Do you regard NPR Radio as an unbiased source of information?

Question

Or is it a left leaning propaganda machine that all tax payers have to chip into from taxes?
If Liberals whine about the Conservatives owning the radio airwaves because they cannot put out a show that is listened to by a large enough audience to provide advertisement dollars to support it , could you imagine if there was a conservative one that they had to help sponsor?

Want to see real hate? Argue with a liberal .

I DID NOT say it is a bad station or the news was not accurate. It is the personal opinions that is biased and if it is supported even a little by tax dollars it should be more balanced. I have listened to it, it has great news . But it is still a liberal outlet.

Answer 1

Left leaning, but tastefully so. I've also heard some very fair and informative pieces on there. I think they at least try to give fair and thorough information, although I haven't listened to them for quite a while other than CarTalk.
I'd say they are less left leaning than Fox News is right leaning, I think. NPR is definitely better quality (more substantive) than Fox News Infotainment. If I had my choice, I'd listen to NPR and filter out the liberal bias myself, rather than put up with hearing about Paris for 3 hours (Hilton, that is).
By the way, I'm very conservative. I don't think we should see the liberals as enemies (their ideas may be, but not them). See them as people to be won over by calm and rational persuasion. Getting into bitter, emotional arguments clouds people's judgement and makes them unreceptive to reason....they just want to defend their group and find reasons to prove to themselves that conservatives are mean and bad just like they always thought.
If you're right about your views there's no reason to get angry. Emotions cloud reason. When we get rid of emotion and are open minded, the truth is exposed eventually.

Answer 2

There is no such thing as an unbiased source. The question is the source of the bias. Bias is good if it is trustworthy. I hope to be biased by fact against fiction. Of course facts can be questioned. I suggest checking sources against sources. Confirm whether or not something holds water.

As far as politics goes, good luck! I mean that. I am losing faith in our system. I believe in traditional values. Our modern values are corrupt and untrustworthy. The Democrats and Republicans flip flop for power and control. Traditional values honor the people and not the parties. Consider the party platforms for the 1860's, 1940's, 1960's, 1980's, and most recently. They flip flop based upon who's in control and what seems popular at the time. So, good luck and well wishes.

Answer 3

"That's the Plan" is right. Al Franken does not broadcast on NPR. I don't think these folks must ever listen to the programs.

NPR is one of the most fair and balanced programs on the air, and they have very little commercial interruption. I listen to plenty of other stations, but I find after the third or fourth commercial I'm generally turning the dial back to NPR. Why waste 50% of my time listening to ads for products I never intend to purchase?

Another thing I like about NPR is that they do not insult my intelligence. Michael Savage and his ilk love referring to liberals as "brain dead traitors to america." Nice way to debase one's own arguments. When did mindless rhetoric replace thoughtful reason and discourse?

At least on NPR I get to hear BOTH sides of every issue. I don't call that "left leaning," I call it fair and accurate. And they delve deeply into the stories they broadcast, again without commercial interruption. If it takes five minutes to make a point, they patiently allow the entire case to be built. That is so nice a change from what passes on other stations. "Conservatives is stoopid. Now we will hear a 20 minute spiel from our sponsors."

I don't think these guys must ever listen to actual liberal stations, which is why they have so easily confused NPR for the left. When all you have is the extreme right and the middle, it becomes so easy to mistake the middle for the far out left.

Answer 4

None of these answers make sense. Al Franken isn't on NPR. Geez! Neither is Janine Garafalo. They're from the now defunct Air America Radio.

But of course, it's easy for anybody who knows nothing about NPR--or how it works--to say as many ignorant and stupid things they want about it.

Plus--as far as your "hard earned" tax dollars go--NPR gets very little money from the government. If they were left to survive soley on tax dollars, they wouldn't survive at all.

They're listener supported and provide great and informative news to the public. I'd trust them before I'd listen to anything Fox News, CNN, or MSNBC has to say. They're owned by media conglomerates with their mits in other business ventures such as arms manufacturing. At least NPR isn't owned by a parent company that makes bombs.

Answer 5

Ok, last time I checked is that NPR is an independant station and they bring both conservatives and liberals. Yes the liberals usally have more of a point and the conservatives whine about it. This is probably a different situation from yours because I'm in TX.

Answer 6

Left leaning liberal propaganda machine describes it perfectly. The libs are just whining because they can't get anyone to listen to Al Franken and Janine What's-her-face.

Answer 7

If an opinion is given it is impossible to have an unbiased source. Opinions are often given in NPR, they however are not liberal (not always) more often than not they are progressive.

Answer 8

I suggest that if you don't like NPR you stop paying taxes. That'll show us evil liberals who's the boss around here!

Answer 9

NPR unbiased? LOL LOL....You can't argue with a liberal, unless you are also able to argue a fact less based argument.

Answer 10

It is completely left leaning propaganda. Look at Al Frankin......