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**Roorseprate** · 10-29-2010, 04:11 AM

Is NPR Biased?

NPR serves as a national syndicator to 797 public radio stations in the United States of America. A 2005 study conducted by researchers at UCLA and the University of Missouri found that Morning Edition leans left.

At the time Morning Edition had a bias comparable to the The Washington Post and the CBS Morning Show, and was slightly more liberal than Time, Newsweek and U.S. News & World Report. It found Morning Edition to be more liberal than the average U.S. Republican of the time of the study and more conservative than the average U.S. Democrat of the time. Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, a progressive media watchdog group disputes the claim of a liberal bias.

http://www.newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/...px?RelNum=6664

A December 2005 column run by NPR ombudsman and former Vice President Jeffrey Dvorkin denied allegations by some listeners that NPR relies heavily on conservative think-tanks.

Jeffrey Dvorkin, the first ombudsman for a major U.S. broadcast news organization

In his column, Dvorkin listed the number of times NPR had cited experts from conservative and liberal think tanks in the previous year as evidence. The totals were 239 for conservative think tanks, and 141 for liberal ones. He noted that while the number of times liberal think tanks were cited was less, in addition to think tanks the liberal point of view is commonly provided by academics.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...toryId=5053335

Then of course there is the Williams Controversy, recently Jessie Jackson came out against NPR for firing Juan, saying they denied him his freedom of speech. All this while having an opinion is something many employees of NPR do to this day.

“NPR was wrong because they did not afford him freedom of speech,” Jackson said.

I personally don't think they should have fired Juan Williams, he was right and Bill O Reilly was wrong. His notion of being scared seeing men in Muslim garb is misguided, because the men who committed the destruction of 9/11 were not wearing Muslim garb, one was wearing a United States Military Uniform!

So, should NPR continue to be tax payer funded? I certainly don't think so, it would be a very easy thing to cut in these hard economic times, especially now that they have appeared to violate political correctness.

10-29-2010, 04:11 AM	#1
Roorseprate Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 659 Senior Member	Is NPR Biased? Is NPR Biased? NPR serves as a national syndicator to 797 public radio stations in the United States of America. A 2005 study conducted by researchers at UCLA and the University of Missouri found that Morning Edition leans left. At the time Morning Edition had a bias comparable to the The Washington Post and the CBS Morning Show, and was slightly more liberal than Time, Newsweek and U.S. News & World Report. It found Morning Edition to be more liberal than the average U.S. Republican of the time of the study and more conservative than the average U.S. Democrat of the time. Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, a progressive media watchdog group disputes the claim of a liberal bias. http://www.newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/...px?RelNum=6664 A December 2005 column run by NPR ombudsman and former Vice President Jeffrey Dvorkin denied allegations by some listeners that NPR relies heavily on conservative think-tanks. Jeffrey Dvorkin, the first ombudsman for a major U.S. broadcast news organization In his column, Dvorkin listed the number of times NPR had cited experts from conservative and liberal think tanks in the previous year as evidence. The totals were 239 for conservative think tanks, and 141 for liberal ones. He noted that while the number of times liberal think tanks were cited was less, in addition to think tanks the liberal point of view is commonly provided by academics. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...toryId=5053335 Then of course there is the Williams Controversy, recently Jessie Jackson came out against NPR for firing Juan, saying they denied him his freedom of speech. All this while having an opinion is something many employees of NPR do to this day. “NPR was wrong because they did not afford him freedom of speech,” Jackson said. I personally don't think they should have fired Juan Williams, he was right and Bill O Reilly was wrong. His notion of being scared seeing men in Muslim garb is misguided, because the men who committed the destruction of 9/11 were not wearing Muslim garb, one was wearing a United States Military Uniform! So, should NPR continue to be tax payer funded? I certainly don't think so, it would be a very easy thing to cut in these hard economic times, especially now that they have appeared to violate political correctness.
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