Why is NPR allowed to be so far left?

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Anonymous wrote:I vote democrat and even I think that NPR is liberal BS. This morning they spent my commute time interviewing a male police officer who decided to become a woman in his 40s or 50s. Can't they just report the news?

So don't listen?

What else is there to listen to? I listen because I expect a centrist bi partisan pov. It's never that.

Are we listening to the same NPR? They have centrist conservative commentators on ALL THE TIME. Unfortunately, they themselves are exasperated by their own party most of the time because of the batshit crazy things GOP leaders are saying and doing.

If you were a fan of Reagan and Bush Sr, you should be a fan of what conservative commentators on NPR are saying. They levy fair criticisms of both Obama's and the extreme right's policies (not that Obama is an "extreme leftist"). Hillary Clinton is a center-right candidate in pretty much any other democracy in the world.

I will agree I hear more criticism of Obama on npr than any other left-biased media. Making them only slightly left? Left but not afraid to allow room for criticism (my theory is they are just negative all the time* so it fits). However HRC is NOT center right. *I* am the epitome of center right (very center, very slightly right), and I disagree with her on almost every issue. Only area we'd agree is foreign policy. So I guess she's center right on FP (and that makes sense as I guess the libs are always naming her a warhawk.)

*negatuvd all the time = yep, they feed off of a negative news story. Ones that are as hopeless and contentious as possible. All of the music/beats they play in between segments give me momentary depression. Stuff I would have listened to when I was 21. In my emo phase.

It doesn't matter what you "think" - by any normal measure by political scientists who study ideology across the world, Hillary Clinton is a center-right politician. This is a FACT, no matter how much you personal despise her. Do you even know what a truly candidate calls for? They are even more "radical" than even Bernie Sanders.

Here is a "political compass" plot based on policy positions and statement made by the candidate. HRC is centre right.



https://www.politicalcompass.org/uselection2016

Nice, this really deserves its own thread!!

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Central America is a violent hellhole.

But, sure, let's make fun of terrorized kids whose dream is to be able to skateboard without serious fear of getting shot or kidnapped or any number of other horrible things.

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Anonymous wrote:Central America is a violent hellhole.

But, sure, let's make fun of terrorized kids whose dream is to be able to skateboard without serious fear of getting shot or kidnapped or any number of other horrible things.

I know, right? I feel like it's the moral responsibility of journalists to cover this stuff. Comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable, and all that.

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Anonymous wrote:Central America is a violent hellhole.

But, sure, let's make fun of terrorized kids whose dream is to be able to skateboard without serious fear of getting shot or kidnapped or any number of other horrible things.

I know, right? I feel like it's the moral responsibility of journalists to cover this stuff. Comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable, and all that.

But this is part and parcel of the modern conservative mindset - they shouldn't even have to think about all those icky problems facing migrants, African-Americans, the poor, underinsured, disabled vets, and refugees from a Middle East debacle we created. That's why they get pissed off about Black Lives Matter and just want "those people to shut up." Being wealthy and conservative means never having to have those problems on your doorstep or interacting with those people.

It's a truly f#cked up mindset. That's why they blather on about "libtard guilt," SWJs, etc etc etc - they can't handle even thinking about all the f#cked up realities that face those less fortunate than themselves. And hence why they call NPR covering stories that pop their bubble of the ideal America as "leftist" and "liberal." It's a total inability to want to even hear about people leading different lives and facing real struggles (no, your company's taxes and regulatory compliance are not a real "struggle"....)

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Okay - I just looked up Rachel Martin and I am shocked she is a white woman from Idaho. I thought she was African American from an east coast city because of all the stories she puts on the Sunday morning show dealing with minorities and inner cities.

Anyhow, her background is not what I expected. But she is still completely and totally liberal and biased in her coverage .

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I was curious about this federal money. I pulled up a GAO study on what NPR got. Money for high definition radio research. Money for cultural and musical programming. Money for programming for the deaf and blind. I think there was a small grant for the election and the 2008 economic crisis.

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Anonymous wrote:NPR seems pretty mainstream to me.

Our radios are set to NPR in our cars, bedroom, office, and kitchen. We listen to it all the time, but their interviews frequently "lean left." We're fairly conservative, and I find it rather amusing that their interviewers will frame questions in a way that sets up the conservative candidate or policy as "concerning to many Americans." So obvious. Of course, they're using perfect English and speaking with a well-modulated, concerned tone of voice to express their thoughts.

NPR has "conservative" voices on all the time - David Brooks, Ross Douthout, etc. Lots of in-depth stories about religion. They are also frequent critics of Obamacare, national security policies, lack of accountability of police and local governments, and (lack of) whistleblower protections. WAMU in DC is extremely critical of the DC government.

I feel that they've always been fair and stuck to the facts.

+1. I think people who complain how "liberal" it is don't listen to it all that much. And can't handle when a news organization doesn't puppet their own views like Fox.

I listen to NPR a lot. Every day during my commute to and from work, sometimes while I'm working, and on the weekends while I'm cleaning house. I think NPR has a clearly liberal slant and I'm pretty socially liberal. But they definitely push pro-illegal immigration stories and other various lefty social issue human interest stories. This includes during their news programming like Morning Edition. Many of their correspondents are clearly anti-Trump.

