Comments on: National Public Radio: Just call us ‘NPR’ http://www.radiosurvivor.com/2010/02/09/national-public-radio-just-call-us-npr/ News, views and tough love for radio. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:32:49 -0800 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kim Kaufman http://www.radiosurvivor.com/2010/02/09/national-public-radio-just-call-us-npr/comment-page-1/#comment-450 Kim Kaufman Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:56:16 +0000 http://www.radiosurvivor.com/?p=3006#comment-450 I call it "National Propaganda Radio" and hardly think it's "public" as they take many corporate sponsors. They no longer do investigative journalism since their last big story on Archer-Daniel-Midlands as recently seen in the movie "The Informant." After that story, after ADM was busted for price fixing and had to pay a huge fine, the next year ADM was a sponsor of NPR and NPR no longer did any investigative journalism. They're just another brand of corporate shills as far as I'm concerned. I call it “National Propaganda Radio” and hardly think it’s “public” as they take many corporate sponsors. They no longer do investigative journalism since their last big story on Archer-Daniel-Midlands as recently seen in the movie “The Informant.” After that story, after ADM was busted for price fixing and had to pay a huge fine, the next year ADM was a sponsor of NPR and NPR no longer did any investigative journalism. They’re just another brand of corporate shills as far as I’m concerned.

]]> By: Tapeleg http://www.radiosurvivor.com/2010/02/09/national-public-radio-just-call-us-npr/comment-page-1/#comment-445 Tapeleg Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:35:26 +0000 http://www.radiosurvivor.com/?p=3006#comment-445 National may as well stand for 'News' these days. I'm not going to rant about that, I'll save it for a more appropriate time or post (probably sound like a curmudgeon in the process). But I like calling it both, and saying the full National Public Radio lends it a certain gavitas and authority. If I say I heard something on NPR, it's one thing, but hearing it on National Public Radio defines the source better. NPR seems a little too caught up in branding lately. It's public radio, and while it's done well, it's getting a little too slick for it's own good. National may as well stand for ‘News’ these days. I’m not going to rant about that, I’ll save it for a more appropriate time or post (probably sound like a curmudgeon in the process). But I like calling it both, and saying the full National Public Radio lends it a certain gavitas and authority. If I say I heard something on NPR, it’s one thing, but hearing it on National Public Radio defines the source better.

NPR seems a little too caught up in branding lately. It’s public radio, and while it’s done well, it’s getting a little too slick for it’s own good.

]]> By: dug http://www.radiosurvivor.com/2010/02/09/national-public-radio-just-call-us-npr/comment-page-1/#comment-444 dug Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:29:22 +0000 http://www.radiosurvivor.com/?p=3006#comment-444 From my conspiracy theorist side, NPR is a monopoly. They just don't want you to know about the publicly funded part anymore so that private broadcasters will, hopefully, forget the fact and won't beat a path to the politicians. I bet that you will see NPR pushing even more aggressively to beat out the private broadcast stations, pointing to their funding by sponsors, foundations, and 'people like you' to get people to ignore the government funded portions. Hence the change from 'National PUBLIC Radio' to 'NPR'. From my conspiracy theorist side, NPR is a monopoly. They just don’t want you to know about the publicly funded part anymore so that private broadcasters will, hopefully, forget the fact and won’t beat a path to the politicians. I bet that you will see NPR pushing even more aggressively to beat out the private broadcast stations, pointing to their funding by sponsors, foundations, and ‘people like you’ to get people to ignore the government funded portions. Hence the change from ‘National PUBLIC Radio’ to ‘NPR’.

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