Not quite state affiliated media, rather media for people who are liberal Democrats and view the Republicans as interlopers who must be chased from the public square. Elon Musk, you are a national treasure.
This Is NPR
- Donald R. McClarey
Donald R. McClarey
Cradle Catholic. Active in the pro-life movement since 1973. Father of three, one in Heaven, and happily married for 43 years. Small town lawyer and amateur historian. Former president of the board of directors of the local crisis pregnancy center for a decade.
They have in the past had some engaging programming. I suspect when they went off the rails in regard to their news operation was in 1977, when Frank Mankiewicz was appointed the network’s president. He was an inappropriate selection as he had been George McGovern’s campaign manager and had run for Congress. (He was eventually compelled to resign over financial mismanagement). Every NPR president for the next 25 years was drawn from the pool of people who receive patronage appointments in Democratic administrations and had held such appointments themselves. No NPR board during a Republican administration has appointed someone to right the ship (which would mean mass dismissals).
Don’t listen.
Formerly like30 years ago, NPR had a show on cars and car maintenance, which was good. And sometimes they had classical music. Otherwise, it seems [I don’t listen] it is a vast waste land.
Not even right twice every ten years. I watch the TV for Nature stuff but once in 10 or 20 years they have on something vital.
Last night they had a Andrea Boccelli concert on Malta. Five or so years ago one station aired an hour documentary mainly about orthodox monks and a vital prayer, “Lord Jesus, Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner.”
N.B. They fund raise when they’re showing something you may like not when they’re pushing the climate, commie, LGBTQ+, why you should hate America garbage.
Over the years I’ve worked with a number of “legal” immigrants with engineering degrees who listen to NPR. I’ve found this is a common theme with with immigrants to America. NPRs slow steady well pronounced talk helps with strengthening one fluency in American English.
I tell them, that’s ok.. Just remember!
That all things are certainly NOT considered, on All Things Considered.
Of course this is a government establishment political operation. They get a small budget appropriation as the direct support but they also get contributions from like minded leftie persons and foundations that are tax deductible to the donor and tax free to NPR. Radio Moscow should be quite envious.
Good step. Now start calling the “public schools” “state schools”, as do the more blunt and honest British and Irish.
Good step. Now start calling the “public schools” “state schools”, as do the more blunt and honest British and Irish.
The English have an odd habit of referring to fancy private academies as ‘public schools’. It’s a reasonable wager that public schools in America are called ‘public schools’ rather than ‘state schools’ because they’re formally run by local governments rather than state governments. (I think ‘common schools’ was the norm in the 19th century).
“They fund raise when they’re showing something you may like…”
Very true. My father used to comment that they only ran good stuff like Ann of Green Gables or Oklahoma when running pledge drives. For the sake of fairness, I should comment that Public Television also used to run Mr. Rodgers Neighborhood, Sesame Street, 3-2-1 Contact, Letter People, and the like.
Then too, Sesame Street did teach worthwhile matter to little kids; letters, numbers, community-oriented concerns. It began going “more nutty” during the early 90s. Sad that.
Art:
I this the original reason for the “public” name in England was their independence from the direct authority of the bishops, as opposed to the older “cathedral schools”, the one at Canterbury giving its founding date as 596 AD.
“They fund raise when they’re showing something you may like…”
When he was alive they used to run Tennessee Ernie Ford during the fund drives.
“… they used to run Tennessee Ernie Ford …”
He would have been worth hearing. Too bad they don’t look for that sort of material anymore.