I listen to it all the time. They're the only channel that plays classical music; which imho is heads and tails above the rest of the stations. Though it's my opinion that this would be as good a thing to spend taxpayers money on as any it's difficult to justify. You see just because I enjoy something doesn't mean I have the right to force other less educated nitwits to pay for it.

Varus

Same thing, no commercials. They mention sponsors but it's just a few seconds and on with the show.

Get it right.

It's Nitwit Pervert Radio.

If it is so great then it shouldn't have to reach into my pocket!

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If a society, for the sake of commerciality, rejects the possibilities of well researched journalism, then this society is on its path towards fascism.

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Exactly.

If it's such a popular and worthy station to listen to, it should have no problem attracting PLENTY of advertisers to fund itself with.

I won't pay for it.

The few times I've had to listen too it, it was very obvious which direction they "bent".

It is NOT "well researched journalism" as you say.

But of course they are better researched. Their contributions are well investigated, their interviews well led and their sources are usually not one but multiple.

But this is beside the point. Any country, proud of its cultural merits, such as the U.S., should undertake the necessary steps to enhance programms like NPR and PBS, rather than cut their budget.

There are many people who like to listed to complete sentences, such as audible on NPR, to improve their English.

Watching Fox TV, this is merely impossible.
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The impetus for rebellion, as manifest in any child, is suffocated by the lure of consumption.

Herbert Marcuse

How do you know any of that?

And what are you comparing it to?



What?
So NPR and PBS are helping you to learn English?

Is that a worthy goal?

How about the schools that we pay for? Why not learn there?

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Sounds like Bush hates education with a passion or feels it isn't important. It's just the whole ordeal that he is cutting educational programs and now educational television. What's next besides cutting medicare and meidcaid programs for the eldery and disabled? I think he's pretty much cut the most absolutly necessary programs. Must be working his way down the lest in order of importance until we have nothing left. Alas!

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Samantha,

How've ya been?

Sad to say, budget cuts for our public media is inevitable, and a foregone conclusion.

Bush obviously does not want ANY media that's not in almost-total control (see : Bill Moyers and his battles against Tomlinson), and his oil war is sapped ALL our $$, anyway.

It's also meshing quite nicely with Clear Channel's battle against Air America, and other US media outlets which tell as much truth as they can get away with.

And then there's the FCC, and it's plans to contend with.

But, cheer up! We still have celphones, and I'm sure you know that no dictatorship has even florished long-term in a society which has those.

Thank God. But how are the libbies going to blame repubs in light of the fact that dems are now in control?

Oh I see. You know that Congress passes the legislation right?
You are confusing Air America with NPR?

Telling.

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The conservatives are not the ones trying to silence the freedom of speech and the freedom of the press, and directly interfere with public broadcasting.

That would be the liberals with their new push for a new version of the "Fairness Doctrine" also known as "The perfect road to complate fascism."

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Did you notice that the libbies didn't have anything to say about the fairness doctrine until after it became clear that Commie Air America was going to fail?

They were running their mouths about that before Air AMerica and now after...

NOT during!!!

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"That would be the liberals with their new push for a new version of the "Fairness Doctrine" also known as "The perfect road to complate fascism."
Meridious #58.

Then why is it that under the Fairness Doctrine, the press was recognized to be an agency of the public good, unlike now?

And I'm sure you know the why and how of Moyer's troubles with Tomlinson (assigned by Rove/Bush to silence him, fyi).