[Rhodes22-list] Public Radio and TV

[Rik Sandberg]

Saroj,

Anybody that thinks public radio isn't pushing their own agenda hasn't 
been listening to it much. I listen to NPR quite a lot because it's 
true, you can get some better news coverage than on most other radio 
stations. BUT, there are times when I have to turn it off because 
there's a few whiny bedwetters that are just too much.

I think, if NPR is such a great thing, the folks that use it should 
contribute to keep it going. They all don't want to hear all that nasty 
corperate advertising but apparently aren't bright enough to figure out 
how all those other radio stations (and the people who work there) make 
their living. I contribute to NPR even though I don't necessarilly agree 
with much of their left leaning politics. If the people that want NPR 
don't want it bad enough to throw a few bucks their way in exchange for 
no advertising, I guess it can't be all that important to them and it 
should fall by the wayside.

Rik

ed kroposki wrote:

>Saroj:
>	Unfortunately your public radio and TV often promotes a control the
>masses point of view.  Communism and socialism are political positions used
>to control individuals.  Big business is corporate control of the
>individual.  Public radio promotes the same thesis of controlling the
>individual.  
>	Individual freedom whether political, educational, business is
>distained by your public media. Public Radio or TV promotes only the view
>which represent their biased point of view.
>	Has radio reader ever read Natan Saransky's book on Democracy?  Have
>they promoted writers who espouse individual freedoms?  
>	They advocate just another form of bigness...
>
>Ed Kroposki
>Greenville, SC, USA
>Addendum:  "As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master.  This
>expresses my idea of democracy.  Whatever differ from this, to the extent of
>difference, is no democracy."  A. Lincoln
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
>[mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Saroj Gilbert
>Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 7:01 AM
>To: The Rhodes 22 mail list
>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Re: Commitment to war
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>So we can have a source of news that isn't massaged to meet the demands of 
>the corporate advertisers....
>So we aren't bombarded by commercials...
>So we can listen to the BBC...
>So we can experience innovation that isn't dependent on commercially 
>dictated norms...
>
>It is mostly subscriber-supported and grant supported anyhow... but you'll 
>notice more and more that it receives a lot of commercial support too so it 
>may not be able to maintain its independence.
>
>Saroj
>
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Philip Esteban" <3drecon at comcast.net>
>To: "'stan'" <stan at rhodes22.com>; "'The Rhodes 22 mail list'" 
><rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 10:09 PM
>Subject: RE: [Rhodes22-list] Re: Commitment to war
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>>Why, with hundreds of channels available are we funding public radio and
>>television, but we are told we need our taxes raised to meet other
>>requirements?  The government needs to get out of the radio and tv 
>>business.
>>
>>Philip
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