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Post by ls612 »

BeetleB wrote: post #263
unnamed76ri wrote: post #226

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I’ll listen to snippets of right wing talk radio but it generally doesn’t take long before the exaggeration (Glenn Beck) or Trump idol worship (Clay Travis) get annoying. I like hearing perspectives on stories that I won’t hear elsewhere but in general, I don’t need very much political news in my life. I’m happier spending my time on audio books and podcasts. I’m not sure I’ve ever engaged with NPR beyond seeing cons…

> I’m not sure I’ve ever engaged with NPR beyond seeing conservatives mock some of their silliest propaganda headlines in the past few years. What about all the nonpolitical shows on NPR/PBS? Snap Judgement, This American Life, Prairie Home Companion, Nature, NOVA, etc. Lots of people watch PBS/NPR not for politics, but for the entertainment/educational content.

Prairie Home Companion died almost 8 years ago man don't remind me.

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Post by dionian »

smithkl42 wrote: post #76

> Public media has been one of the most trusted institutions in American life, providing educational opportunity, emergency alerts, civil discourse, and cultural connection to every corner of the country,” Harrison said. If that was true, losing the CPB would be a travesty. But as a loyal NPR listener for decades, I've found their stuff lately to be unlistenable. It's Fox, but for the Left, and with a bit more of an…

i dont think they are blind to their own bias, i think they are championing their own values, but that's the problem.

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Post by drozycki »

tptacek wrote: post #287
drozycki wrote: post #246

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https://www.axios.com/2025/08/01/cpb-npr-pbs-corporation-pub... Some stations will lose 2%, others 98%.

I'm sure we're going to lose a lot of hyperlocal news and current event programming in Shreveport or whatever, but those programs have tiny audiences (even relative to their media market). Most of what we think of as PBS and NPR programming is delivered principally over the Internet now, not via local broadcast stations.

The problem is hyperlocal news is what keeps local government accountable. The internet has starved these local newsrooms to the point where NPR was often the only one left.

Re: Corporation for Public Broadcasting ceasing operations

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Post by tptacek »

atonse wrote: post #100
not2b wrote: post #32

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Rural stations relied heavily on CPB funding; urban stations get most of their funding from donations or corporate underwriting. So big city public TV and radio will survive, but those in less populated areas might go under unless some other source of funding is found.

I agree overall that this is not a good thing for also furthering a knowledge gap between rural and urban areas. But in the age of internet streaming, wouldn't rural areas still have access to stream public radio? Genuinely asking. I tried looking for sources on station audience sizes, alternatives they might have, etc. But it was difficult to find.

Yes, all the rural PBS markets will retain streaming access, which, again, is how most people under the age of 60 get access to PBS today.

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Post by autoexec »

nabwodahs wrote: post #380
lenkite wrote: post #323

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> Can you cite specific examples of this "bias?" Read https://www.thefp.com/p/npr-editor-how-npr-lost-americas-tru... by NPR veteran that shows how NPR developed a left wing bias over time. Also at https://archive.is/H7QNM https://washingtonstand.com/news/npr-has-zero-republicans-87... NPR Has Zero Republicans, 87 Democrats on Editorial Staff

"NPR Has Zero Republicans, 87 Democrats on Editorial Staff" How many "Republicans" applied?

I guess they expect NPR to have diversity hires to meet republican quotas now?

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Post by autoexec »

frumplestlatz wrote: post #137
Pfhortune wrote: post #85

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Perhaps not every form of media needs to be engagement-driven? The beautiful thing about public media is that it can broadcast things that don't have a profit-motive for being broadcast.

Shouldn’t publicly funded media at least be representative of the wide diversity of views and interests that the public holds?

What topics and interests do you think they've never covered?

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Post by tptacek »

drozycki wrote: post #403
tptacek wrote: post #287

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm sure we're going to lose a lot of hyperlocal news and current event programming in Shreveport or whatever, but those programs have tiny audiences (even relative to their media market). Most of what we think of as PBS and NPR programming is delivered principally over the Internet now, not via local broadcast stations.

The problem is hyperlocal news is what keeps local government accountable. The internet has starved these local newsrooms to the point where NPR was often the only one left.

Local news is a much bigger and grimmer phenomenon than PBS.

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Post by dpkirchner »

treyd wrote: post #195
dpkirchner wrote: post #131

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I don't agree -- NPR is about as center-right as it's possible to be. Just look at the efforts they've made to normalize Trump, it's way over the top.

And nonetheless it's an important voice to have since it will leave a void in the media landscape to be filled by opportunists.

Oh, I agree, don't get me wrong. I'm just kinda shocked people think it is leftist. It's like they have no idea what the term means (it's not "left of my personal beliefs").

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Post by outside1234 »

vel0city wrote: post #319
tptacek wrote: post #296

This is a giant thread full of people lamenting the demise of public broadcasting so it seems like someone should write the comment that points out that CPB doesn't do PBS programming. They don't develop content. They're a grantmaking organization that manages the distribution of the congressional PBS appropriation. The actual PBS and NPR shows you're familiar with are generally developed and produced privately, and…

> and then purchased by local PBS stations If those stations go off the air, who is buying that content? It's like arguing it doesn't matter if the stream dries up the plants don't get water from the stream, the plants get the water from the ground. Where did that water in the ground come from? The stream! You're right, these shows aren't going off the air tomorrow. But this does affect the funding for the shows prod…

Don’t worry, they will be able to get plenty of grants for content promoting Trump’s businesses
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