[Peace-discuss] [sf-core] Fwd: Save NPR and PBS
Morton K. Brussel
brussel at illinois.edu
Fri Feb 11 22:26:51 CST 2011
I have little respect and frequent anger at what the news staff of NPR/PBS radiates. I have avoided their news broadcasts for years now and feel no less informed and less propagandized. I do occasionally tune in while in my car and hear what they are saying on the BBC. However, there is some decent entertainment programs that is not as well presented elsewhere on the major networks. Classical music programs for example. Also, I believe there is support for local programming that comes from NPR/PBS. Am I wrong? Is that worth having/saving?
--mkb
On Feb 11, 2011, at 10:11 PM, David Johnson wrote:
> I have had no use for NPR ( National Public Radio ) and PBS TV for quite
> some time.
>
> Cases in point....
>
> The propoganda campaign they aired when Reagan died a few years ago ( may
> his soul rot in hell ) that presented Reagan as an idolized icon, with NO
> counter view of Reagan and his disasterous foreign ( can you say " war
> crimes " ) policy and his disasterous neo-liberal / neo-conservative
> domestic policies.
>
> Then there was the coverage of the People's Historian Howard Zinn when he
> died a little over a year ago. The ONLY view about Howard Zinn presented on
> NPR was the trash job on Zinn done by David Howoritz.
>
> NPR is nothing but FOX " news " for the intelligencia.
>
> The reason of course for NPR's de-evolution is the ever increasing reliance
> over the years on corporate funding.
>
> I could care less if NPR goes off the air.
> It would be one less corporate news outlet.
> What suprises me is the large number of seemingly well educated and
> supposedly " compasionate and progressive " people who still listen to NPR's
> corpoarte trash and consider it an " opposition " and " objective " news
> source.
>
> David J.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "C. G. ESTABROOK" <cge at shout.net>
> To: "Belden Fields" <a-fields at uiuc.edu>
> Cc: "Walter Feinberg" <wfeinber at illinois.edu>; "Fred Coombs Fred Coombs"
> <coombs at rainbowtel.net>; "SFcore" <sf-core at yahoogroups.com>;
> <sadougla at illinois.edu>
> Sent: Friday, February 11, 2011 9:01 PM
> Subject: Re: [sf-core] Fwd: Save NPR and PBS
>
>
>> National Propaganda Radio? Why?
>>
>> NPR reports on Obama's war in the Mideast probably don't differ formally
>> from
>> official Russian accounts during their invasion of Afghanistan. They would
>> have
>> discussed how can we get victory, how can we destroy the terrorists, will
>> this
>> tactic work, will that tactic work, we're losing too many soldiers and so
>> on. We
>> assume that no one in the official Russian media asked, Do we have a right
>> to
>> invade another country? And of course NPR doesn't do that either.
>>
>> But NPR has far less excuse. With media under totalitarian control, if you
>> said
>> the wrong thing you'd go off to the gulag. Here it's just willing
>> subordination
>> to power. The result is no main-stream journalism - even (particularly?)
>> NPR -
>> that goes beyond the college newspaper cheering for the home team.
>>
>> Chris Hedges prefaces his important new book, "The Death of the Liberal
>> Class,"
>> with a passage from Orwell's suppressed introduction to Animal Farm:
>>
>> "At any given moment there is an orthodoxy, a body of ideas which it
>> is
>> assumed that all right-thinking people will accept without question. It is
>> not
>> exactly forbidden to say this, that or the other, but it is 'not done' to
>> say
>> it, just as in mid-Victorian times it was 'not done' to mention trousers
>> in the
>> presence of a lady. Anyone who challenges the prevailing orthodoxy finds
>> himself
>> silenced with surprising effectiveness. A genuinely unfashionable opinion
>> is
>> almost never given a fair hearing, either in the popular press or in the
>> highbrow periodicals" - and, he might have added, on highbrow radio.
>>
>> During the presidential campaign Obama said that the spectrum of
>> discussion in
>> the United States extends between two crazy extremes, Rush Limbaugh and
>> NPR. The
>> truth, he said, is in the middle and that is where he is going to be - in
>> the
>> middle, between the crazies.
>>
>> Obama has a way of telling the truth about his right-wing politics,
>> certain that
>> no one will hear him. NPR certainly won't tell.
