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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.

[feqlmwtuqx]

i asked that a few days ago. no one answered. i say yes. they are all bias.
npr is bias to the left.
however informative.

[Adiamant]

I listened to NPR for about two years off and on. Fairly liberal but not obscenely so. My problem was that I could pick apart nearly every one of their reports and identify huge gaps in them. They didn't ask the questions I would have asked of their interviewees. And they often interview one party but not the other. Then they slam that party without trying to get a rebuttal.
It's cheap, college level reporting dressed up and sold as intellectual.

[Lotyqnag]

IT'S A LEFTWING SHOP. ALWAYS HAS BEEN.

[Konidurase]

Is NPR Biased?
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Does a woodchuck chuck wood?

[Automobill]

I generally find the NPR to be liberally biased, but they work in a very subtle manner. For instance Diana Rehm is obviously a bleeding heart...

[Loovikeillilen]

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.

I personally don't mind Juan being fired at all mostly because it lead to the NPR taking flack it rightfully deserved! The main reason for his firing was his affiliation with fox but the comments was their calling card. What he described was genuine natural feelings that an ordinary person would feel...and he was battered by the political correct nazis. Must we forsake true genuine feelings for some faux false sense of righteousness??

Anyway the real loser is NPR. Williams, their most objective analyst was fired and has a Job at fox, their credibility was threatened in a matter of days, and they just received a bomb threat I believe. LOL, they are really having a bad week, and I'm loving it...

[forextradinginfo]

Does Elmer Fudd have trouble with the letter "R?"

[vernotixas]

True, Williams walked away with a 2 million dollar contract, so he's ok.

[HelenTay]

Is Markendsley a gay moron?