefully make up for the loss.

This is where some of those billionaires could come in handy right now.

Both PBS and NPR could offer educational programming, plus be the liberal alternative to FOX. Forget impartiality, no more federal funds no more "both sides."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why can’t they just sell commercial spots and survive in the marketplace like regular TV and radio?

With all the fundraising begging they do every hour as it is, I might as well be hearing commercials anyway.

Seriously though - if they can’t exist on their own, that’s an indication that they shouldn’t exist at all.

The idea is that they can be free to report what they want and it doesn't matter if Bob's Big House of Furniture likes it or not. And, there's an idea that it's for the public good, and we can/should have media that is not purely about what Bob's Big House of Furniture is will to pay for.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why can’t they just sell commercial spots and survive in the marketplace like regular TV and radio?

With all the fundraising begging they do every hour as it is, I might as well be hearing commercials anyway.

Seriously though - if they can’t exist on their own, that’s an indication that they shouldn’t exist at all.

The idea is that they can be free to report what they want and it doesn't matter if Bob's Big House of Furniture likes it or not. And, there's an idea that it's for the public good, and we can/should have media that is not purely about what Bob's Big House of Furniture is will to pay for.

Isn't that how cable is supposed to work? Consumers pay for the content they want. Never mind the fact that they still show ads.

Reminds me of my college's students voting for the college radio station to go to AOR programming because we didn't like what the college DJs were spinning.