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I’ll restart donations when you ditch your awful political reporting
Given the conglomeration of both-sidesism, sane washing of Trump and MAGA, and simpering masters of vocal fry like Ira Glass who laboriously expound upon the obvious, NPR has become utterly useless. It’s radio for upper middle class neoliberal boomers and not worth anyone’s money. Let NPR die.
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Just signed up as a monthly donor to WGBH in Boston.
So now you can speak freely and call the lies "lies", correct?
I hope this means you'll stop both-sidesing fascist rhetoric
I’ve been increasingly been seeing commercials on PBS/NPR over the last ten years or so, when you depend on corporations for your existence, you have lost your independence, that was the whole premise of government funding, the left whole heartedly supports equality, independence and true neutrality
Donating monthly 💕
maybe I would if you weren't polishing the knob of fascism, but nah
Maybe stop the sane washing also and call out the BS for what it is...🤔
But you're sure silent on the genocide in Gaza. I will bash NPR for this every time I see them post bullshit. I used to have the highest respect for NPR but the Jews must have gotten to them. The same goes for PBS.
And the people are with you. youtu.be/X8VQxU-DPSs
And now you don’t have to say stupid things like unconstitutional dei policy, but yet you do. You may not be silent, but you are compliant.
Now you can report the news honestly, as well as bring back real programming!!!
You need to start with an honest admission as to how you got into this position and why so many of your supporters are disappointed in you.
Best wishes
I’ll stand with you, and maybe even resume my donations, if you call the tyranny what it is.
I am now on a monthly donation plan. Everybody, please consider being on a monthly donation plan.
Y'all couldn't even push back on RFK's unfounded claims about Tylenol. All I can figure is that you want the government's money more than you want donations
now that you've got no strings you need to be a lot less good to Donald Trump. for a decade now you have helped normalize him. please begin to repair the damage you have done to our democracy
So now you're free to report like the old days? Independently? Throw out the censors? Be a lot cooler if you did.
IDK if you are any better than CBS who did Not Scream on air "THAT'S A LIE" (like I did) when the Convicted Felon LIED ON AIR that the Dems would give free healthcare to undocumented immigrants (They Cannot). CALL OUT LIES ON AIR IN REAL TIME. (No "misquote" or "misspoke.") CALL A LIE A LIE!
Stay strong!
want more funding? be more vocal, stop sanewashing the GOP and Trump
We stand with you and will not allow hate to “Trump” love. NPR is among the last vestiges of an informative, objective media source.
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Why do you keep “both sidesing”????
Please donate to NPR npr.org - *NOT owned by conservative billionaires*. Owner: member public stations across the U.S. Even if it's just a couple of bucks, please help keep them going.
you need a serious reboot, though. you can tell it like it is now.
deserved
I don't think the public cares, given you've side with and given aid and comfort to every leader who has oppressed and murdered us for the last 40 years. You've supported the very people who are now defunding you, and therefore reaping the consequences of your own quisling politics
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You guys *really* need to stop with the both-sidesing and sane-washing. I don't want to see NPR go anywhere, but it really is ridiculous how even you guys are all ho-hum about democracy crumbling. Do better.
Does this mean no paychecks for trump’s illegal use of the military, and no pay for ICE?
If we could donate we would, however, we live paycheck to paycheck. I really wish we could help, but unable to at the moment.
I’m not interested in funding you until you get rid of your both sides isms. I heard someone yesterday conflate Kamala Harris saying fight fire with fire with political violence from the right. It’s complete bs, and you know it. It is not fair to let someone lie like that without any pushback.
I'm taking the money I used to spend on Disney+ and sending it to my local NPR affiliate. It's a way better use of the money.
We have supported NPR in Minnesota since the 70s. Be brave. Be honest. Be America.
I support you & we need you to use your newly found sense of independence to support US. Some of your journalistic choices of late haven’t been courageous or investigative. Words matter. Context matters. Call out the regime. Expose its lies. Don’t relent. Be the strongest pillar in the 4th estate.
Federal money just doesn't magically appear. We the people will still continue to fund it albeit thru a different channel.
Leave Disney canceled, and put that money yo PBS & NPR. No other big media matters. They are all full of fabrications.
Cool. Can you maybe start just reporting the news without riding Trump's junk now? That'd be swell.
AMERICA HAS SPOKEN!! You still have the right to broadcast your woke liberal garbage but you're not going to use our tax dollars to do it! Suck it up and get donors who will sponsor you if thats what they want to hear! We have spoken and it's not what we want to hear or see!Go fund yourself
If you’ve ever trusted NPR to bring you clarity in chaos, now is the time to give back. Let’s keep this alive.
