Seems that NPR is rolling in dough now..

Animalor · Post by **Animalor** » November 6, 2003, 6:02 pm

..or should I say saturated fat..

http://www.msnbc.com/news/990049.asp

McDonald’s heir leaves $200 million to stunned radio network

Krimson Klaw · Post by **Krimson Klaw** » November 6, 2003, 6:31 pm

I take it he was a bigtime republican then?

masteen · Post by **masteen** » November 6, 2003, 6:46 pm

Krimson Klaw wrote:I take it he was a bigtime republican then?

A multi-millionaire Republican? Go figgre...

Post by **Sylvus** » November 6, 2003, 6:47 pm

That article wrote:She was also a major benefactor of the Carter Center of Emory University in Atlanta, and in 1987 she gave $1 million to the Democratic National Committee, at the time believed to be the largest single contribution to a political party in U.S. history.

No?

Krimson Klaw · Post by **Krimson Klaw** » November 6, 2003, 7:00 pm

It was sarcasm. Everyone knows NPR is to the left. Speaking of which, did you guys hear the dual a few weeks ago between O'Reilly and NPR's Terry Gross? Was pretty funny.

Post by **Sylvus** » November 6, 2003, 7:02 pm

Well... everyone does now.

To tell you the truth, I know next to nothing about NPR. I have never listened to it, I couldn't even tell you what station it's on. I'm assuming it's AM?

Krimson Klaw · Post by **Krimson Klaw** » November 6, 2003, 7:07 pm

Nah NPR is on all day, they also host Art Bell late at night, I know you know who he is. They stay afloat off of private donations only and are always begging for money, so this leftist sends them a buttload, they must be happy right about now. I listen to it all the time and enjoy it, even though I disagree with it's slant, it's still nice entertainment.

-edit-Lol yea, it's AM, for some reason I thought you meant AM like morning.

Toshira · Post by **Toshira** » November 6, 2003, 7:34 pm

Depends on the city. In Minnesota (Twin Cities) NPR has two stations, classical music and news, both on FM.

Voronwë · Post by **Voronwë** » November 6, 2003, 7:38 pm

it is not necessarily AM or FM. It depends on the affiliate station in each local market.

For instance in Atlanta it is 91.1 FM. Just like NBC affiliates are channel 12 in some markets, and channel 5 in other markets, etc, NPR just has affiliate stations in each market, and whatever frequency those stations can broadcast at, there you go. It tends to be in the low frequency range on the FM dial (89-92) where commercial stations tend to not want to land. I don't know if there is something peculiar to this frequency range that makes it less desirable than your 95-105 range where you tend to find most of your major stations.

I don't think their journalism in itself is particularly biased, but i think the subject matter that they tend to do stories on tends to be issues that resonate less with non-urban conservatives. i can only think of 2 NPR personalities (Mara Liason, Juan WIlliams) who are on TV as well, and they are both on Fox News Channel. Liason had to convince Roger Ailes she was a Republican to get the job (and she is), and she got the job, because she is perceived to be a liberal on Mort Kondrake's show, because it says NPR under her name. Well she is talented and deserves the job, but the point is, Ailes ultimately went with her, because she appears to balance the show as a liberal, when in fact she is not a liberal at all.

I have always found NPR to be really good at covering stories at great depth and presenting both sides of the case.

Aslanna · Post by **Aslanna** » November 6, 2003, 8:24 pm

I used to listen to it all day at work. Then they had their pledge drive and after that they rearranged all the shows to a completly annoying order.

On my local station, that is.