Tag: NPR

Hate Wins Again

Donny and the conservs got their way (finally–after trying for decades) the funds for NPR/PBS will dry up….

There are many reasons I have heard but none is a sound reason for trying to kill this broadcast entity….

Below is an opinion (not mine–keep that in mind before you go off half cocked which seems to be a tradition with some)…..

Our public radio and TV stations are in grave peril, and with them the unique services they perform for our communities.

By the end of day Friday July 18, we’ll know if Congress has clawed back the money it already gave to public broadcasting, through the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, or CPB. (The House will decide; this is your moment to call your representatives to ask them to support their public radio and TV stations, and to join — for free — Protectmypublicmedia.org.) Even if that money stays protected, though, public radio and TV will continue to be attacked.

I’ve studied public broadcasting here and around the world for 40 years. And I serve on the board of directors of the taxpayer-funded Independent Television Service, which coproduces a lot of the documentaries you might see on public TV. So, of course, I think it’s an important part of our media in America. But I think you probably do, too.

You might know public broadcasting through your local TV or radio station, both private nonprofits. Or you might know it through the services many such stations depend on for daily, high-quality, award-winning programs: National Public Radio (NPR) and Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). Both of them are private nonprofits that make, select, and bundle programs for public stations.

Either way, you’re in good company. PBS and NPR are the most trusted media brands in the United States. Half of PBS viewers depend on PBS for news and information, including more than half of people who identify as “extreme conservatives” or “extreme liberals.” NPR’s news is trusted by more than half of those who have heard of it. Americans trust public media news and public affairs much more (by half) than they do commercial mainstream media.

https://www.rawstory.com/corporation-for-public-broadcasting/

Silence from NPR/PBS was not enough…..they are going after the late night shows as well because they are critical of the present POS of government….

Then there is this Colbert and CBS thing….

Stephen Colbert made the announcement himself to his studio audience on Thursday at the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City. “I want to let you know something I found out just last night,” he said, USA Today reports. “Next year will be our last season. The network will be ending The Late Show next May.” When the audience registered its disappointment, Colbert said, “Yeah, I share your feelings.” CBS said the cancellation was a financial decision, per Variety.

It’s not just his show being canceled, Colbert said, it’s CBS’ late-night talk show franchise—a run that began when the network hired David Letterman from NBC in 1993. “I’m not being replaced,” Colbert told the audience. “This is all just going away.” There had been speculation that Skydance Media, which is acquiring CBS parent company Paramount Global, might not appreciate Colbert’s jokes at President Trump’s expense. In Monday’s show, Colbert had talked about CBS Global settling Trump’s lawsuit over the editing of a 60 Minutes story, per the AP. He said the technical name for such a settlement is a “big fat bribe.”

CBS referred to the speculation in its statement. The network blamed “a challenging backdrop in late night,” adding that the cancellation “is not related in any way to the show’s performance, content or other matters happening at Paramount.” Advertising revenue has been drying up for late-night shows, per the Los Angeles Times. Media companies are unhappy with the high production costs and the loss of young viewers to digital video. The network praised Colbert and the show, saying they’ll “be remembered in the pantheon of greats that graced late night television.”

Wassup with this move?  Is it politics?

The announcement from CBS executives came just three days after Colbert spoke out on his show about a recent $16 million settlement reached by CBS parent company Paramount over an interview that “60 Minutes” aired with former Vice President Kamala Harris ahead of the 2024 election, in which Harris ran against President Donald Trump.

Colbert had told his audience that the settlement appeared to be a “big fat bribe” to end a “nuisance lawsuit.”

“This all comes as Paramount’s owners are trying to the get the Trump administration to approve the sale of our network to a new owner,” said Colbert, referring to a pending $8.4 billion merger with the entertainment company Skydance—whose billionaire founder, David Ellison, has been spotted with Trump in recent months.

Trump’s lawsuit against Paramount claimed the Harris interview was deceptively edited and amounted to “partisan and unlawful acts of election and voter interference,” allegations that legal experts and First Amendment scholars denounced as “ridiculous” and “dangerous.”

