Well, NPR's online comment section is gone as of today. Notably not only have they shut down new comments, but they've also gone ahead and deleted all existing comments from their posted articles.
>An argument I know NPR will hear, because I've received some letters about it during my tenure, is that NPR, which indirectly receives federal funding (via the membership fees paid by stations) has an obligation to provide such a forum for listeners. It does not, in fact, have any such legal obligation. NPR's obligation is to provide information, not to create and maintain a public square.
Good. I go to NPR for unbiased news and information, not bigots and internet trolls.
Adam Hughes
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Logan Evans
>UNBIASED
FIRST POST BAIT POST
Kayden Carter
When I'm on the road, I generally like most of the topics they touch upon and am genuinely entertained.
That doesn't make me loyal.
Just for this, I'll go out of my way to avoid their stations.
>I see alot more authentic Mexican -American music in my future
David Gutierrez
Bloomberg View deleted all my comments, even the non anti semitic ones.
The jew is officially afraid gentlemen. It cannot create a bubble to exist in forever.
Ian Sullivan
>It cannot create a bubble to exist in forever. I'd say it could. >eliminate sites like Sup Forums and Reddit >cut comment sections from all corporate news sites >make it impossible to create a Twitter/Facebook account without real ID >begin arresting people for posting incorrect comments on Facebook and Twitter
You'd have 10 neckbeards left on a dial-up BBS of their own design somewhere who would never communicate with anyone except each other.
Jace Campbell
>NPRs obligation is to provide state produced propaganda for all the useful idiots to consume.
Sebastian Jenkins
>NPR's obligation is to provide information, not to create and maintain a public square.
makes sense honestly. just because you can't shitpost on their site directly doesn't mean it can't be discussed or criticized in a million other places. if you recognize their agenda and don't like it use a better source and ditch NPR altogether.
Evan Martin
>doesn't mean it can't be discussed or criticized in a million other places Name 900,000.
Tyler Barnes
>Unbiased >Hurr durr they talk in a nice tone so I believe everything they say What a faggot.
Leo Sullivan
I have yet to find any noticeable bias in their coverage other than the specific content that they choose to cover. Robert Siegle pushed back pretty hard on a chem department chairman who was forcing diversity education into the carriculum. And by pushed back I mean he asked a common sense question, got evaded and asked the question again.
Camden Stewart
Meant for
Nathaniel Hill
Top laff, thanks for that. I have a meeting with the bossman in 3 minutes and this helped lift my spirits beforehand.
Luke Jones
Everyone can do what they want. Let's see how their viewership goes.
Less and less people are watching MSM because they're just telling people what to thing and it's gotten so bad feedback will not be tolerated.
Whatever. Go ahead and do you thing. It won't matter much if everyone stops paying attention.
MSM can go suck a dick and they know it. It's exactly what they are doing now, which is why they had to kill comments.
The phrase "white genocide" gets thrown around a lot but this is literally an NPR article calling for all developed nations to cease childbirth immediately so that their countries will have more room for climate refugees in coming decades
Nathan Morales
>Not sure if bait or Record Correcting
Ayden King
i had to listen to NPR all the time in my old ass truck way back when.
it is not biased, but they just wont play republican content, or tell any news about republicans other than "trump did this" or "trumps losing". they will however, talk about the democrats and what theyre doing and tell every little great thing that hillary's doing
they also play the worst stuff in the galaxy. i live in a small town, so there are pretty much no radio stations, so the generic jazz sucked me in. i then had to put up with all types of the shittiest stories ever. imagine like those NBC stories, except even duller, and over the radio. i heard a cooking show on there one time. over the radio, while i was driving.
Luis Hill
>the author memed himself into marrying a Turkish woman because Turks produce leas carbon per capita than Americans or Europeans What the fuck
Josiah Diaz
SHUT IT DOWN H U T
I T
D O W N
Lincoln Green
>switching from solar to LED lighting will cut your lifetime carbon emissions by 250 tons >becoming a vegetarian will cut your lifetime carbon emissions by 117 tons >getting an abortion will cut your lifetime carbon emissions by 9,400 tons Wew lad
Daniel Gray
Holy fuck lol
Camden Powell
How would they go about eliminating Sup Forums? If Sup Forums goes down, we'll head to other *chans or create our own.
Grayson Fisher
This. My local classical music station plays npr for financial reasons so I always listened to it and while obviously left leaning, they weren't as bad as most. Now I will immediately turn it off and have been looking for a new classical station altogether.
