President Trump: Making America Great Again...

[frank ryan]

If you think NPR is neutral or only has a slightly leftward lean, you are delusional. PBS on the other hand does have some quality content (a fair amount of which isn't PBS created). But it really is silly to be publicly funded. If tax payer money really only makes up a small portion of its funding, then getting rid of it isn't a big deal and people are fighting for little more than symbolism.

I think you are just very right-wing in many regards (moderate in tone and not a partisan). I'm definitely progressive, but less so than I believe people on here assume me to be. NPR is not MSNBC. They also produce quality journalism. Using language as strong as delusional is a bit extreme.
What outlet would you suggest as being neutral?

[All-American]

Guys. Trump orders expensive steaks well done and then eats them with ketchup. He’s irredeemable.

[Shaka]

Guys. Trump orders expensive steaks well done and then eats them with ketchup. He’s irredeemable.

Bad Trump!

[USUC]

I think you are just very right-wing in many regards (moderate in tone and not a partisan). I'm definitely progressive, but less so than I believe people on here assume me to be. NPR is not MSNBC. They also produce quality journalism. Using language as strong as delusional is a bit extreme.
What outlet would you suggest as being neutral?

The hard news pages of the Times and the Post are fairly neutral, although the salience of news story topics are more leftward focused. But most outlets are slanted. It's the nature of the modern media environment.

[Jeff Lebowski]

Guys. Trump orders expensive steaks well done and then eats them with ketchup. He’s irredeemable.

Mis dios

[myboynoah]

Mis dios

Yep. And that's the guy in charge while we have a hot war on the Indian Subcontinent.

[Clark Addison]

I like feisty falafel!

(and mostly agree with him)

[frank ryan]

The hard news pages of the Times and the Post are fairly neutral, although the salience of news story topics are more leftward focused. But most outlets are slanted. It's the nature of the modern media environment.

PBS and NPR platform a variety of programs. I'd say the PBS News Hour is as sterile and neutral as major news program out there. This American Life is certainly very progressive but that's one program.

I don't see PBS with more bias than the Times

[Moliere]

Wally, I appreciate your light heartedness even if others are too tightly wound to enjoy it.

I also find it funny, and predictable, that AI generated videos of Trump are being posted on here as if they are authentic.

[frank ryan]

Wally, I appreciate your light heartedness even if others are too tightly wound to enjoy it.

I also find it funny, and predictable, that AI generated videos of Trump are being posted on here as if they are authentic.

Wally was kind of trolling but I don't think he was joking

[myboynoah]

Please. We're not idiots.

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[Moliere]

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Anyone that listens to the Honestly podcast (I’m one of them) knows that Ungar-Sargon isn’t very smart when it comes to economics. She just parrots and cheerleads any MAGA issue.

[wally]

"comfort news"? c'mon, don't just make up claims. Give us evidence that they are biased before calling NPR "comfort news" for democrats. lol. I assume you don't even listen to NPR if you think they have a "programming advantage" because they don't stop for ad breaks. Then what the hell am I listening to between stories?? You think Atlassian is just an "underwriter" of NPR?? Seriously, please make some cogent arguments. I am getting bored.

Wally, come to play bro.

I took this message to heart last night, especially the part about falafel not wanting to be bored, that really got to me. As such I realized that I had not recently tuned in to NPR and I owed that research, at the very least, to the scintillating discourse happening here. Here is my "return and report:"

Last night, drive home:
NPR All things Considered reporting (15=20 min):

- story on how Trump ban on Transgenders in military is unlikely to be stopped by SCOTUS and how there have been Air Force and or Navy pilots who were trans. The lawyer reporting sounded sad that SCOTUS was likely not going to intervene.
- story on "will a new Pope be nice to LGBT people"
-tuned out during a story on a new study that suggests that the the axolotl might be able to repopulate and get off of endangered lists.

I was disappointed to learn that i missed the stories on "'Weird Al' grapples with the complicated feelings of watching his daughter grow up" and "Four teens and why they like poetry," those seemed interesting and relevant.

