I'd never really listened to NPR in my life, until I was traveling last year, in the car in Ohio, and tired of music from my phone after so many hours. So I start going around the radio and end up on NPR. What a load of shit that was. I'm not sure they had a single point that wasn't about racism or faggotry. Even if you thought something wasn't going that way at first, it would eventually get there. I haven't turned it on again since I got out of range. Garbage.
NPR was always leftist, but it didn’t go full-on neo-Marxist until ~2013/2014. That’s when social media took off and Obama got his second term, which was roughly the time that radical leftism metastasized from academia to the general public. The second inflection point was, of course, Trump winning in 2016. At that point, NPR transformed fully into democrat state propaganda, paid for with our tax dollars.
That's true for their woke racist sexist type programming, but their quality started taking a nosedive and it corresponded to when they got female hosts in the early 2000s.
Bob Edwards actually had integrity and put in the work, but in 2004 got forced out of Morning Edition by Renee Montange and Inskeep (who nobody liked). NPR got progressively more and more feminine, and now All Things Considered has 3 out of 4 female hosts. A couple years before Bob got the axe they added a couple women, but the Edwards ouster was the turning point.
The women just don't have the journalistic integrity and don't do the work. I've heard them report fake news that even doing one google search would have told them was false (despite Google's bias), so they didn't even put in that much work. It's pathetic.
Every time I turn it on I play a game with myself: How long until they mention one of the following: 1) Racism, 2) faggotry, 3) climate change or 4) "Income inequality". It's almost always less than a minute.
I can't stand the "NPR style" tone and diction that all their reporters have when speaking. It's simultaneously sounds gravely concerned about whatever they're talking about and condescending to the listener. I'm not alone, as I've seen comedy skits mocking it.
Urban coastal ex-barista reporters imitating their betters, particularly petty-bourgeoisie yuppies who schmoozed their way in.
I find NPR habitually patronizing by virtue of being an aural opiate. Always reassuring the fearful flock that if they take establishment blue-pills their lives, downing box-wine in studio apartments stained with cat-urine, are fuzzy and wholesome. One month in 2016, there was some pre-recorded cheery spiel on repeat about how all the cynicism and toxicity (relating to politics) in life and social media can simply be tuned out; sounded straight out of some dystopian flick. Another opinion segment took the utter true-believer stance that politicians that believe politics is honest behave honorably and vice-versa for the crooked; stated intent over merit and results. I learned to bear my 7:30 commute with no more than the sound of traffic. I also realized that for the current generation, the conventional-minded had the potential paths of compliance or faux-rebellion carved out for them.
Edit: forgot to include the lucky strikes scene from mad-men.
The true pain of it all is that at one time it was very aligned with middle american values. I used to listen in the 90’s. Saturday mornings weren’t complete without “wait wait dont tell me“ and Prairie Home Companion. Listening now is a sadly dystopian experience. Whining sounds of miserable victimhood mentality.
How INTERESTING that they decided to leave instead of proving in court that Twitter deliberately defamed them by lying with the intention of causing damages. Interesting since that's exactly how they frame it, which would make it illegal. It's almost as though their own lawyers agree that a court would agree that they are State Affiliated Media
Haha I guess sometimes there’s a bit of a gulf between “what we’re willing to say in a news release to our fans” vs “what we’re willing to say in a court of law under oath and with a burden of proof.”
Merely labelling them correctly sent them running to the hills. There's no reason for them to respond like this unless the efficacy and success of their operations in part relies upon people being unaware of whose interests they truly represent.
I can think of another group of people that behave in the exact same manner. Another group that, when identified, recoils, wounded.
'I've been found out'.
(EDIT: I hadn't even seen this when I wrote this post. So it really is 100% about keeping joe public unaware of who pays them. It's an open secret that they rely on the average pleb being oblivious to.)
Yeah, ngl, I found this odd the last time this came up, seeing as that is literally what it is…
I see zero issue with it. Same with PBS, the BBC, Deutsche Welle et al.
If they are a public broadcaster, they should have no problem with being labeled one, IMHO, so…
Apart from some weird “guilt by association” thing (like how most property developers don’t want to be called “property developers”, because the term is so hated now), I really don’t see the problem, from their end… 🤷🏻♂️
And nothing of value was lost.
I'd never really listened to NPR in my life, until I was traveling last year, in the car in Ohio, and tired of music from my phone after so many hours. So I start going around the radio and end up on NPR. What a load of shit that was. I'm not sure they had a single point that wasn't about racism or faggotry. Even if you thought something wasn't going that way at first, it would eventually get there. I haven't turned it on again since I got out of range. Garbage.
NPR was always leftist, but it didn’t go full-on neo-Marxist until ~2013/2014. That’s when social media took off and Obama got his second term, which was roughly the time that radical leftism metastasized from academia to the general public. The second inflection point was, of course, Trump winning in 2016. At that point, NPR transformed fully into democrat state propaganda, paid for with our tax dollars.
