NPR Master Thread

[CNS]

Lean is one thing, getting things flat out wrong is another.

Sure.  That seems to happen everywhere.  I heard that wolf piece and a subsequent one recently about the lawsuit regarding the recent legislation not being adequate.  What was incorrect?

[Fedor]

If they are playing music, turn it off like right now.

[Emo EMAW]

Lean is one thing, getting things flat out wrong is another.

What sort of things were they getting flat out wrong?

Facts.

I've heard them get things wrong on both sides of an issue before.  I'm not implying it was on purpose, that crap just happens and I understand that.  It was just ignorance in this specific instance I'm recalling.

[CNS]

KPR is good for music if you like classical.   

[Rage Against the McKee]

Lean is one thing, getting things flat out wrong is another.

What sort of things were they getting flat out wrong?

Facts.

I've heard them get things wrong on both sides of an issue before.  I'm not implying it was on purpose, that crap just happens and I understand that.  It was just ignorance in this specific instance I'm recalling.

Do they site sources when they get the facts wrong or do they just shoot from the hip?

[Fedor]

KPR is good for music if you like classical.   

I have rarely heard classical.  I do hear a lot of people with "unconventional" singing voices.  "Unconventional" is NPR code for sucky.

[XocolateThundarr]

KPR is good for music if you like classical.   

I have rarely heard classical.  I do hear a lot of people with "unconventional" singing voices.  "Unconventional" is NPR code for sucky.

You probably just need more  before you tune in. 

[ChiComCat]

Car Talk, Wait Wait, and This American Life are all good.  I usually listen to them as podcasts on longer drives.  The only station I'll listen to music on.  Every other radio station is pretty much Top 40/Christian/Country or occasionally Spanish nowadays.

[Fedor]

KPR is good for music if you like classical.   

I have rarely heard classical.  I do hear a lot of people with "unconventional" singing voices.  "Unconventional" is NPR code for sucky.

You probably just need more  before you tune in. 

The fact that I listen almost exclusively to and from work makes this solution problematic.

[puniraptor]

i've been searching the main stream google for any takedown of npr's false wolf reporting and can't find anything. they actually do alot of stories on wolves so maybe the one you are referencing has been buried.

[puniraptor]

I would say that AT LEAST 10% of story corps stories in the mornings make my eyes drippy on my drive to work. My heartstrings are pretty sensitive in the mornings.

[Emo EMAW]

i've been searching the main stream google for any takedown of npr's false wolf reporting and can't find anything. they actually do alot of stories on wolves so maybe the one you are referencing has been buried.

I remember it was in fall of 2007, I believe the weekend of the Okie St game.  A game I listened to us give away in my truck pounding beers (while parked). 

[puniraptor]

i've been searching the main stream google for any takedown of npr's false wolf reporting and can't find anything. they actually do alot of stories on wolves so maybe the one you are referencing has been buried.

I remember it was in fall of 2007, I believe the weekend of the Okie St game.  A game I listened to us give away in my truck pounding beers (while parked). 

was their reporting flawed, or did they report on science that later turned out to be flawed?

[Emo EMAW]

i've been searching the main stream google for any takedown of npr's false wolf reporting and can't find anything. they actually do alot of stories on wolves so maybe the one you are referencing has been buried.

I remember it was in fall of 2007, I believe the weekend of the Okie St game.  A game I listened to us give away in my truck pounding beers (while parked). 

was their reporting flawed, or did they report on science that later turned out to be flawed?

The reporting was flawed.  One point was on the origination of the wolves that were re-introduced.  One point was that the following decline in elk populations was not attributable to the wolves.  Both points were made by some interview with like a conservation group or something.  Basically someone they hosted spoke out of their ass and NPR put it on air.  Not really that big of a deal, happens all the time in all sorts of media avenues.  Like I said I love NPR and sometimes I love to hate them. 

[puniraptor]

i love that i get two stations with asychronous pledge drives so when the start beggin for money on one station i can switch to the other station and back again when necessary

[pissclams]

Car Talk, Wait Wait, and This American Life are all good.  I usually listen to them as podcasts on longer drives.  The only station I'll listen to music on.  Every other radio station is pretty much Top 40/Christian/Country or occasionally Spanish nowadays.

podcasts don't count. 

one thing about npr, why do they only hire reporters with fake british accent?  makes it sound more official, i guess that's prob why.

[star seed 7]

I have satellite radio so I can hear dick jokes every morning instead of serious (<~~~ spracne!) stuff.

I can't stand npr's delivery either

[Asteriskhead]

I'm going to try NPR tomorrow morning, because 101.5 KRock is awful and I haven't bought the replacement part I need to connect my ipod to my head unit yet.

[Bloodfart]

I can't stand Ira Flatow.  He just comes off as a fuckface jerk and I just want to reach through my radio and choke him sometimes.  He hosts Science Fridays and has some really great guests but he cuts them off while they are trying to explain really cool crap and he's just an bad person ya know?

[Bloodfart]

Prairie Home Companion is the tits.

[Asteriskhead]

Much better than K Rock this morning, but small sample size and such.

[slucat]

love NPR, informative and interesting.  haven't really heard a political bias, and since they have a large variety of topics from ag news to ballet stories to hip hop features, i can't really say the lean left in topics either.

i like jazz in the night and the retro cocktail hour-my kid likes both to fall asleep to. he's not a fan of the classical tho (which is on until 9pm).

[bubbles4ksu]

Prairie Home Companion is the tits.

Yep.

[HerrSonntag]

I listen to NPR at least twice a day, if im in a good mood I like to play the radio and read to unwind sometimes, too.

There's still some bias of omission in their programming, I find.  They definitely chose to cover things that are important to a more left-leaning listener base which can come across as a liberal bias but its not all of their programming and that's why your radio comes with a dial (or equivalent)

[kso_FAN]

Prairie Home Companion is the tits.

Prairie Home Companion is the tits.

Yep.