The Right-Wing Talk-Radio Flame Out

[Winehole23]

Oh, I thought people were suggesting NPR isn't biased. My bad.

[MannyIsGod]

Education level of the target audience pretty much locks it in. Daniel Schorr, programming focus on socially-approved diversity and rational debate. NPR's bias is more expressed in style and programming choices than in journalistic spin. That's offered as a fan: I like NPR.

Are you suggesting NPR is politically neutral? If so, how naive.

If you want to say that by having programing that appeals to an audience with a higher education level I won't argue but I'm surprised that you're using that to be synonymous with liberalism. I think NPR has a target audience and the offer programing to that audience's desires but as long as they provide honest and accurate portrayals I'd be hesitant to call them biased.

Also, NPR doesn't ignore big news stories of the day and in my opinion does the best job out there framing those issues and events objectively.

[MannyIsGod]

Are you suggesting NPR is politically neutral? If so, how naive.

Also, I'm just suggesting that certain things become memes. One of them is that NPR is somehow only presenting liberal views of the world or that they intentionally skew things they present. I think thats bogus and anyone who makes that claim should actually have to back it up.

[Winehole23]

I said no such thing.


(Anyone who relies on such a lazy strawman should have to back it up.)

[RandomGuy]

Education level of the target audience pretty much locks it in. Daniel Schorr, programming focus on socially-approved diversity and rational debate. NPR's bias is more expressed in style and programming choices than in journalistic spin. That's offered as a fan: I like NPR.

I would agree. The slant is more in the "edges" of story selection than anything else central to the reporting.

The presentation of viewpoints and debates is generally fair.