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I don't care what LGTQ people do. I don't know anyone who does.

Mike Pence says hi.

I meant they can do what they want. I have a ton of conservative family not a single one gives a flying crap about where anyone goes the bathroom or any other of these wedge issues NPR constantly shoves down viewers' throats. It is totally a lefty propaganda arm. I listen to it at work and it's frequently nauseating and phony.

Apparently all those folks in states like NC that are actively working to regulate bathroom use didn't get the memo.

I'd advise you not to listen to NPR if it bothers you so much.

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Anonymous wrote:NPR seems pretty mainstream to me.

Our radios are set to NPR in our cars, bedroom, office, and kitchen. We listen to it all the time, but their interviews frequently "lean left." We're fairly conservative, and I find it rather amusing that their interviewers will frame questions in a way that sets up the conservative candidate or policy as "concerning to many Americans." So obvious. Of course, they're using perfect English and speaking with a well-modulated, concerned tone of voice to express their thoughts.

NPR has "conservative" voices on all the time - David Brooks, Ross Douthout, etc. Lots of in-depth stories about religion. They are also frequent critics of Obamacare, national security policies, lack of accountability of police and local governments, and (lack of) whistleblower protections. WAMU in DC is extremely critical of the DC government.

I feel that they've always been fair and stuck to the facts.

+1. I think people who complain how "liberal" it is don't listen to it all that much. And can't handle when a news organization doesn't puppet their own views like Fox.

I listen to NPR a lot. Every day during my commute to and from work, sometimes while I'm working, and on the weekends while I'm cleaning house. I think NPR has a clearly liberal slant and I'm pretty socially liberal. But they definitely push pro-illegal immigration stories and other various lefty social issue human interest stories. This includes during their news programming like Morning Edition. Many of their correspondents are clearly anti-Trump.

Big deal. 68 percent of the country is anti-Trump. He's making a mockery of the presidency.

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I emailed them using the link ombudsman link on previous page. Maybe nobody ever bothers to waste their time bringing this issue to their attention.

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Anonymous wrote:NPR seems pretty mainstream to me.

Our radios are set to NPR in our cars, bedroom, office, and kitchen. We listen to it all the time, but their interviews frequently "lean left." We're fairly conservative, and I find it rather amusing that their interviewers will frame questions in a way that sets up the conservative candidate or policy as "concerning to many Americans." So obvious. Of course, they're using perfect English and speaking with a well-modulated, concerned tone of voice to express their thoughts.

NPR has "conservative" voices on all the time - David Brooks, Ross Douthout, etc. Lots of in-depth stories about religion. They are also frequent critics of Obamacare, national security policies, lack of accountability of police and local governments, and (lack of) whistleblower protections. WAMU in DC is extremely critical of the DC government.

I feel that they've always been fair and stuck to the facts.

+1. I think people who complain how "liberal" it is don't listen to it all that much. And can't handle when a news organization doesn't puppet their own views like Fox.

I listen to NPR a lot. Every day during my commute to and from work, sometimes while I'm working, and on the weekends while I'm cleaning house. I think NPR has a clearly liberal slant and I'm pretty socially liberal. But they definitely push pro-illegal immigration stories and other various lefty social issue human interest stories. This includes during their news programming like Morning Edition. Many of their correspondents are clearly anti-Trump.

12:00 here. Exactly--thank you.

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Big deal. 68 percent of the country is anti-Trump. He's making a mockery of the presidency.

like I said, thinking humans beings are anti-trump

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Anonymous wrote:Okay - I just looked up Rachel Martin and I am shocked she is a white woman from Idaho. I thought she was African American from an east coast city because of all the stories she puts on the Sunday morning show dealing with minorities and inner cities.

Anyhow, her background is not what I expected. But she is still completely and totally liberal and biased in her coverage .

So you still aren't a fan of hers but now that you know she's white and from Idaho you don't outright despise her anymore.

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Anonymous wrote:Don't we pay for this? It's basically MSNBC radio. Non stop Trump bashing, non stop white guilt, non stop LGTQ crap, and every other hour is at least one sympathetic reference to immigration (both legal and illegal).

I don't care what LGTQ people do. I don't know anyone who does.

Have you considered that maybe you are very far to the right. I mean objectively speaking, if a news source is simply reporting what Trump said, then it is what it is. You cannot defend overt racism, sexism and stupidity.

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Re: the constant LGBTQ stories on NPR...I totally agree with the PP who says that most people are not that interested in these issues.

Or as Ann Coulter said - She doesn't hate gay people but she is beyond tired of the whole gay marriage issue and would happily never hear about it again. Let's MOVE ON.

Gays make up less than 4% of the population and transgender people probably less than point 4% of the population and yet they seem to dominate the news coverage these days. (Social issues news stories)

NPR's agenda is clearly - let's push this agenda (gay marriage is wonderful; choosing to "be" the opposite sex is a totally normal choice) until the cows come home (or Christians surrender, whichever comes first.)

If you are old fashioned and have old fashioned morals and values, NPR is not interested in doing a story about you (except to use you to make a point about how wrong and backwards you are etc.)