>>
>>
>> On 2/11/11 7:55 PM, Belden Fields wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Begin forwarded message:
>>>
>>>> *From: *Troy Burks <burkstroy at yahoo.com <mailto:burkstroy at yahoo.com>>
>>>> *Date: *February 11, 2011 1:28:18 PM CST
>>>> *To: *A EL-Jamal <sbygrace at yahoo.com <mailto:sbygrace at yahoo.com>>, Aaron
>>>> Ammons <livingsoul at sbcglobal.net <mailto:livingsoul at sbcglobal.net>>,
>>>> Andre
>>>> Arrington <aarrington at DMBGC-CU.ORG <mailto:aarrington at DMBGC-CU.ORG>>,
>>>> Angela
>>>> Barbee <evansbarbee at yahoo.com <mailto:evansbarbee at yahoo.com>>, Anna
>>>> Henry
>>>> <aphenry27 at gmail.com <mailto:aphenry27 at gmail.com>>, Arthur Culver
>>>> <culverar at champaignschools.org <mailto:culverar at champaignschools.org>>,
>>>> Barbara kessel <barkes at gmail.com <mailto:barkes at gmail.com>>, Barbara
>>>> Gillespie
>>>> <bggillespie at sbcglobal.net <mailto:bggillespie at sbcglobal.net>>, Belden
>>>> Fields
>>>> <a-fields at uiuc.edu <mailto:a-fields at uiuc.edu>>, Ben Rothschild
>>>> <rothsch2 at gmail.com <mailto:rothsch2 at gmail.com>>, Benita Gay
>>>> <bgay at communityelements.org <mailto:bgay at communityelements.org>>,
>>>> Bernice
>>>> Harrington <bharring at illinois.edu <mailto:bharring at illinois.edu>>, Bill
>>>> <hardheadent at vzw.blackberry.net
>>>> <mailto:hardheadent at vzw.blackberry.net>>,
>>>> Brandon Bowersox <brandonbowersox at gmail.com
>>>> <mailto:brandonbowersox at gmail.com>>, Brian Dolinar
>>>> <briandolinar at gmail.com
>>>> <mailto:briandolinar at gmail.com>>, Byron Clark <byroncl at gmail.com
>>>> <mailto:byroncl at gmail.com>>, carol ammons <carolammons at gmail.com
>>>> <mailto:carolammons at gmail.com>>, Carol Inskeep <carolinskeep at yahoo.com
>>>> <mailto:carolinskeep at yahoo.com>>, Charlie Smyth <csmyth at sbcglobal.net
>>>> <mailto:csmyth at sbcglobal.net>>, Chris Hamb <chrishamb at chrishamb.com
>>>> <mailto:chrishamb at chrishamb.com>>, Claire Cape
>>>> <claire.kirkcape351 at gmail.com
>>>> <mailto:claire.kirkcape351 at gmail.com>>, Cope Cumpston
>>>> <cope.c at comcast.net
>>>> <mailto:cope.c at comcast.net>>, "Craig Walker cwsierramar at aol.com
>>>> <mailto:cwsierramar at aol.com>" <cwalker at Brv-llc.com
>>>> <mailto:cwalker at Brv-llc.com>>, Crystal Thomas
>>>> <crystal_s_thomas at hotmail.com
>>>> <mailto:crystal_s_thomas at hotmail.com>>, CU Greg Square
>>>> <gsquare at parkland.edu
>>>> <mailto:gsquare at parkland.edu>>, CU Toriano Harvey
>>>> <t.harvey.4 at hotmail.com
>>>> <mailto:t.harvey.4 at hotmail.com>>, Danielle Chynoweth
>>>> <danielle at prometheusradio.org <mailto:danielle at prometheusradio.org>>,
>>>> Danis
>>>> Pelmore <Danispelmore at comcast.net <mailto:Danispelmore at comcast.net>>,
>>>> Debarah
>>>> McFarland <DMcFarland at DMBGC-CU.ORG <mailto:DMcFarland at DMBGC-CU.ORG>>,
>>>> Dennis
>>>> Roberts <drobertscitycouncil at yahoo.com
>>>> <mailto:drobertscitycouncil at yahoo.com>>, Diane Marlin
>>>> <marlindiane at gmail.com
>>>> <mailto:marlindiane at gmail.com>>
>>>> *Subject: **Fw: Save NPR and PBS*
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --- On *Fri, 2/11/11, Daniel Mintz, MoveOn.org Political Action
>>>> /<moveon-help at list.moveon.org <mailto:moveon-help at list.moveon.org>>/*
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> From: Daniel Mintz, MoveOn.org Political Action
>>>> <moveon-help at list.moveon.org <mailto:moveon-help at list.moveon.org>>
>>>> Subject: Save NPR and PBS
>>>> To: "Rev. Troy A. Burks" <burkstroy at yahoo.com
>>>> <mailto:burkstroy at yahoo.com>>
>>>> Date: Friday, February 11, 2011, 7:07 PM
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> <http://pol.moveon.org/nprpbs/?id=26078-17377114-0nf7g3x&t=1>"Congress
>>>> must protect NPR and PBS and guarantee them permanent funding, free
>>>> from
>>>> political meddling."
