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Genki Hikari

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44. They've been right wing for decades now

Wed Oct 26, 2022, 09:43 PM

Oct 2022

I quit listening AND donating after the Bag and Hag (Diane Rehms and Barbara Haggerty) went way--WAY--out of their way to trash John Kerry. The Hag was also notorious for trashing those who weren't jeebus-humpers. Turned out she belonged to some group within her faith of media journalists who had signed up to promote her religion at all costs.

NPR kept her on despite protests. And that's when I stopped donating. I had been a contributor since I had become an adult over 20 years before that, and I had even volunteered at their begathon fundraisers.

Not one cent or second of my time went to them ever again--and I told them why.

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NPR news is leaning heavily into criticism [View all] wnylib Oct 2022 OP

npr news is a sad decayed corpse of what it once was...... getagrip_already Oct 2022 #1

Agree. I only listen because my local stations are wnylib Oct 2022 #11

They really started to slide during the Bush 2 years Mad_Machine76 Oct 2022 #17

NPR has been pushing the red wave sweep for two goddamn The_Casual_Observer Oct 2022 #2

NPR predicated a 2022 GOP landslide before Biden had finished his inauguration speech Orrex Oct 2022 #3

NPR is now MAGA...I used to listen all the time...now I never do. Demsrule86 Oct 2022 #5

Their long-format programming is still terrific Orrex Oct 2022 #37

One could make that prediction about any off season election iemanja Oct 2022 #25

One could, but why the fuck would one? Orrex Oct 2022 #36

But Oz's inclusion of state legislators in a person's health care decisions gets a full pass gratuitous Oct 2022 #4

They are not alone so is MSNBC and CNN. doc03 Oct 2022 #6

Oz wants politicians to lord over my life, that's what I heard. onecaliberal Oct 2022 #7

What a bullshit thread. Just A Box Of Rain Oct 2022 #8

Not anymore. Patterson Oct 2022 #10

Dead wrong. Just A Box Of Rain Oct 2022 #12

What a BS post. NPR's corporate sponsors wnylib Oct 2022 #18

Ridiculous nonsense. Just A Box Of Rain Oct 2022 #19

I listen so often that I have the schedule of wnylib Oct 2022 #20

My ears are open. NPR reporting is world class. Just A Box Of Rain Oct 2022 #21

Go back and look at my edit comment. wnylib Oct 2022 #22

Agree. Treefrog Oct 2022 #29

You seem not to have listened to it for the past 15 years or so Orrex Oct 2022 #38

Dead wrong. I listen daily. Just A Box Of Rain Oct 2022 #39

LOL Not the flagship programs Orrex Oct 2022 #40

Trying to impress? Are you kidding here??? Just A Box Of Rain Oct 2022 #41

That sure was a lot of words to say that you can't back up your claims Orrex Oct 2022 #42

Nah, you just make up instituting and untrue accusations Just A Box Of Rain Oct 2022 #43

No, that's not it Orrex Oct 2022 #46

My nonsense? Just A Box Of Rain Oct 2022 #48

So, no NPR, no CNN, no MSNBC, no Washington Post, no New York Times... brooklynite Oct 2022 #9

Common Dreams, Young Turks? LOL Just A Box Of Rain Oct 2022 #13

This for starters (besides DU of course): Geechie Oct 2022 #16

No New York, No California, No Texas... brooklynite Oct 2022 #47

True, but several of the locals have national correspondents and Geechie Oct 2022 #49

I know, right? BlueCheeseAgain Oct 2022 #23

trolls are heavy on twitter today. mopinko Oct 2022 #14

Does anyone have a contact address of them? Patterson Oct 2022 #15

Good d_b Oct 2022 #24

I stopped taking them seriously when Cokie Roberts was fellating Bush Jr every day. Coventina Oct 2022 #26

I have not donated to them for 5 years but wnylib Oct 2022 #31

Same here. llmart Oct 2022 #45

This message was self-deleted by its author iemanja Oct 2022 #27

Have you read any threads about the debate from last night? Treefrog Oct 2022 #28

I read a newspaper article about the debate. wnylib Oct 2022 #30

So you didn't read any of the posts here on DU? Treefrog Oct 2022 #32

Yes, I have read threads here. Go back to my PS addition (#33) wnylib Oct 2022 #34

PS. Yes, I have read threads here and have wnylib Oct 2022 #33

I am all for media criticism on this site senseandsensibility Oct 2022 #35

They've been right wing for decades now Genki Hikari Oct 2022 #44