After the settlement was announced earlier this month, with Paramount pledging to release transcripts of future “60 Minutes” interviews with presidential candidates, one press freedom group condemned the company for “capitulating” to the president’s demands.

CBS executives appeared to preemptively respond to expected allegations that they were canceling Colbert’s show due to his criticism of the settlement—and his frequent rebukes of the president—saying the decision, effective in May 2026, was “purely a financial” one.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/cbs-late-night

Slowly all opposition voices are being silenced….and that is just fine for defeatists that care nothing for this country….but since I am NO defeatist I shall continue on my road….like it or not.

I Read, I Write, You Know

“lego ergo scribo”

Now The Jobs Will Come Rolling In

Flash!  The House of Representatives have taken a step to help the country create a massive amount of jobs……finally the House is doing what it is paid to do…..(In case you are confused….all that is sarcasm)

Posted on Newser website……

The House has voted to end federal funding to National Public Radio, though the chances of it getting through the Senate are slim. Republican supporters say it makes good fiscal sense, but Democratic opponents call it an ideological attack that would deprive local stations of access to programs such as Car Talk and All Things Considered. The bill, which passed 228-192 along mostly partisan lines, would bar federal funding of NPR and prohibit local public stations from using federal money to pay NPR dues and buy its programs. “It is time for American citizens to stop funding an organization that can stand on its own feet,” said Colorado Republican Doug Lamborn. He said it was not a question of content—which many conservatives say has a liberal slant—but whether taxpayer dollars should go to nonessential services. “As a country we no longer have this luxury.” Democrat Ed Markey countered that the bill would “snuff out stations from coast to coast, many in rural areas where the public radio station is the primary source of news and information.”

I know I am so much more confident about the economy and job creation with this action by our Reps in Washington….(once again…SARCASM!)

I know that I feel much more confident in the work of our Reps…..(yes…sarcasm)

Do these people not realize that this waste of time does nothing to improve their popularity rating….which is at 26%…..this whole spending cut thing and the whole Congress is nothing more than a huge joke….(and that is NOT sarcasm…..but rather a statement of fact)

How To Make A Million (Actually 2)

By now we have all heard the story of the firing of the NPR commentator, Juan Williams….just in case you have been in a coma for a couple of days……well a whole magilla has rose up over some comments that the normally liberal pundit had to say on an appearance on FOX News:

NPR is facing sharp criticism for terminating the contract of news analyst Juan Williams.

Williams was fired Wednesday for violating NPR’s ethics policy over comments he made on Fox News about Muslims.

But those comments — and NPR’s response — have prompted questions about where the boundaries are drawn for journalists these days.

Williams appeared Thursday night on The O’Reilly Factor, the same Fox program where he made the initial comments that seeing fellow airline passengers dressed in Muslim garb makes him nervous.

When the news broke…my first impression was……when will he get his FOX contract now that he has found a way to get out of the one he was serving with NPR….the media has been all over NPR for his firing….it has made good fodder for the normally boring news programs…..was it racism?  Was it fear mongering?  Was it…..on and on…..well my first impression was the most accurate…..and in two days I had my answer….

Williams is now enjoying the full embrace of Fox News, which has given him a new three-year, $2 million contract and a guest slot, Friday night, as host of The O’Reilly Factor.

All this crap is just too damn predictable!  Williams is trying to capitalize on the mad money that flies around the people on FOX….he has done and will keep doing whatever it takes to get his slice of that pie…….

UpDate:  God I love being right…..it feels semi-orgasmic…….told you so about Willimas

Former NPR new analyst Juan Williams joined the call in a Fox News appearance today to defund NPR in the wake of his firing, saying “if they want to compete in the marketplace, they should compete in the marketplace. They don’t need public funds.”

Williams continued that NPR tries “to make it out like, ‘you know what? We are a public jewel and we need the protection of the federal government,'” but that’s “nonsense. They are on the federal dole is what it is. And they better admit it and step up. If they want to compete.”

This guy is quickly becoming a media whore like the rest of the pundits on the tube……it is NOT about integrity….but rather chasing the God of the media….the dollar bill….