Jaxson Gray
>Not liking America's Test Kitchen Why are you such a gigantic faggot?
Jace Young
NPR needs to be shut down and defunded
I hope Trump does this.
Brandon Clark
fuck npr and their sanctimonious bullshit cut all pyblic funding
Nicholas Smith
Haha nice bait. KYS.
Christopher Myers
National Propaganda Radio
Noah Thompson
good fuck NPR
Bentley Davis
Wait, NPR receives federal funding? How are they allowed to be openly Democrat propaganda then?
Dylan Robinson
i dont think i heard that one lol. it was some jewish woman's cooking show, they make such a big deal out of her jewry and make that her main thing while she was cooking. am i gonna like a cooking show while im driving? shit, my truck was 20 years old and a manual, im not cooking shit in there lol
i will say this though. the only other person that ive seen listen to NPR listened to it in her kitchen, so the cooking shows arent that absurd. i would even go as far and say that listening to a cooking show on the radio in your kitchen is pretty damn comfy, but you have to realize my struggle. 20 year old truck. no CD player, no nothing. had to listen to either radio or nothing, and all the radio stations in my town are either shitty rap, whatever that r&b shit is, 80s crap, and NPR. i did luck out and find an AM station that played bluegrass and farm stocks. that was pretty baller
Jonathan Morgan
Because something like 90% of federal employees are Democrats
Robert Jones
They know that removing comment sections reduces viewership by 20-50%.
It's more important to control the narrative 100%.
We should ask how these companies are surviving, since the market clearly can't be supporting them.
Who is bailing out the MSM? Who is keeping them artificially inflated?
Christian King
Isnt NPR owned by Soros? Or funded by him?
Austin King
Internet regulation will pass eventually.
Nicholas Russell
Makes sense. All the liberal rags are deleting comment sections since most of the time no one gives a fuck about the content the produce and go straight to the comments.
NPR has turned into a socialist fascist piece of shit. They're even giving airtime to Cokehead Lindy West who's one of the biggest pieces of shit out there. It's all a bunch of bullshit.
Oliver Ortiz
I stopped listening to NPR once they started having constant tranny stories and their "guest artists". It was basically constant "poets" and "comedians" that blame white people for their problems.
Gabriel Reyes
Pound the shit out of the social media accounts of the corrupt networks.
Thomas Evans
>Trumpcucks complain about freedom of speech >while supporting a man who wants to 'close up the internet in some way' ?
Ryder James
The elite's goals have always been massive privatization of all spaces in order to do an end-run around the Constitution. The government can't ban speech, but hey guise, we're not, it's those PRI/NBC/FOX/CNN companies. Nothing we can do! (Even though we pressured them to shut it down through unofficial channels.)
Capitalism has always been an anti-citizen plot. Communism was never supposed to be serious, it was only the boogeyman to keep you pro-capitalist.
I know Sup Forums is a satire board but I'm genuinely starting to believe National Socialism is the final redpill.
Lucas Anderson
I used to love NPR. But then I noticed how the stories were always about those poor immigrants, these strong women being so brave, and shit like that. It became unbearable because I realized that they were pushing a narrative so god damn blatantly. It was annoying.
Ethan Rodriguez
>Please ignore this retard.
Jayden Adams
>Using firewalls and ISP range bans to prevent ISIS recruitment drives and coordination from the third world.
>Somehow "bad" and "impossible"
Fucking leaf.
Benjamin Foster
I don't read articles without comments. Shows they have something to hide.
Ayden Turner
I don't think Trump knows what a range ban is.
Henry Miller
Totally.
>Here to talk with us about science and engineering is our science correspondent Vagina Al-Muhkhas
>Hi Audie. It seems that diversity is a big focus right now, schools are making their physics students take diversity courses to learn afro-science because it's differences of opinion on the second law of thermodynamics that drives innovation forward
Women are the #1 cause of sexism prove me wrong.
Daniel Gomez
Every topic they touch on is Trannies or NY jews.
Luke Martin
Seriously, their standards are scrapping the barrel now. I was a big NPR guy as a kid too. Then they started bringing in these cocksucking social justice warriors and regressive socialists. The people who are responsible for dragging out society down.
