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Talk Radio

Cicero said:
The NPR crew may be slightly more subtle in their ideological agenda than the bombastic Limberger, but make no mistake, they are as committed to spreading their liberal point of view as Limberger is to expressing his conservative one.
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The NPR crew is pretty conservative by leftist standards. They all went along with the Iraq war quite politely. They all folded when the supremes chose Bush.
Their agenda, if they have one, is much different in principle than Rush's, or Randi Rhodes. They aren't rabid, for one thing.
 
quarky said:
The NPR crew is pretty conservative by leftist standards. They all went along with the Iraq war quite politely. They all folded when the supremes chose Bush.
Their agenda, if they have one, is much different in principle than Rush's, or Randi Rhodes. They aren't rabid, for one thing.
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When you mean "leftist," do you mean communist? There are no NPR shows hosted by a conservative. You doubt NPR has an agenda? Fascinating. NPR is an entire station, while Limberger is one show. Since NPR is on the air with programing 24/7, they don't need to be "rabid," only zealous.

What radio show hosts on NPR went along with the Iraq War after 2003? What was NPR supposed to do when Bush 43 was elected in 2000, storm the U.S. Supreme Court?
 
Cicero said:
When you mean "leftist," do you mean communist? There are no NPR shows hosted by a conservative. You doubt NPR has an agenda? Fascinating. NPR is an entire station, while Limberger is one show. Since NPR is on the air with programing 24/7, they don't need to be "rabid," only zealous.

What radio show hosts on NPR went along with the Iraq War after 2003? What was NPR supposed to do when Bush 43 was elected in 2000, storm the U.S. Supreme Court?
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They might have bitched and moaned a bit, to show their agenda...or hoped that he 'failed'. Something of that sort. My local public radio station is so conservative, they won't air Terry Groce; mostly because she had to many homosexuals on. Daniel Schorr spoke passionately about the need to get rid of Sadam on the lead up to the war.

I'm curious what your agenda is?
 
quarky said:
They might have bitched and moaned a bit, to show their agenda...or hoped that he 'failed'. Something of that sort. My local public radio station is so conservative, they won't air Terry Groce; mostly because she had to many homosexuals on. Daniel Schorr spoke passionately about the need to get rid of Sadam on the lead up to the war.

I'm curious what your agenda is?
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My posts suggest an agenda, but NPR's programing suggest benign altruism?

Clinton tried to get rid of Saddam during his administration. I don't recall NPR giving him any flack for this policy. So why is it surprising that Schorr was in favor of Bush 43 doing the same thing? It is revealing that the ultra liberal test of a journalist/reporter/commentator/pundit/msm is whether they were vociferously against taking any action against Iraq before March, 2003. The fact that NPR has been eviscerating Bush 43 since May, 2003 is just not sufficient penance for their wishy washy stance before the war?

How did the listener know that Terry Gross's guests were gay? Was their sexuality the topic for discussion on all these shows? How many shows can you do on that? Ellen found out that it gets old real quick.
 
Here's my yardstick:

I'm a liberal, and I'm frequently disappointed in how un-liberal npr is.
I'm find most of the so-called 'liberal' media to be quite middle of the road.
But Eisenhower would look like a dem these days. The whole enchilada has shifted to the right.
 
quarky said:
Here's my yardstick:

I'm a liberal, and I'm frequently disappointed in how un-liberal npr is.
I'm find most of the so-called 'liberal' media to be quite middle of the road.
But Eisenhower would look like a dem these days. The whole enchilada has shifted to the right.
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But you expect NPR to be liberal. Even if it is not liberal enough for your tastes, (which begs the question what msm outlet does satisfy your liberal ideology), why should NPR support any political agenda?
 
Rob Lister said:
I suspect (but do not know) that you'll find Rush tops all markets in his talk-radio sector. Love-him, like-him, tolerate-him, hate him; Rush is tops at what he does.
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Not hard to do when somebody with money makes sure that no liberals get on a station with more than a twenty-mile range and that the pig man or his lesser-known fellow-travellers are blasting from over-lapping signals.

In another thread someone called Rush's rhetoric 'tired'. I'm not sure what the poster meant but I'd categorize his 'rhetoric' as being so cutting-edge that 'tired' only enters the equation because it is so oft repeated and referred to.
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Actually, it is sociopathic. He flat out lied to the public about some of the provisions of the Stimulus Bill. His relationship with reality ended in a nastier divorce than those from the wives who realized what a sorry excuse for a man they had grabbed up.
 
