Audie Cornish leaving NPR

[Anonymous]

I’m sick of 90% OpEds with no logic provided for context or facts. Your “argument” will continue to fail with the center if you don’t build up your premises and block & tackle obvious questions. Ie do your actual research, not cherry picking BS.

[Anonymous]

I have listened to them much less because I've been WFH a lot, so, no commute.

But on my local station, I found a lot of the "both sides" attempts to be incredibly frustrating. They'd present some basically factual story, but then it would be like "and lets hear from someone who disagrees", and give air time to someone with no facts stating a (right wing) opinion.

I think the issue is probably as someone said early thread. The options for strong radio personalities are much wider than the past. Probably mixed in with a bunch of office culture stuff that is frankly a problem in most large instituations.

[Anonymous]

She comments on it more in this thread

[Anonymous]

Why did they get rid of her

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why does everyone on NPR have weird names I love it.

+1. Lol

[Anonymous]

NPR’s Sunday programming sucks.

I will miss Audie.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:She comments on it more in this thread

Good thread. If I were her, I’d be a little annoyed by others using my departure for their own agendas.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not sure what's going on, but it sounds like she's been at NPR for over 20 years. Maybe she needs a new challenge? Or maybe it's NPR? Not sure I understand Ari Shapiro's "it's a crisis" comment when AC was there for so many years. Seems like she would want to explore something new, but I could be wrong.

Not Audie. And then I just saw Maria Hinojosa. NOOOOOOO!!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maybe so many are leaving because they know NPR is not the unslanted, middle of the road, fair reporting that it used to be. It’s basically another CNN/FOX now.

You must not listen to NPR b/c that is definitely not the case. Just stop it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:She is my number 1 favorite journalist. The most talented there is. Unfortunately, NPR's programming choices have taken a nosedive. Jenn White is absolutely BORING. Boring choices for guests and topics. Maybe Audie got tired of the political correctness.

I hate Jenn White. I loved Michele Martin. So sad when her show got cancelled.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would love it if NPR brought in some centrist or centrist-right talent to balance the programming.

I've been an NPR fan for 20+ years, but it has been way, way too leftist in recent years. I know this can just be me, right? It has become the radio version of MSNBC.

I realize this will never happen, but I may eventually just tune out entirely.

Maybe they can find another Jenn White. She is mostly balanced compared to that nitwit, Joshua Johnson

Joshua Johnson was MUCH better!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I used to listen to NPR every day during the drive to and from work, but even as a lifelong democrat it just got too left wing for me so I stopped. Not every story needs to be reported through the lens of race and/or gender/sexuality. I still consume a bunch of NPR stuff, but more of it is through podcasts like Serial, This American Life, Wait Wait Don't Tell Me and such.

So full of it. If anything, I get annoyed because they don't question anything. You say it got too left and then you mention the most liberal shows on the radio. Seriously? Serial? This American Life? Wait Wait Don't Tell Me? Now I know you are lying.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would love it if NPR brought in some centrist or centrist-right talent to balance the programming.

I've been an NPR fan for 20+ years, but it has been way, way too leftist in recent years. I know this can just be me, right? It has become the radio version of MSNBC.

I realize this will never happen, but I may eventually just tune out entirely.

As a European listener, it doesn't seem leftist as much as non-questioning. The US is very much a right-of-center country, and your Democrats aren't progressive or leftist whatsoever! They replace actual social policy-making with "woke" concepts, which is useless lip service to social ideals. So for me, coming from interviews on certain TV and radio channels of various European countries, and expecting interviewers to ask the hard questions, I tune into NPR, and it's just a gentle stream of centrist, or left-of-center warbling. Warbling being the operative word. There is no fight. NPR could broaden its listener base if it could actually make their interviewees squirm a little more, and come at them from all sides of the political spectrum.

This is OP - and I agree ^. Whenever I listen to the BBC it's so clear that those interviews are more - this isn't quite the right word - combative. The interviewers challenge the subjects a lot more than American interviewers do. It would be interesting to see if the BBC model could ever work here - I don't know. Seems like our hosts let sources speak, and listeners to make of it what they will, a lot more.

I firmly agree, too, that NPR is far from a "leftist" organization. Arguably the podcasts are more so, but the on-air shows? No way.

I like NPR and WAMU and more balanced than most mainstream stations.
And, I wonder how BBC style would work in US.
Too often lately balanced means X minutes to Party Y’s representative spewing talking points politely challenged.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:She is my number 1 favorite journalist. The most talented there is. Unfortunately, NPR's programming choices have taken a nosedive. Jenn White is absolutely BORING. Boring choices for guests and topics. Maybe Audie got tired of the political correctness.

I hate Jenn White. I loved Michele Martin. So sad when her show got cancelled.

She's great, but she still hosts Weekend All Things Considered.

[Anonymous]

TIL Audie Cornish is black. Lol I had no idea till I opened the twitter thread linked.