I freaked out when they brought Cokehead Lindy West in. This piece of shit was a Gawker/Feminist who destroyed the art scenes in the Northwest with her archaic bullshit and leftist cult she's apart of. Sure enough there she on NPR crying about her being trolled online for being a cunt (which was probably the impetus of why NPR did this) and coming out of the closet as a fat person. (we already know you're an obese cunt)
It makes me sad because NPR used to have the coolest music shows and really interesting segments like a blind person narrating through their day. Now it's just blatant propaganda from the shittiest people on the left.
Grayson Ortiz
Agreed. The comments lower the tone of the news conversation. I think about the only two places on the media where comments are consistently not crap are the Guardian and the New York Times. They have a good system of moderation and highlights to make sure the cream rises. Comments on places like the Daily Mail or YouTube just make me wail and lament for humanity.
Jack Nguyen
>Hi Audie.
Post your reaction when you found out this is what Audie Cornish looks like.
Carson Barnes
>tfw I didn't know >I looked her up to make sure I was spelling her name correctly I'd put some whipped cream on her chocolate pie if you know what I mean.
Jackson Green
Internet regulation would kill the economy.
Tech is basically the only industry that has real growth potential. Most other industries are growing by cutting corners or tax evasion. They don't have any real growth potential, since incomes have been stagnant for decades, and the fertility rate is worse than stagnant.
Bentley Thomas
>Internet regulation would kill the economy The solution to that is more immigration and welfare spending, duh
Alexander Lee
Unsurprisingly, she's already been bleached. By a manlet no less.
Jose Brooks
NPR had a dramatic reading of some poem or something about working on trump's wall.
it was dystopian as fuck and served no purpose but to shill extremely hard against the wall.
they painted it as every single person in the US being forced into slave labor to build the wall.
i wish i could find it. been looking around for like 20 min but it doesnt seem to exist anywhere.
Liam Reyes
I listened to NPR talk during the SJW college protests last year. They were interviewing some black college students, and the fact that the interviewer was taking seriously their claims of racism in universities made me lose it.
I couldn't listen after that. They're ruined.
Benjamin Garcia
Npr isn't really a thing in my state. We have our own public radio, they talk a lot about star history, how to garden properly, Hell they even broadcasted the republican gov debate live and then rebroadcasted it a few days later in case you missed it.
Nicholas Thompson
>coming out of the closet as a fat person ?
Colton Moore
first post best post.
nothing more hilarious that Sup Forums children who shit on NPR while unironically reading breitbart.
grow and get jobs you faggots.
Lincoln Hill
>damage control
Sad!
Luis Lewis
This cunt... this fucking cunt Lindy West. I could write paragraphs about what a corrupt hypocritical fraud she is. But this idiot wrote a book trying to pump up her Cult of Personality as a feminist icon (despite her being 400 pounds and not having an original thought) so she went on some NPR show and did a show about "Coming out as a fat person in America" to promote it. She also did another show about online trolls attacking her because she used to be the head cunt in a local Seattle street rag and she tried to turn it into a career.
I literally made it about three sentences in because her entire career is about her supposedly being victimized even though she's a complete lying cunt. Plus she just sounds stupid.
She's the one who got eviscerated by Jim Norton on that cocksucking W. Kamal Bell show that lasted a minuted before his ratings were sub-zero because no one wants to watch SJW faggotry. She's a part of that cult with her flaming faggot husband (who cheats on her every chance he gets with skinny white women kek) Ajamaskagabna Oluo, Hari Konabalou and W. Kamal Bell.
Cameron Anderson
I don't understand this either. How could she have come out of the closet if she can't fit through the closet door?
Thomas Stewart
First post speaks truth. Any Sup Forums babies that can't realize how moderate NPR is should kill themselves, it's too late for them.
Alexander King
I started listening to NPR a few years ago.
>good bumper music >neat offbeat stories >nice change from music or conservative talk radio
However, they have disgusted me in the last few weeks.
>total Trump attack >Complete support for Hillary >weak softball interviews with BLM founders or other people that should be grilled by journalists. >willingly report accounts that have been discredited. Still think Lewandowski assaulted Shapiro's wanna-be gf. Doesn't correct the record months later. >reports on twitter trolls, takes bait constantly.
Sickening
Joshua Peterson
>They won't play republican content and always rail against Trump Isn't that the definition of bias? I remember the last time I ever listened to them, it was when universities in Texas legalized concealed carry, then they played the story of the texas shooter from the 50's or 60's or whatever. They're as anti-american as any radio station I ever heard.
