Death to America
The ombudsman for National Public Radio, Jeffrey A. Dvorkin, has filed his quarterly report to the public. It's available online HERE.Mr. Dvorkin reports that during the first quarter of 2006, NPR received 385 emails complaining that the network is "too left-wing," and 261 emails complaining that the network is "too right-wing." This is featured as a "highlight" of the report, because, "For the first time, more complaints [were] received about NPR’s 'left-wing bias' compared with complaints about NPR’s 'right-wing bias.'"
That is, of those listeners complaining about political bias at NPR, a majority normally find a conservative tilt.
Do we make this stuff up? We do not.
Consider what a listener's own political views must be to think that NPR's reporting is "right-wing."
H/T to NRO.
Presented for your delectation by the Gentleman Farmer at 6:10 PM
Comments on "Death to America"
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Hired Hand said ... (7:01 PM) :
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Gentleman Farmer said ... (7:50 PM) :
post a commentI knew I could count on you to break the "NPR is mostly listened to by liberals" story WIDE open.
I'll sleep better tonight.
A "liberal" is someone who thinks what gets printed in National Review is wrong.
To think that NPR has a conservative bias, you have to think that George Bush exercises mind-control over voters via little radios implanted in their skulls.
I'd be interested to know what NPR was counting as a complaint of "bias." "You keep running stories that say good things about George Bush" is a complaint of bias. But "You evil people keep describing BushHitler as "President" when it is clear he was never elected" is not "bias," but something else.