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Re: Saturday, October 4, 2003
Doc, you've just pegged why I had no sympathy whatsoever when the NPR station in--where? Louisiana? I think so--was whining about how they were getting pushed off the air by a Christian station. They were just getting a taste of their own medicine. Having watched the NPR takeover of a formerly student-run and student-funded station, I'll never--ever!--give those people a penny out of my pocket. I've attended live broadcasts of Whad'Ya Know (a great PRI show which NPR has, in my opinion, targeted for death with Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me, a very funny show except for being used as a programming weapon), and would do the same for Prarie Home Companion or This American Life (also PRI shows). I regret the part of my cash that goes to the NPR stations which put on the local shows, though. One other thing--and this is hard for me to say, as I am neither right-wing nor Christian, let alone fundamentalist--but if you listen to the finance shows on NPR stations and those on the Christian stations, it quickly becomes obvious what audience each serves. The NPR stuff is almost exclusively aimed at upper-middle-class and above, while the Christian stations program for the middle-class and below. It's a stark divide, and in this case, the fundies happen to be doing the right thing--they give good practical advice. Shame on NPR and those who give them money. There are responses to this message:
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