Save NPR!

[ICantSpellDawg]

WNYC is publicly funded. NPR is a fee based news service, don't let them fool you. They charge small stations to carry their programs. Maybe they don't have "profits", but that doesn't mean they arn't money hungry and that they don't compromise themselves.

Listen to everything as long as it doesn't sound overtly biased (ie; russia today, Fox news, MSNBC). MSNBC seems to be coming out of its insanity by producing Lawrence O'Donnell, supporting shows like "Morning Joe" and firing scumbags like Olberman. Read blogs, listen to local radio, watch real-ish tv news, go to newsites. When you rely on one source of information you will be brainwashed.

[a completely inoffensive name]

WNYC is publicly funded. NPR is a fee based news service, don't let them fool you. They charge small stations to carry their programs. Maybe they don't have "profits", but that doesn't mean they arn't money hungry and that they don't compromise themselves.

Listen to everything as long as it doesn't sound overtly biased (ie; russia today, Fox news, MSNBC). MSNBC seems to be coming out of its insanity by producing Lawrence O'Donnell, supporting shows like "Morning Joe" and firing scumbags like Olberman. Read blogs, listen to local radio, watch real-ish tv news, go to newsites. When you rely on one source of information you will be brainwashed.

What is bold isn't really a substantiated argument by any means and as such doesn't really justify pulling the funding away. From your ranting about MSNBC and Olbermann, it seems you are with the crowd that wants to pull public funding because you don't "agree" with it most of the time (although you try hard to not give this impression by going out of the way to say you love Al Jazeera and hate Fox News).

Again, I find it funny that people asking for funding to be pulled always talk about going out there and finding other sources on the internet and not letting yourself being brainwashed by one source of information, but why exactly does this justify attempting to reduce the overall numbers of sources to choose from?

[Husar]

How can anyone think a US radio station that is financed through ads is a good thing???

"IF YOU WANT THE BEST HARDWOOD FLOOR YOU CAN GET, CALL 0800-HARD-FLOOR, 0800-HARD-FLOOR, IF YOU CALL WITHIN THE NEXT 15 MINUTES YOU GET A BUMPER STICKER FOR FREE!!!"

I've listened to some 1.FM Smooth Jazz over the web lately and while the music quality can be discussed the ads are some of the most annoying things I've ever heard, at least in GTA IV they're funny...

[Beskar]

BBC is very good, it is one of the best stations I know of in the world, possibly is the best.

From great news reporting, to drama, documentaries, etc.

[miotas]

Yea kids these days are glued to that radio....

Actually, if you aren't too picky about what constitutes "radio", then that comment is quite accurate. The portability of the devices that play radio broadcasts in comparision to what you need to play television, and the fact that you can have it playing in the background of anything you are doing, means that everyone I know listens to far more radio than TV.