94-yr old CFI

Pleased to hear you say that, Jay. Most of my conservative friends
hate it, won't listen to it, because (they say) it's "liberal."

Not for nothing is it known as National Partisan Radio.

Well, Dan, it's also known as National Petroleum Radio.

Names like those are thrown around by people who don't like the fact
that the media don't exactly agree with them.

Remember when Spiro Agnew attacked the "effete liberal media" in an
attempt to defend Nixon during the Watergate investigation?

That speech was written by a very conservative guy who happens to be
an editor of the New York Times!

vince norris

in article , vincent p. norris at
wrote on 12/14/03 4:54 PM:

Pleased to hear you say that, Jay. Most of my conservative friends
hate it, won't listen to it, because (they say) it's "liberal."

Not for nothing is it known as National Partisan Radio.

Well, Dan, it's also known as National Petroleum Radio.

Names like those are thrown around by people who don't like the fact
that the media don't exactly agree with them.

The truth is, the media is a corporate entity, and will usually do its best
to reflect whatever it perceives to be public opinion--in other words, just
like any other business, they seek to keep their customers happy and protect
their bottom line. If they were ever to truly fulfill their proper role as
an independent "fourth estate", they'd question every word out of our
leader's mouths, and then you'd *really* hear a lot of whining about "bias".

The truth is, the media is a corporate entity, and will usually do its best
to reflect whatever it perceives to be public opinion--in other words, just
like any other business, they seek to keep their customers happy and protect
their bottom line.

Quite true of the great majority of the printed and broadcast media.

If they were ever to truly fulfill their proper role as
an independent "fourth estate", they'd question every word out of our
leader's mouths.......,

That is exactly what the Founding Fathers intended them to do. It is
the primary reason for the part of the First Amendment that protects
the press from government harrassment.

...and then you'd *really* hear a lot of whining about "bias".

I guess it would depend on whose ox is being gored.

vince norris

vincent p. norris wrote in message . ..
Ya just gotta love NPR... ;-)

Pleased to hear you say that, Jay. Most of my conservative friends
hate it, won't listen to it, because (they say) it's "liberal."

vince norris

I check in from time to time to keep up with who is victum of the
week. With hundreds of channels on the air all day and all night it
does need a bit over the top to for NPR to still receive involuntary
contributions from all of us though.

I check in from time to time to keep up with who is victum of the
week.

A famous editor said it's the media's job to comfort the afflicted and
afflict the comfortable. A pretty good statement of the reason for the
First Amendment.

With hundreds of channels on the air all day and all night it
does need a bit over the top to for NPR to still receive involuntary
contributions from all of us though.

Well, most of the other broadcast and print media receive our
involuntary contributions, too, so fair is fair, I guess.

vince norris

Well, most of the other broadcast and print media receive our
involuntary contributions, too, so fair is fair, I guess.

I know I'm a bit late getting back to this thread, Vince, but you'll be
pleased to know that we are now "under-writing" our local public radio
station, WSUI. (That's what they call "advertising"...)

I get most of my news from NPR, with a smattering of other talk radio, two
newspapers, and Yahoo News thrown in the mix. NPR, although occasionally
biased against conservatives, is an essential part of my day, and I put my
money where my mouth is.
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Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
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www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

I know I'm a bit late getting back to this thread, Vince, but you'll be
pleased to know that we are now "under-writing" our local public radio
station, WSUI. (That's what they call "advertising"...)

Good for you!

I get most of my news from NPR, with a smattering of other talk radio, two
newspapers, and Yahoo News thrown in the mix. NPR, although occasionally
biased against conservatives,

If you mean they occasionally broadcast something you wish they
hadn't, that isn't necessarily bias. They also broadcast many things
the liberals wish they hadn't. You may not notice those, because they
don't offend you.

The longest-running program on public TV was Bill Buckley's talk show,
which ran for decades, till he retired. If the CPB were biased
against conservatives, they would't have aired such a show.

.... is an essential part of my day, and I put my money where my mouth is.

Fair enough!

vince norris