>>>> <http://pol.moveon.org/nprpbs/?id=26078-17377114-0nf7g3x&t=1>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Sign the petition
>>>> <http://pol.moveon.org/nprpbs/?id=26078-17377114-0nf7g3x&t=2>
>>>>
>>>> Dear MoveOn member,
>>>>
>>>> I guess we shouldn't be surprised.
>>>>
>>>> With Republicans back in charge of the House of Representatives,
>>>> *funding
>>>> for NPR and PBS is in grave danger.* Again.
>>>>
>>>> The Republicans just released their budget proposal, and it *zeroes
>>>> out
>>>> funding for both NPR and PBS*—the worst proposal in more than a
>>>> decade.^1
>>>>
>>>> They probably think that no one will notice these cuts in the midst
>>>> of so
>>>> many others. But the millions of listeners and viewers who rely on
>>>> public
>>>> broadcasting for "Sesame Street," "All Things Considered," and
>>>> independent
>>>> journalism will notice.
>>>>
>>>> We need to tell Republicans that cutting off funding was
>>>> unacceptable last
>>>> time they were in charge, and it's unacceptable now.
>>>>
>>>> Add your name to the petition to save NPR and PBS
>>>> <http://pol.moveon.org/nprpbs/?id=26078-17377114-0nf7g3x&t=3>
>>>>
>>>> The petition says: "/Congress must protect NPR and PBS and guarantee
>>>> them
>>>> permanent funding, free from political meddling./"
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for all you do.
>>>>
>>>> –Daniel, Amy, Michael, Wes, and the rest of the team
>>>>
>>>> 1. "Beyond Reason on the Budget," /The New York Times/, February 10,
>>>> 2011
>>>> http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/11/opinion/11fri1.html
>>>>
>>>> Want to support our work? We're entirely funded by our 5 million
>>>> members—no corporate contributions, no big checks from CEOs. And our
>>>> tiny
>>>> staff ensures that small contributions go a long way. Chip in here
>>>>
>>>> <https://pol.moveon.org/donate/email.html?id=26078-17377114-0nf7g3x&t=5>.
>>>>
>>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>> PAID FOR BY MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTION, http://pol.moveon.org/. Not
>>>> authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee. This email was
>>>> sent
>>>> to Rev. Troy A. Burks on February 11, 2011. To change your email
>>>> address
>>>> or update your contact info, click here
>>>> <http://moveon.org/subscrip/coa.html?id=26078-17377114-0nf7g3x>. To
>>>> remove
>>>> yourself from this list, click here
>>>> <http://moveon.org/s?i=26078-17377114-0nf7g3x>. Web Bug from
>>>> http://open.moveon.org/o.gif?id=26078-17377114-0nf7g3x
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>> No need to miss a message. Get email on-the-go
>>>> <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=43910/*http://mobile.yahoo.com/mail >
>>>> with Yahoo! Mail for Mobile. Get started.
>>>> <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=43910/*http://mobile.yahoo.com/mail >
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------------
>>
>> Yahoo! Groups Links
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
> <*> To visit your group on the web, go to:
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sf-core/
>
> <*> Your email settings:
> Individual Email | Traditional
>
> <*> To change settings online go to:
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sf-core/join
> (Yahoo! ID required)
>
> <*> To change settings via email:
> sf-core-digest at yahoogroups.com
> sf-core-fullfeatured at yahoogroups.com
>
> <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
> sf-core-unsubscribe at yahoogroups.com
>
> <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:
> http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
>
More information about the Peace-discuss
mailing list