Has NPR lost America’s trust?

[Anonymous]

I stopped listening to NPR every day because it’s intellectually boring. It is the same progressive themed stories day after day. No curiosity for ideas that don’t touch on race and sexual orientation. Those are important topics to cover, but there’s entire world of ideas to talk about.

Occasionally DH and I will turn it on for nostalgia.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Npr went from being a thoughtful, intelligent platform that was great for learning about nuanced topics to a whiny woke mouthpiece for obscure grievance politics. I'm totally sick of it and have moved on to podcasts.

This exactly. It’s just so boring!

[Anonymous]

Kai ryssdal’s voice just really does it for me.

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Anonymous wrote:The phenomenon whereby progressives immediately resort to ad hominem name calling (MAGA, Trumper, deplorable, etc.) when challenged with any criticism whatsoever is the precise dynamic that has driven NPR deeper into their partisan rabbit warren.

This. It's incredibly sad. And I don't mean that in a sarcastic way. It does make me sad because I think that it's impacting things like NPR that I used to like and value.

100% agree. Wow. I’m no trumper and not right wing in the least. NPR lost me and I’m bummed out about it. It was the soundtrack of my twenties and thirties.

And 100% with this response. I left NPR behind during the Trump years, and miss what it once offered.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Npr went from being a thoughtful, intelligent platform that was great for learning about nuanced topics to a whiny woke mouthpiece for obscure grievance politics. I'm totally sick of it and have moved on to podcasts.

+1 Amen

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I stopped listening to NPR every day because it’s intellectually boring. It is the same progressive themed stories day after day. No curiosity for ideas that don’t touch on race and sexual orientation. Those are important topics to cover, but there’s entire world of ideas to talk about.

Occasionally DH and I will turn it on for nostalgia.

+1 I used to be a consistent yearly donor. Not any more!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Has npr changed, or have you/we changed?

The reality is most people become more conservative as they age. Not maga trumper conservative, but certainly less tolerant of super duper way of the deepend lefty stuff.

A lot of npr remains fairly middle of the road or left of center, but the kooky stuff rises to the top and skews the overall perception.

I think you’ve changed. Age makes you more easily annoyed…which is why you find some of npr annoying.

Nope, I don’t buy it. Sorry, NPR lost the plot.

[Anonymous]

Totally twee reporting. I don’t love it, but I’m not good at finding new outlets and just a creature of habit. I listen to it in my car until I can’t stand it anymore.

[Anonymous]

I'm pretty conservative and a Trump voter. I used to listen to it in the car during carpool so I could get a wide variety of news. After Trump was elected, they spiraled into straight partisan opinion instead of balanced, fact-based human interest stories. I guess they thought it was their mandate, but I can't go along for the ride.

[Anonymous]

More than its biased politics, the fact that NPR has dumbed everything down lost me. I stopped listening when they decided they needed to explain what a bank is on Planet Money. “A place where you stash money!” I didn’t know their target audience is kindergarteners.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:More than its biased politics, the fact that NPR has dumbed everything down lost me. I stopped listening when they decided they needed to explain what a bank is on Planet Money. “A place where you stash money!” I didn’t know their target audience is kindergarteners.

They have to start from scratch now because instead of education they are providing thoughtless indoctrination. It is a travesty. It was such an amazing source and they used all their reputation by helping education get to its lowest levels of critical thinking ever.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Consider this viewpoint from a man who worked at NPR for 25 years:

https://www.allsides.com/news/2024-04-09-0723/media-bias-i-ve-been-npr-25-years-here-s-how-we-lost-america-s-trust

Do you agree with Uri Berliner’s view? Or is he wrong?

This is a thoughtful and worthwhile read.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Totally twee reporting. I don’t love it, but I’m not good at finding new outlets and just a creature of habit. I listen to it in my car until I can’t stand it anymore.

But it's always been overly twee. Which is why I was never a heavy listener. Basically I only listened to Morning Edition, and I still listen to Morning Edition (and the occasional Fresh Air if they have an author of interest). Seems the same to me!

(Also the Hunter laptop story was and still is complete bullsh!t.)

[Anonymous]

NPR is the constant mouthpiece for the Establishment. They live to protect and insulate the rich, privileged, and powerful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NPR is the constant mouthpiece for the Establishment. They live to protect and insulate the rich, privileged, and powerful.

I actually agree with a few points in the original piece, but find generalizations like the above so dumb. Here’s a prime example of NPR protecting the rich and powerful. Only not:

https://www.npr.org/2024/03/31/1241923492/a-billionaires-land-purchases-in-rural-hawaii-have-locals-worried