That's true for their woke racist sexist type programming, but their quality started taking a nosedive and it corresponded to when they got female hosts in the early 2000s.
Bob Edwards actually had integrity and put in the work, but in 2004 got forced out of Morning Edition by Renee Montange and Inskeep (who nobody liked). NPR got progressively more and more feminine, and now All Things Considered has 3 out of 4 female hosts. A couple years before Bob got the axe they added a couple women, but the Edwards ouster was the turning point.
The women just don't have the journalistic integrity and don't do the work. I've heard them report fake news that even doing one google search would have told them was false (despite Google's bias), so they didn't even put in that much work. It's pathetic.
It's almost like women don't belong in the workplace because they bring down the quality of everything.
The moment I noticed when I was still a leftie was when NPR began pushing the pro-refugee narrative during the Syria proxy war.
Every time I turn it on I play a game with myself: How long until they mention one of the following: 1) Racism, 2) faggotry, 3) climate change or 4) "Income inequality". It's almost always less than a minute.
I can't stand the "NPR style" tone and diction that all their reporters have when speaking. It's simultaneously sounds gravely concerned about whatever they're talking about and condescending to the listener. I'm not alone, as I've seen comedy skits mocking it.
Urban coastal ex-barista reporters imitating their betters, particularly petty-bourgeoisie yuppies who schmoozed their way in.
I find NPR habitually patronizing by virtue of being an aural opiate. Always reassuring the fearful flock that if they take establishment blue-pills their lives, downing box-wine in studio apartments stained with cat-urine, are fuzzy and wholesome. One month in 2016, there was some pre-recorded cheery spiel on repeat about how all the cynicism and toxicity (relating to politics) in life and social media can simply be tuned out; sounded straight out of some dystopian flick. Another opinion segment took the utter true-believer stance that politicians that believe politics is honest behave honorably and vice-versa for the crooked; stated intent over merit and results. I learned to bear my 7:30 commute with no more than the sound of traffic. I also realized that for the current generation, the conventional-minded had the potential paths of compliance or faux-rebellion carved out for them.
Edit: forgot to include the lucky strikes scene from mad-men.
The true pain of it all is that at one time it was very aligned with middle american values. I used to listen in the 90’s. Saturday mornings weren’t complete without “wait wait dont tell me“ and Prairie Home Companion. Listening now is a sadly dystopian experience. Whining sounds of miserable victimhood mentality.
That barely crossed my mind, explains how it grasped onto upstanding public sentiment during the past decade.
How INTERESTING that they decided to leave instead of proving in court that Twitter deliberately defamed them by lying with the intention of causing damages. Interesting since that's exactly how they frame it, which would make it illegal. It's almost as though their own lawyers agree that a court would agree that they are State Affiliated Media
Haha I guess sometimes there’s a bit of a gulf between “what we’re willing to say in a news release to our fans” vs “what we’re willing to say in a court of law under oath and with a burden of proof.”
The left is always stretching rhetorically, usually to claim a bailey from their latest motte.
Now quit taking taxpayer money.
ItS oNlY sEvEn PeRcEnT oF oUr FuNdInGs
Also, headline not seen:
Filed under “it’s definitely not happening and it’s a great thing that it is happening.”
That's really interesting, isn't it?
Merely labelling them correctly sent them running to the hills. There's no reason for them to respond like this unless the efficacy and success of their operations in part relies upon people being unaware of whose interests they truly represent.
I can think of another group of people that behave in the exact same manner. Another group that, when identified, recoils, wounded.
'I've been found out'.
(EDIT: I hadn't even seen this when I wrote this post. So it really is 100% about keeping joe public unaware of who pays them. It's an open secret that they rely on the average pleb being oblivious to.)
bye
rekt
I will drive and vibe to accordion Banda or Norteño before I listen to whatever the fuck is on NPR
Yeah, ngl, I found this odd the last time this came up, seeing as that is literally what it is…
I see zero issue with it. Same with PBS, the BBC, Deutsche Welle et al.
If they are a public broadcaster, they should have no problem with being labeled one, IMHO, so…
Apart from some weird “guilt by association” thing (like how most property developers don’t want to be called “property developers”, because the term is so hated now), I really don’t see the problem, from their end… 🤷🏻♂️
They'll be back.
Keep going.
What is the over/under on when they return? I wager 50 internet points on "2 weeks or less."
Going under? Can't afford the $8 a month?
Their programming sucks now. The only shows that were good after a while were:
Wait wait don't tell me. A prairie home companion. From the top.
Everything else was woke/racist/sexist flame fanning or begging for money.
They don't like being labeled state media because that's what they became, quite overtly. It just regurgitates state department talking points.
Oh no. Where will they get their scoops?