NPR this morning, drive to work:
Morning Edition (15-20 min):

- Story on Indian strikes on Pakistan, good content
- Story on Andre 3000, half of hip-hop duo OutKast, releases surprise piano improvisation album - this was hard-hitting
- Story on Port of Los Angeles and how shipping is down because of Tariffs. 30-35% reduction was the number I remember. also, the reporter implied that China was just going to "find other trade partners than the U.S." as if there are just a bunch of untapped trillion-dollar economies to replace America. Surprisingly, there was no coverage of how the Tariffs are affecting China. I had just last night done a little bit of searching into how Tariffs are causing perhaps not-so-insignificant unrest in China where factories are shutting down and people are not being paid and Xi might be facing some economic pressures right now as a result of Tariffs. Or about how for simple manufacturing companies are looking to shift from China to Mexico and Vietnam where wages are lower and factories already exist for scale-up. I am sure that this was a simple oversight or just "outside the scope" of how tariffs affect America, because we only really care about getting our cheap goods.

I tuned out during the ad for Radio West where Doug is interviewing Dan Mclellan on bible stuff. the attention-grabber was a conversation about a lady that was convinced that the Monster Energy logo 3 claw marks are really the Hebrew number 6 and therefore represent the sign of the beast.

All-in-all it was good to hear the familiar jingles and show themes and advertisements. Thank you falafel for bringing me back to NPR.

[Bo Diddley]

-tuned out during a story on a new study that suggests that the the axolotl might be able to repopulate and get off of endangered lists.

Sad!

[myboynoah]

I took this message to heart last night, especially the part about falafel not wanting to be bored, that really got to me. As such I realized that I had not recently tuned in to NPR and I owed that research, at the very least, to the scintillating discourse happening here. Here is my "return and report:"

Last night, drive home:
NPR All things Considered reporting (15=20 min):

- story on how Trump ban on Transgenders in military is unlikely to be stopped by SCOTUS and how there have been Air Force and or Navy pilots who were trans. The lawyer reporting sounded sad that SCOTUS was likely not going to intervene.
- story on "will a new Pope be nice to LGBT people"
-tuned out during a story on a new study that suggests that the the axolotl might be able to repopulate and get off of endangered lists.

I was disappointed to learn that i missed the stories on "'Weird Al' grapples with the complicated feelings of watching his daughter grow up" and "Four teens and why they like poetry," those seemed interesting and relevant.

NPR this morning, drive to work:
Morning Edition (15-20 min):

- Story on Indian strikes on Pakistan, good content
- Story on Andre 3000, half of hip-hop duo OutKast, releases surprise piano improvisation album - this was hard-hitting
- Story on Port of Los Angeles and how shipping is down because of Tariffs. 30-35% reduction was the number I remember. also, the reporter implied that China was just going to "find other trade partners than the U.S." as if there are just a bunch of untapped trillion-dollar economies to replace America. Surprisingly, there was no coverage of how the Tariffs are affecting China. I had just last night done a little bit of searching into how Tariffs are causing perhaps not-so-insignificant unrest in China where factories are shutting down and people are not being paid and Xi might be facing some economic pressures right now as a result of Tariffs. Or about how for simple manufacturing companies are looking to shift from China to Mexico and Vietnam where wages are lower and factories already exist for scale-up. I am sure that this was a simple oversight or just "outside the scope" of how tariffs affect America, because we only really care about getting our cheap goods.

I tuned out during the ad for Radio West where Doug is interviewing Dan Mclellan on bible stuff. the attention-grabber was a conversation about a lady that was convinced that the Monster Energy logo 3 claw marks are really the Hebrew number 6 and therefore represent the sign of the beast.

All-in-all it was good to hear the familiar jingles and show themes and advertisements. Thank you falafel for bringing me back to NPR.

Sounds like the makings an interesting podcast. Let me know when you upload it.

On transgender in the military, what are peoples' thoughts? Especially our posters that have served in the military. What are the arguments for Trump to do this? I recall way back when LGB folks were not allowed in the miliary, and kicked out if they were caught. At that time there were lots of talk of LGB hurting unit cohesion and morale. I assume we survived that. Are similar arguments being made for trans folks?