[Kzyxtalk] NPR's All Things Considered
doug mckenty
dougmck at gmail.com
Wed Feb 19 18:28:19 PST 2014
David,
I don't really think its my place to say, and advocate for the
implementation of the programming advisory committee to make specific
choices by consensus.
Personally, if you want to know, I think the station could have one hour of
Morning Edition and one of ATC as well as Terry Gross at noon and that's
plenty. I definitely think there is way too much NPR on the weekends but
have absolutely no preference as to which to keep or cut. Perhaps a survy
of those who like NPR would help to discern their favorites?
I would love to see more locally produced public affairs on the weekend and
think an hour long Sunday local news debate on a certain subject would be
fun. Just some ideas for a future PAC to think about.
Doug
On Wednesday, February 19, 2014, David Gurney <jugglestone at gmail.com> wrote:
> Why does NPR suck?
>
>
> For a play by play account of the biased, mainstream, boring, limp-wristed
> and excessively sanguine reporting on NPR, check out the blog "Why NPR
> Sucks!
>
>
> http://whynprsucks.blogspot.com/
>
>
>
> KMUD out of Southern Humboldt is a local station that's very entertaining,
> has a news department, and provides a daily forum (and other call-in shows)
> and it truly represent its community,
>
>
> They manage to do without NPR entirely. Go figure.
>
>
> ...
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 3:07 PM, Patricia Kovner <pkovner at yahoo.com>wrote:
>
> Is the reason KZYX no longer has a full news hour, because NPR programming
> has priority and there is not enough $$ for both? I'd like to know how
> KMUD budgets it's much smaller income to expand its already full news hour,
> with several reporters, and no NPR.
> --------------------------------------------
> On Wed, 2/19/14, doug mckenty <dougmck at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Subject: Re: [Kzyxtalk] NPR's All Things Considered
> To: "kzyxtalk at lists.mcn.org" <kzyxtalk at lists.mcn.org>
> Date: Wednesday, February 19, 2014, 11:22 AM
>
> Tim,
> I thought the total programming fee
> of 32k included the 22k for individual programs plus
> membership fees like 8k for the NPR membership. So the
> total payout for programming was the 32k number. Perhaps
> you are right and they should be added for a total of
> 55k.
>
> I stopped believing NPR
> programming after observing their coverage of the run up to
> the war in Iraq. It has become my feeling that they are
> just another corporate news source heavily influenced by the
> corporate/government complex. I know many believe it to be
> an alternative, but I feel they are one and the same.
> Their foreign policy is very one sided, from the point of
> view of the American military establishment, with little to
> no time for alternative perspectives. The vast majority of
> their "experts" come from establishment think
> tanks such as Rand, Brookings, and the CFR, all of wich are
> funded by corporate or foundation money. NPR is heavily
> influenced by the left/right paradigm which it then reduces
> to the two party system they present as functional, with
> little corruption influencing the game. Alternative,
> independant, and third party factions are almost totally
> ignored.
>
> NPR does very little
> investigative journalism of its own, and after years of
> paying close attention to alternative news sources, I have
> found that if an anti-government or anti-corporate meme
> starts to gain traction, NPR is always there to present a
> very softball view of what are sometimes serious
> civil/individual rights abuses.
>
> I am also skeptical of its
> attitude that it is completely objective. By giving
> equal credence to two points of view I often find that
> NPR's coverage manages to give a measure of authenticity
> to ideas that, on their own, would be completely
> ludicrous.
>
> The fluff pieces often
> stuck between NPR's coverage of real news reminds me of
> the soma pills taken in A Brave New World. After an hour
> of NPR we are all meant to feel pacified. There is nothing
> to worry about. The USA is the greatest country in the
> world. Its military spreads peace and democracy and its
> people enjoy freedom and abundance. There is nothing to
> see here, move along.
>
> I just don't trust
> it.
> Having said that,
> I have never advocated ditching it at KZYX. I know a lot
> of people do trust it, and a lot of them are paying members.
> I would just like to see less of it and more Independant
> and locally produced journalism and I would like to be able
> to have this conversation on the air instead of on this list
> serve. I think discussion critical or complimentary of all
> news sources should be part of the function of community
> radio.
>
> Doug M.
>
>
> On Tuesday, February 18, 2014, <nsi at mcn.org> wrote:
>
> Thank you, Rick. --beth
>
>
> ----- Original
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> From: "Mitch
> Clogg" <mitchc at mcn.org>
>
> To:<kzyxtalk at lists.mcn.org>
> Cc:
>
> Sent:Tue, 18 Feb 2014
> 20:38:24 -0800
> Subject:Re: [Kzyxtalk]
> NPR's All Things Considered
>
>
> Why are people so
> reluctant to cop to
> liking stuff on public radio? NPR, Public Radio
> International,
> Canada radio and a slew of others put superb stuff in
> the air. My
> m
>
>
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