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| − | '''National Public Radio''' (NPR) is the official [[D.C.]] [[propaganda]] organ created by [[Great Society]] programs of [[President Lyndon Johnson]],<ref>https://therightscoop.com/npr-listed-as-state-affiliated-media-on-twitter/</ref> which went out of business in August 2025 once [[Congress]] pulled the plug on its funding. As a non-profit [[NGO]] it produces and broadcasts various [[radio]] programs including news, talk shows, and what they call 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>https://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 claimed 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> | + | '''National Public Radio''' (NPR) was the official [[D.C.]] [[propaganda]] organ created by [[Great Society]] programs of [[President Lyndon Johnson]],<ref>https://therightscoop.com/npr-listed-as-state-affiliated-media-on-twitter/</ref> until NPR went out of business in August 2025 because [[Congress]] stopped funding it at taxpayer expense. As a non-profit [[NGO]] it produces and broadcasts various [[radio]] programs including news, talk shows, and what they call entertainment. The audience of NPR listeners has grown exponentially since the organization's inception in 1970. At one point, NPR reported that 26 million [[Americans]] tune in each week.<ref>https://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 claimed 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> |
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| | Twitter marked the NPR account as "state-affiliated media" until whining by NPR caused Twitter to change that to "government funded," in April 2023. The [[liberal bias]] of NPR can hardly be credibly denied. | | Twitter marked the NPR account as "state-affiliated media" until whining by NPR caused Twitter to change that to "government funded," in April 2023. The [[liberal bias]] of NPR can hardly be credibly denied. |
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| − | NPR, along with [[PBS]], has been accused of tailoring its [[fake news]] broadcasts toward a liberal point of view, making it little different than the [[mainstream media]] it claims to compete against. 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 [https://www.npr.org/about/privatesupport.html]</ref> | + | NPR, along with [[PBS]], has been accused of tailoring its [[fake news]] broadcasts toward a liberal point of view, making it little different than the [[mainstream media]] it claims to compete against. 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 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 [https://www.npr.org/about/privatesupport.html]</ref> |
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| | On January 6, 2021, NPR photojournalist Jade Sacker was embedded with [[BLM]] [[terrorist]] [[John Sullivan]] in the [[FBI]] [[false flag]] assault on the [[U.S. Capitol]]. After the [[Capitol Police]] executed an unarmed [[veteran]] of four tours in the [[Afghan War]], [[Ashli Babbitt]], Sacker exclaimed, “We did it!”<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/01/huge-cnn-npr-reporter-jade-sacker-embedded-antifa-leader-john-sullivan-siege-us-capitol-cheered-inciting-riot-video/</ref> Popular outrage ensued to defund NPR when it tweeted that the [[Declaration of Independence]] is “a document with flaws and deeply ingrained hypocrisies.”<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/right-defund-npr-declaration-of-independence</ref> | | On January 6, 2021, NPR photojournalist Jade Sacker was embedded with [[BLM]] [[terrorist]] [[John Sullivan]] in the [[FBI]] [[false flag]] assault on the [[U.S. Capitol]]. After the [[Capitol Police]] executed an unarmed [[veteran]] of four tours in the [[Afghan War]], [[Ashli Babbitt]], Sacker exclaimed, “We did it!”<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/01/huge-cnn-npr-reporter-jade-sacker-embedded-antifa-leader-john-sullivan-siege-us-capitol-cheered-inciting-riot-video/</ref> Popular outrage ensued to defund NPR when it tweeted that the [[Declaration of Independence]] is “a document with flaws and deeply ingrained hypocrisies.”<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/right-defund-npr-declaration-of-independence</ref> |
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| | *NPR has promoted [[politically correct]] wording on abortion.<ref>Bohon, Dave (May 29, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/culture/faith-and-morals/item/32469-npr-memo-directs-journalists-on-how-to-sanitize-politicize-abortion-terminology NPR Memo Directs Journalists on How to Sanitize, Politicize Abortion Terminology]. ''The New American''. Retrieved May 30, 2019.</ref> | | *NPR has promoted [[politically correct]] wording on abortion.<ref>Bohon, Dave (May 29, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/culture/faith-and-morals/item/32469-npr-memo-directs-journalists-on-how-to-sanitize-politicize-abortion-terminology NPR Memo Directs Journalists on How to Sanitize, Politicize Abortion Terminology]. ''The New American''. Retrieved May 30, 2019.</ref> |
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| − | *Michel Martin, host of NPR’s ''Tell Me More'', on [[CNN]] had this exchange with Margeret Carlson discussing the Ground Zero Mosque: | + | *Michel Martin, host of NPR’s ''Tell Me More'', on [[CNN]] had this exchange with Margaret Carlson discussing the Ground Zero Mosque: |
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| | :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.'' | | :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.'' |