How many are educated like me and listen to NPR?

**PittsburghPlayer** · 12-09-10, 06:20 PM

I listen. The only place to get anywhere near the truth. On the radio at least.

**NrmlCurvSurfr** · 12-09-10, 06:24 PM

I have the app on my phone. It's very useful and informative.

**jjgold** · 12-09-10, 06:26 PM

no

waste of time

**smitch124** · 12-09-10, 06:27 PM

Do they give scores?

**Landscaper** · 12-09-10, 06:29 PM

All the time while Im working makes the days fly by really great stuff

**iifold** · 12-09-10, 06:30 PM

propaganda...

**nosniboR11** · 12-09-10, 06:30 PM

if you want to be lied to on a daily basis

**bobbyfk** · 12-09-10, 06:33 PM

No, I don't

**Sunde91** · 12-09-10, 06:33 PM

Only smug leftists and hipster college students who think they're smart for swallowing the bullshit of their Marxist professors.

**NrmlCurvSurfr** · 12-09-10, 06:34 PM

Originally posted by nosniboR11

if you want to be lied to on a daily basis

Every news organization has some sort of agenda. It's best to listen/read from many sources to get an accurate view of reality. NPR gives some perspective on things, so it's not all BS.

**PittsburghPlayer** · 12-09-10, 06:36 PM

Originally posted by nosniboR11

if you want to be lied to on a daily basis

Tell us where to go to get the truth. Church??

Just like Sarah Palin, tell us something is wrong, but offer no solutions.

**onetrickpony** · 12-09-10, 06:38 PM

im a college dropout so no

**THE PROFIT** · 12-09-10, 07:10 PM

If they dont give the weather, give scores, and play Skynyrd, then no, dont guess I do

**pavyracer** · 12-09-10, 07:12 PM

no don't listen to AM radio

**stealthyburrito** · 12-09-10, 07:16 PM

used to occasionally but others in the car with me were bored to tears, so i stopped listening a while back.

**Cougar Bait** · 12-09-10, 07:37 PM

Deuce for the love of God, listen to Michael Savage and learn something.

NPR is government funded radio. You do realize that, right?

According to information available from the NPR website, local radio station money comes from the following sources:

32.1% Individual contributions

21.1% Business contributions

13.6% University funds

10.1% Corporation for Public Broadcasting funds

9.6% Foundation money

5.6% Federal, state, and local government funds

7.6% Other

At first glance, this distribution of funds seems to confirm that public radio's support does not come in large amounts from the direct allocation of tax moneys. After all, 5.6% is not a gigantic portion of the budget, is it? But let's look more closely. That 10.1% that comes from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting is 99% provided by -- you guessed it -- the federal government. Those university funds, whenever they are provided by a public university, represent taxpayer-provided dollars. We can safely assert that three out of four university-supported stations are publicly funded, which means that more than 10% (three-quarters of that 13.6%) is taken from the taxpayer's pockets.

So far, we find that NPR member stations count on direct or indirect taxpayer money for some 25% of their funds - and that's before you consider some of the largest portions of their budgets.

**PittsburghPlayer** · 12-09-10, 07:38 PM

Originally posted by pavyracer

no don't listen to AM radio

Paver, you are joking right. NPR is USUALLY on the FM dial, far to the left!

**big0mar** · 12-09-10, 07:39 PM

Often

**MadTiger** · 12-09-10, 07:41 PM

Originally posted by NrmlCurvSurfr

I have the app on my phone. It's very useful and informative.

Don't listen much lately, but also have it on my phone.