Texas said:
Damn I can't find the laughing dog.
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A liberal, by definition, is more tolerant of different viewpoints than a fundamentalist. For example, a liberal would be oppossed to a law that only allowed gays to marry, or made it mandatory for consenting heterosexuals to be married if they live together.

A liberal welcomes opposing views and intelligent debate.
 
Cicero said:
There are no NPR shows hosted by a conservative.
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Left, Right, & Center is co-hosted by a conservative.

I know you don't accept that because it contradicts your firmly held belief, but the fact remains that Tony Blankley is credited as a co-host.
 
Upchurch said:
Left, Right, & Center is co-hosted by a conservative.

I know you don't accept that because it contradicts your firmly held belief, but the fact remains that Tony Blankley is credited as a co-host.
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This is the go-to program libs invariably point to as proof that NPR has 1 (one) program that employs a conservative. Yet, the conservative is not the moderator and shares time with three other libs.

Moderator/liberal- Matthew Miller senior fellow at the Center for American Progress representing the Center]

Co-host/liberal-Robert Scheer, editor-in-chief of Truthdig,

Co-host/liberal- Arianna Huffington, Huffington Post publisher, the independent-progressive blogosphere.

and finally

Co-host Conservative- Tony Blankley, editorial page editor of the Washington Times


At no time do any of the NPR regular programs ever have in a guest host/moderator when the regular host/moderator is absent. NPR is afraid what would happen if a conservative had control over the content and what callers and email get on the air.
 
Cicero said:
Co-host Conservative- Tony Blankley, editorial page editor of the Washington Times
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So, despite your earlier claim, you admit that NPR does at least have one show hosted by a conservative? I'd just like to be clear about this.
 
quarky said:
A liberal, by definition, is more tolerant of different viewpoints than a fundamentalist. For example, a liberal would be oppossed to a law that only allowed gays to marry, or made it mandatory for consenting heterosexuals to be married if they live together.

A liberal welcomes opposing views and intelligent debate.
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No doubt liberals have this fantasy about their ideology. However, in actual practise, libs are probably the most intolerant segment of society.

Libs have trouble accepting majority rule. California's Prop 8 passed, but opponents to the law hurl imprecations on African Americans that voted overwhelming in support of the prop.

Liberal cable TV fixture, Keith Olbermann, does not allow for any dissenting voices on "Countdown." Not only is he intolerant of different viewpoints, he is loath to acknowledge any opinion as valid other than those who share his myopic view of life.

Libs support the nanny state since they believe the government is ideally suited to decide what is best for Americans from the cradle to the grave.
 
As a liberal, I'm oppossed to big government sending the National Guard to my land looking for pot plants.
 
Upchurch said:
So, despite your earlier claim, you admit that NPR does at least have one show hosted by a conservative? I'd just like to be clear about this.
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I don't see how there can be three legitimate "co-hosts" when there already is a moderator. Can Blankley select which callers get on the air? Can he select which emails to read? Can he select what topics will be discussed?

Since the liberal moderator shares the same ideology as the two other liberal "co-hosts," Blankley is at an incredible disadvantage. How could he possibly be considered a "co" anything when the deck is stacked 3 to 1?

You seem desperate to prove that NPR has a program that show cases a conservative. The only way NPR would allow for this is if that conservative competes for air time with three other liberals. How does the one show on NPR that has 1/4 of a panel given to a conservative the same as all the other NPR shows hosted/moderated by liberals?

You obviously believe that this type of tokenism is all that is necessary for NPR, or rather you, to claim a conservative has a program on NPR. Pretty pathetic.
 
quarky said:
As a liberal, I'm oppossed to big government sending the National Guard to my land looking for pot plants.
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As far as I know, weed is still illegal in the U.S. Do you have a doctor's prescription to grow weed on your land? I believe the individual state government is responsible for ordering the National Guard to do marijuana eradication searches.
 
Cicero said:
I don't see how there can be three legitimate "co-hosts" when there already is a moderator. {snip}
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And thus, through careful rationalization, your preconceived world view need not be challenged. That must make you feel better.
 
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