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Line 1: − [[File:NPR logo.png|right|200px]]+ − '''National Public Radio''' (NPR) is a not-for-profit organization which produces and broadcasts various [[liberal]] <ref>[http://www.mediaresearch.org/BozellColumns/newscolumn/2003/col20031021.asp NPR Admits a Liberal Bias], L. Brent Bozell III, [[Media Research Center]], October 21, 2003</ref> [[radio]] programs including news, talk shows, and entertainment. The audience of NPR listeners has grown exponentially since the organization's inception in 1970. Currently, NPR reports that 26 million [[Americans]] tune in each week.<ref>http://www.npr.org/about/growth.html</ref> Not only does NPR boast a large weekly audience, it also produces the two most listened-to radio programs on public radio: ''[[Morning Edition]]'' and ''[[All Things Considered]]''. A November 2005 Poll showed NPR to be the most trusted radio-broadcast news network in the [[United States]].<ref>http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6282871.html?display=Breaking+News&referral=SUPP</ref> − − NPR, along with [[PBS]], has been accused of aiming its broadcast toward the well-educated. According to NPR, "NPR supports its operations through a combination of membership dues and programming fees from over 860 independent radio stations, sponsorship from private foundations and corporations, and revenue from the sales of transcripts, books, CDs, and merchandise. A very small percentage -- between one percent to two percent of NPR's annual budget -- comes from competitive grants sought by NPR from federally funded organizations, such as the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, National Science Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts."<ref>NPR.org, ''Annual Reports, Audited Financial Statements, and Form 990s'', retrieved 28 March, 2009 [http://www.npr.org/about/privatesupport.html]</ref> − − ==All Things Considered== − Robert Siegel chats about [[Conservapedia]] with Andrew Schlafly March 13, 2007. <ref>NPR, All Things Considered, ''Conservapedia: Data for Birds of a Political Feather?'', by Robert Siegel, March 13, 2007 [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=8286084]</ref> − − ==Controversies== − − [[NPR]]'s [[Nina Totenberg]] said on air of Sen. [[Jesse Helms]]' claim that the government may be spending too much on AIDS research, − :''I think he ought to be worried about what's going on in the Good Lord's mind, because if there is retributive justice, he'll get AIDS from a transfusion, or one of his grandchildren will get it."''<ref>Nina Totenberg of National Public Radio, July 8, 1995, Inside Washington. [http://reason.com/blog/2010/10/21/what-wont-get-you-fired-from-n]</ref> − − New Orleans-based National Public Radio commentator Andrei Codrescu said of [[Christian]]s, − − :''The [[Rapture]], and I quote, 'is the immediate departure from this Earth of over four million people in less than a fifth of a second,' unquote. This happily-volatilized mass of the saved were born again in [[Jesus Christ]]....The evaporation of four million people who believe this crap would leave the world an instantly better place.''<ref>Andrei Codrescu, ''All Things Considered'', December 19, 1995.</ref> − − Michel Martin, host of NPR’s ''Tell Me More'', on [[CNN]] had this exchange with Margeret Carlson: − − :MARGARET CARLSON: ''And wouldn’t it be a great thing if they moved it a few blocks? And Muslims and Americans who still worry would be talking to each other. Let’s compromise.'' − :MICHEL MARTIN (NPR): ''Why should they move it?'' − :CARLSON: ''Well, why don’t we compromise?'' − :MARTIN (NPR): ''Did anybody move a Catholic church? Did anybody move a Christian church after [[Timothy McVeigh]] – who adhered to a cultic, white supremacist cultic version of Christianity – [[Oklahoma City bombing|bombed the Murrah building in Oklahoma]]?''<ref>CNN's ''Reliable Sources'', August 22, 2010.</ref> − − ==See also== − *[[Juan Williams]] − − ==Further reading== − * McCauley, Michael. ''NPR: The Trials and Triumphs of National Public Radio'' (2005) [http://www.amazon.com/NPR-Trials-Triumphs-National-Public/dp/0231121601/ref=sr_11_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1239155049&sr=11-1 excerpt and text search] − − == References == − {{reflist|2}} − − ==See Also== − [[Previous Breaking News/National Public Radio|Articles about '''National Public Radio''' from previous "Breaking News"]] − − ==External Links== − *http://www.npr.org/ Official Website − *[http://newsbusters.org/media-topics/radio/npr ''NewsBusters section on NPR''] − − [[Category:Radio]] − [[Category:Media]] − [[Category:Journalism]]
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