rfenst wrote:I think NPR is fine for learning about new subjects in depth whether or not I identify with whatever "slant" a piece might show. But, not all of it is slanted. Not all of it is even political.
Agree with the first part. There is some straight up educational stuff which isn't political.
They shamelessly slant left on the politics.
The social justice silliness was seemingly endless, which turned into politics, making it political.
It's the half truth stuff which the average Joe doesn't pick up on. They are part of the Follow the Science group. Science is based on data. Yet when it comes to things like Asian Hate, they don't provide data on the ethnicities of the people committing the violence. By that omission, the only thing we can know is that it certainly can't be white people. They'd be all over that story for weeks.
Was going to create an NPR\Wisconsin PR bingo game. Instead of numbers, use words or phrases to make up the squares.
-Racism
-Inequity
-Disenfranchised
-Women
-People of color
-violence against ____
-LGBT+
-Agency
-Advocacy
-I give myself permission
-Women's reproductive health
-Undocumented
-Trump (he wasn't my cup of tea, although he is still the perceived boogie man behind every ill in their eyes).
Someone would have Bingo with 100 minutes.
It use to be commercial free, public radio. Now they have more sponsors that the average 30 minute tv show. I haven't counted them, maybe I should.
I do listen for the educational stuff and Chapter a Day is nice. Also, I get turned onto a new author or book as well.