Why do people believe NPR to be biased?

Question

Have you guys ever actually listened to NPR? It has as many republicans speaking as democrats.. it allows open debate between the two sides.. heck, there was a guy on there today trashin Hillary, but still people call them biased? they have actually had analysts come in and listen to the programing and assess if it was biased or not.. can you say that about many of the other major news outlets?

Answer 1

Yeah, and I've also heard a lot of people say the same thing about PBS, even though they've had programs like "The McLaughlin Group" and others featuring the likes of Willam F. Buckley and Tucker Carlson. It seems that whenever a network doesn't present an overtly conservative bias, they think it shows liberal bias.

Answer 2

Because it is and has been admitted that it is.


Last week, NPR’s own official ombudsman, Jeffrey Dvorkin, admitted a liberal bias in NPR’s talk programming. The daily program "Fresh Air with Terry Gross" – a 60-minute talk show about the arts, literature, and also politics – airs on 378 public-radio stations across the fruited plain. Gross recently became a hot topic on journalism Web sites for first having a friendly, giggly interview with "satirist" Al Franken, promoting his obnoxious screed against conservatives on September 3, and then on October 8, unloading an accusatory, hostile interview on Bill O’Reilly. She pressed the Fox host to respond to the obnoxious attacks of Franken and other critics. Dvorkin ruled: "Unfortunately, the [O'Reilly] interview only served to confirm the belief, held by some, in NPR's liberal media bias....by coming across as a pro-Franken partisan rather than a neutral and curious journalist, Gross did almost nothing that might have allowed the interview to develop

Answer 3

I listened 5 days a week years ago . I had it on at work everyday . Gradually I began to notice a far left tilt . I didn't mind so much, as long as they would also broadcast a far right tilt as well . DID NOT HAPPEN ! NPR began it's overwhelming turn to the left about 10 years ago and has never looked back . They are now EXTREMELY BIASED, under the guise of claiming a balanced show .

Answer 4

Pip, son of Adam, unless a news service is staffed by robots it will be subjective to some degree. NPR always presents stories that are of interest to those humans you call liberals. Even though they may present two sides of that story, they are debating only issues that are important to liberals. Choosing which news stories or issues they cover is still a bias.
In this way, they sway people's opinions as to which issue is more important. As example, most people you call liberals feel global warming outweights abortion. People you call conservatives believe otherwise.

Answer 5

NPR doesn't "allow open debate between the two sides". They can't find anybody to condemn censorship in Venezuela, they could only find supporters.

Answer 6

Good for that person trashing Hillary! But the station is defiantly biased to the left. Is Rush on it?

Answer 7

Because it is the official Government funded Propaganda Network.

PBS is the voice of American Government Information. Unlike free information like FOX. PBS is Government controlled.

Go big Red Go

Answer 8

They are biased. The guy trashing Hillary was only doin it because he probably wanted obama. The republicans speaking as democrats are liberal traitors.

Answer 9

It's totally biased. I think government funding for NPR should be cut out.

Answer 10

all media is biased. ever try to tell a story several times without embellishing the details to make it sound a bit better? i have. its impossible not to be biased.