None of this would even be a problem if those fags didn't claim "we're unbaised."
Jonathan Ross
You're a faggot and I wish you were dead. I hope you have a shitty day.
Jackson Wilson
>Only my opinion matters and nobody else's Yeah, this is why no one can stand you elitist snobs.
Sebastian Flores
The only thing I listen to NPR for is a Prarie Home Companion. And even that isn't safe from leftist shilling. Like these people don't even hide their disdain.
Connor Clark
They played that story because that Texas legislation was passed on the anniversary of the Clocktower shooting. It is consider the "first" mass school shooting in American history. Talking about it and the ties to guns on college campuses was completely appropriate you raging faggot.
Austin Evans
Yeah, I bet that's why they played it for a week straight. Fag.
Jacob Lee
Agreed, l like a comment system where I feel like I actually come away with some insight or new perspective from a comment. Forbes has decent comments too.
gj proving his point
Matthew Long
>>>arguing against freedom of speech and a counterbalance to media is now considered progressive
Blake Harris
If you want perspective and insight, open a book. If you want people's genuine opinions, that's what the comment section is for.
William Miller
>gj proving his point Ask me if I give a shit about his fee-fees. Go ahead...
FAGGOT!
Grayson Stewart
I don't care about yours.
>muh freedom of speech Companies aren't obligated to pay for bandwidth and storage to host the opinions of 1000 fringe lunatics spamming the blog over and over again. "Freedom of speech" does not mean that people are financially obligated to provide you with a platform.
Eli Lee
>Leftists now defending big business WEW E W
Dominic Wilson
What makes you think I'm a leftist?
Luis Long
>Played it a week straight On what fucking planet? The only stories about that aired August 1st. KYS
Jose Parker
You're canadian. You're a leftist by defaul until you prove otherwise, and nothing you've said so far says anything but you being a leftist.
Camden Wilson
>this faggot decided to go for the freedom of speech meme instead of the argument that actually applied.
Why are you such a Canadian stereotype? Stick to your faggoty socialist paradise and enjoy the "hate speech" laws coming for you soon, cocksucking maple nigger.
Jayden Jones
So you don't really have an argument and can only strawman. kek
You're the one that brought up freedom of speech even though 'freedom of speech' as a legal term only applies to the government censorship.
Brandon Thompson
Are you a leftist or not? A simple yes or no will do.
Parker Lee
Companies forfeit a huge amount of money by doing this. Each comment is another refresh, another entire page of ads, another hit.
They're so anally devastated people are saying things they dont like they're throwing money away
I guess it could be a financial calculation too, maybe commenters were tearing NPRs credibility to shreds and making users lose trust in them and stop going altogether
Either way, its pretty funny how desperate cucks are getting
Adrian Williams
Obviously not. Sorry to ruin your false dichotomy.
Noah Murphy
Hah. Alright kiddo, time to answer some questions then. Opinion on gays?
Luke Collins
>this maple nigger is still avoiding the real argument
Nathan Watson
wow what whiny babies who can't handle having their opinions questioned or critiqued
Lucas Wood
Don't care, not a social conservative.
Christopher Cooper
It's "publicly owned"
So yes, Soros
Luke Roberts
The canadian may be a cuck but he's right, forcing a company to host content or employ people regardless of what they say is infringing on the freedom of speech of said companies owner
If you had a business and sold shit on a website and a bunch of fags came and just started posting BBC cuck porn, would you think its an infringement on freedom of speech to make them fuck off?
Fuck no
Dumbasses
Brody Watson
So a lying leftist. Cool. Canadians are all the same.
Mason Hernandez
What's your argument, exactly, besides "MUH FREE SPEECH", which doesn't apply because a private company has no obligation to provide you with a platform for your speech.
Owen Williams
Should've asked him how much carbon emissions he'd save by killing himself.
Julian Parker
>I don't care about yours. Then you shouldn't care about comments, either. Fucking queer.
Evan Morris
Kek
Blake Scott
>Libertarians are leftists lol
Levi Jones
I do like trolling and getting a few subtle redpills on the NPR kikebook page.
Noah Sanchez
It's funny how every major media organization in the world suddenly realized only this year that everyone on the Internet is a meanie and then they all systematically shut down and deleted comment systems that had sometimes been running for over a decade
Dylan Ross
Yes, libertarians are leftists, that is accurate. Pure left=anarchy, pure right=authority