NPR is so boring: 15 minutes on Carly Fiorina

[AP]

If it's about corporate culture, NPR thinks it's the most important story there is.

Well, they also like religion these days, and they like to talk up terrorism and national insecurity. And that's when they're not trying to sell Seabiscutt books and DVDs or Wilco CDs.

Hmmm. I see a pattern.

[deutsey]

1. Shortly before the 2000 election I started noticing a change in NPR

During the whole recount I couldn't stomach listening to it anymore and just stopped, and I had been a supporting member for years.

I've since become an ardent Pacifica supporter and haven't missed NPR.

[BiggJawn]

2. It really sucks, but it's better than the "Morning Zoo"...

...programming that fills the airwaves in the morning...

It's become pap for Yuppies. They give you Garrison Keillor and those oh-so-funny "Cartalk" guys, but they fill your heads with RW poison at newstime...

[On the Road]

3. Was it On Marketplace?

It would be an appropriate segment there. It's really pretty big news in the business world.

[AP]

5. No. Morning Edition. Their (Business) News show.

[AP]

6. I should point out that NPR's two daily news shows -- ME & ATC --

are basically the daily cheerlead for the achievements of capital.

Sometimes it's very subtle, like when the tsunami coverage turns into reporting on which corporation is doing what to help. Other times it's more blatant, like when the pretend that who HP's CEO is is the most important story of the day.

[porkrind]

4. National Propaganda Radio

All Iraq, all the time. Let freedom reign.