tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post7312496477865830053..comments2023-11-03T03:17:27.053-05:00Comments on NPR Check: Mission: Whitewash #1Mytwordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04307620268159811668noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-23027752284319997942008-12-14T22:47:00.000-06:002008-12-14T22:47:00.000-06:00not incidentally, NPR has become an instrument of ...not incidentally, NPR has become an instrument of propaganda and there are laws on the books strictly forbidding the use of public monies for propaganda purposes, so until such time as NPR ceases abd desists from propagandizing, from a purely legal standpoint they should certainly have all their funding cut off.<BR/><BR/>And that includes funding to all NPR member stations that buy NPR programming.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-64772636059720014892008-12-14T22:10:00.000-06:002008-12-14T22:10:00.000-06:00I don't call for a cutoff of public funding. The o...I don't call for a cutoff of public funding. The organization is surely in need of reform, but not decapitation."<BR/><BR/>I disagree.<BR/><BR/>The organization has outlived its usefulness.<BR/><BR/>When people can get more accurate information and anlysis from the internet, there is no longer any need for NPR.<BR/><BR/>NPR started out as an "alternative" to the MS news media, but has morphed into an organization which is part and parcel of that mainstream and whose primary purpose has become perpetuating the cushy jobs of those who work for it.<BR/>Public radio still serves a purpose, primarily as entertainment and local information and community service.<BR/><BR/>But national/international news should not be part of that.<BR/><BR/>Unfortunately, NPR news has coopted the good parts of public radio.<BR/><BR/>It has become a cancer that has invaded the vital organs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-85158941224362502892008-12-14T07:39:00.000-06:002008-12-14T07:39:00.000-06:00I wasn't defending them. Rather, I thought I was d...I wasn't defending them. Rather, I thought I was damning their naivety.<BR/><BR/>However, I don't call for a cutoff of public funding. The organization is surely in need of reform, but not decapitation.<BR/><BR/>The problem is reform should be connected to oversight, and who would do that? NPR is run like a typical non-democratic nonprofit by a board of directors. That could change with a lot of work.<BR/><BR/>Who here would be committed to challenging NPR on systemic, procedural and legalistic terms?Kevan Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11147920478213250519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-67825579568958763092008-12-14T00:09:00.000-06:002008-12-14T00:09:00.000-06:00Regardless of what NPR management think is and is ...Regardless of what NPR management think is and is not torture, NPR's silence on this report is damning.<BR/><BR/><BR/>NPR's failure to cover the latest Senate report on the torture issue is all the evidence Congress should require to cut ALL funding for NPR AND NPR member stations around the country.<BR/><BR/>This is simply unacceptable for an organization that calls itself a "news" organization -- especially for one that has the moniker "public".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-27949943932952211212008-12-13T16:48:00.000-06:002008-12-13T16:48:00.000-06:00I don't think that NPR really believes yet that th...I don't think that NPR really believes yet that the U.S. tortured people. It's still in the realm of "allegations" to them.Kevan Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11147920478213250519noreply@blogger.com