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| evmetro | Jul 3 2015, 09:43 AM Post #136 |
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NPR was my exclusive source of media before I started exploring the rest of the media. The classy setting left me with an enlightened feeling that I knew what was going on in the world, so I listened to NPR for years. As I gradually started consuming other media sources, I was shocked to see the deep sleep that I was in by listening "exclusively" to NPR. As I awakened, I became aware of how the government funds NPR, and the implications of that, and my quest to know everything had begun. I still listen to NPR today, but it is with the knowledge that NPR is the msnbc of radio. It is incredibly liberal, and the best example of biased media that I know of. It is even more enjoyable for me to listen to now that I am awake, but i certainly do not recognize it as quality journalism at all. NPR engineers a very liberal perception of society for its listeners, while making them feel that they are remarkably independent thinkers. Edited by evmetro, Jul 3 2015, 09:45 AM.
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| Old Man | Jul 3 2015, 09:56 AM Post #137 |
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Edited by Old Man, Jul 3 2015, 09:56 AM.
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| myredvert | Jul 3 2015, 10:09 AM Post #138 |
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Ev, are you saying that NPR is partisan and therefore changes its' bias based on who is in office? When you refer to it as being "liberal," does that mean it's liberal now, but would significantly shift to conservative depending on the President and/or who controls the House and/or Senate? Who determines/controls the politics of NPR, and does its' bias change with each Presidential and/or mid-term election cycle? |
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| Old Man | Jul 3 2015, 10:23 AM Post #139 |
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NPR goes hand in hand with National Geographic. Both are ultra liberal. |
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| 68custom | Jul 3 2015, 10:59 AM Post #140 |
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my father worked as an editor/journalist all his life and he always said that NPR does a more effective job of reporting the news with out adding to it and or manipulating it. but I do agree it leans a little to the left. but a news man said its the best so that's why I believe it is.. |
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| evmetro | Jul 3 2015, 11:57 AM Post #141 |
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Excellent question about changing bias according to what power is in office, but NPR will not change according to who is in office. NPR is part of a much larger entity that I refer to as the liberal machine, and the liberals do not play by the same rules as conservatives. By this, I am saying that liberals are not held to the same standards as conservatives. The very concept of utilizing government funds to advance political agenda is liberal in itself. Using government funds to advance one political position is corruption, and would immediately cause an uproar if a conservative ever got caught doing something like this, but goes unchecked if it is done by liberals. The other thing that stops NPR from changing its bias when the government shifts from democrat to republican, is that when republicans get voted in, that does not mean that conservatives are in charge. IF you look at the midterm landslide victory that republicans had recently, we basically saw America vote that they had enough of Obama's policies. The republicans said they would defund the controversial immigration executive action and Obamacare, but when they got into office, we found out that they did not do what they promised the voters. Those republicans are liberals, and they represent the great Washington machine. I have not seen NPR in action with a conservative in the white house, since we have not really had one since Reagan, and I was not "awake" until after Reagan's era, so I don't really know for sure how they would be. What I suspect is that NPR would no longer receive funds from the government if there was a conservative in office. |
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| evmetro | Jul 3 2015, 12:02 PM Post #142 |
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Lol... try exploring some other media. Ya never know what you might find. It might lead you down a road where you are calling ME a liberal in a few years... Did you watch "The Matrix"? Would you like the red pill, or the blue pill? |
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| myredvert | Jul 3 2015, 12:07 PM Post #143 |
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I was just curious, becasue it seems difficult to assign some sort of "blanket" responsibility to "gov't" but really mean only one party. That's why I asked with respect to changing control of the House, Senate, Office of the President, etc.And as always - that goes both ways Your personal beliefs, and subsequent bias does show itself at times. And I don't mean it in a bad way, but to me some of your explanations of things you consider biased and the examples you use appear to belie your personal biases. ![]() I know it's human nature and we are all subject to it, but you have to love the irony...
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| evmetro | Jul 3 2015, 01:10 PM Post #144 |
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I try to point out my biases so that there is no question of where I am coming from, but I am also trying to expose where we all are getting our biases from in the first place. The more different sources we get our media from, the more educated our opinions become. It is also how I can see that liberal media is not the only culprit. Both sides are to blame, but we have to actually know both sides to see the big picture. This applies universally to many other things besides politics, and is just common sense, but it takes a lot to figure out if we see what appears to be both sides, but is actually two perspectives engineered by one side. |
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| myredvert | Jul 3 2015, 01:17 PM Post #145 |
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So.... How is NPR's bias influenced by only "liberal" government and not the conservative?
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| Old Man | Jul 3 2015, 01:57 PM Post #146 |
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There is always at least three completely different ways, or some combination of them. Those ways are; The Right Way: The Wrong Way: and MY WAY. |
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| evmetro | Jul 3 2015, 04:59 PM Post #147 |
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Money. NPR helps to create a liberal government, and the government helps keep NPR in business. I don't believe that this is the exclusive business model of NPR, since the government is far from being the biggest source of revenue for them, but nonetheless, it is a conflict of interest. My main point is that NPR should not be trusted as a good source of traditional journalism, or as a non partisan news source. The same goes for the cable media source that is closest to my views, FOX News. I don't consider ANY source of media to be trustworthy these days, and rely on all of them as something to sift through to find the truth. The more of it you sift through, the closer to the truth you get. I will save the lecture on the value of history books for another post.... |
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| dayle1960 | Jul 3 2015, 07:14 PM Post #148 |
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I think the best way to "educate" yourself to what is happening in the world is to read/watch as many different sources as possible. I enjoy watching the BBC and reading the DailyMail because they report on different aspects of American life than our Big 3. Sure the BBC has a liberal slant, but at least you can get new stories from them every day instead of the same story by the Big 3 for days on end. How may days did Trevon Martin get front page coverage on the Big 3? Weeks...because it was pushing a certain agenda. Why did all of the major American news sources beat that story to death? Why?, because they are too lazy to go out and find new and exciting news stories. The Big 3 are just lazy. That goes along with the local news. Around here all the local news broadcasters carry the same stories. Argh. I swear a blind chimp could find better stories than the interns fresh out of journalism school. All the journalists hear the same report on the police scanner and they beat a path to the scene of the crime. Only to state the same facts from the same plastic smiling faces. Only when people turn off the TV and stop purchasing the products hawked during the commericals, then and only then will the news media change. Until then just watch it as a source of entertainment. High class chimps on TV looking pretty but not saying anything. |
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| Woodie | Jul 4 2015, 05:34 AM Post #149 |
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This is EXACTLY what evmetro was trying to say. If you think NPR is fair and unbiased, you're deluding yourself. They're very left wing. The thing that drives me crazy is how the media make these stories. They push them in order to create hysteria, riots are good business for the media, so they rile people up. The worst example is how NBC edited the 911 recording to make George Zimmerman sound like a racist. A more common example is how they're reporting right now that Donald Trump said Mexicans are drug dealers, criminals, and rapists when that is NOT what he said. |
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| Coche Blanco | Jul 4 2015, 10:11 AM Post #150 |
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Troll Certified
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I'm glad you posted this, because you're exactly right. Donald is not exactly my most favorite person but he's not wrong here. I had no idea what he said and just assumed it was Trump being Trump... lol |
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So.... How is NPR's bias influenced by only "liberal" government and not the conservative?

7:36 PM Jul 10