Given that you’re rapidly devolving into absolute shit why should anyone care?
So you can cover Trump and fascism now? Good news!
Proud to be a sustaining member of my local station. I increased my monthly contribution.
Are you going to stop sanewashing this administration now?
Keep the firers burnin!!!
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Thank you NPR!
Have you tried not being cowardly Trump lickspittles now that the GOP has cut all your funding?
Let’s go!!!
Return to what you were. I’ve listened to NPR since I was a kid, and especially since 2012. The coverage has been sane washing him and his fascist agenda hard for the last few years. Bring it back, we need voices of resistance and resilience in these times.
There's no reason to run propaganda for the Trump administration now. Time to report the TRUTH!
You might try keeping the MAGA morons who shut you down off your airways. They don't want your fucking healing.
So you’ll stop pandering to the right and normalizing this administrations actions right?
Donating to these organizations is critical. Give what you can. 🫶🏼
A stream of negativity here. I think NPR is worth keeping. It may not be the Fox of the left, but the lack of hysteria in presenting the news is enough reason for me to support.
Please give us between $5 and $50 for our continued capitulation
I make monthly donation. I ordered NPR T-shirt this morning. Please, resist 3 years. We will demand the funding in 2029. #lovenpr
Thanks for all you do NPR!
Expect people to support you when you quit with the cowardly wishy washy both sides nonsense
I play do this soon, but everyone who ditched Disney should make at least one payment equivalent as a donation to NPR. If we fund it adequately, the good news is the government can’t threaten funding because of content anymore.
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i'll stand with you when you actually stand up to fascism instead of both siding everything.
Supporting our local flagships WHMT and WAMC.
I doubled my (admittedly not huge) monthly contribution when the Orange Idiot and his horror show of confederates voted to defund NPR. Lots and lots of small monthly contributions WILL save NPR. Please consider subscribing.
I proudly support my local NPR station with a monthly donation. I encourage anyone who wants to keep our media free and fair with honest reporting to do the same.
Cut out your recent foray in bothsidesisming, and I'll resume contributions at a higher rate.
Join, resist.
I will donate and what has happened to you is wrong. That being said, now that you are (unintentionally) in a position of not having to worry about “biting the hand that feeds you,” may I beg of you to stop worrying about faux journalistic neutrality (“both sides” nonsense) and focus on accuracy.
I'll start donating when you stop both sides-ing everything and acting like avowed psychopaths might have a valid point in regards to pain meds being a cause of autism.
We will make sure of that,
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Go after PedOTUS and his role in #Epstein 's criminal enterprise. His victims deserve justice.
well, these are very interesting comments and I don’t much care for them; when is the last time you were a journalist?? when is the last time you managed a publication? Maybe NPR needs to deliver a special about how NPR works.!! Put the screws to the critics a bit. hmmm.
As someone who has supported my local station for over 40 years and who is now also doing the same for a smaller station in a rural area, I truly hope that you will examine your news coverage. Please stop with the bothsidesing. We really need solid fact filled journalism now more than ever.
The usual swarm of uninformed commenters flies in to condemn one of the last remaining unbiased news sources in the country. I hope they get what they deserve - nothing but propaganda outlets pushing one political ideology or the other.
Thank you and know you are greatly appreciated!!
bye bitch
PBS NPR and OPB are the foundation of media consumption. You are heros
Thank you!
Don’t put up with republicans’ lies
We would be lost without you. A perpetual donor. I encourage others to donate, especially now.
I started donating monthly today.
i specifically made sure that my donations only go to your local syndicates. NPR has bent the knee and needs to build back public trust.
Now you can unabashedly cover the corruption and graft that is 'movement conservatism.' Go for it...
Don’t back down.
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I have supported and will continue to support Public Radio and TV. Keep up the great work!
Pay attention: They are targeting: Free speech Voting rights Legal status/immigration History of slavery Women’s rights LGBTQ rights Law firms Media Colleges Books Education They are trying to bring religion into schools. They are trying to create a police state. What more proof do you need?
Congrats, please be more assertive when interviewing people who are clearly lying, gaslighting and/or promoting racist, misogynist viewpoints. I listen to BBC News hour right after All Things Considered & Razia Iqbal gives a master class every day in how to conduct interviews. Be more like Razia.
Call a general strike.
Yesterday you said the Dems shut down the government. You might not be silenced but truth has been and you didn’t stand up for it.
We’re sending our money to you directly and deducting it from our taxes…
Love npr, I've been a sustaining member for years, but when trump pulled funding, I canceled 2 streaming apps and increased my monthly donation!
Became a sustaining member of my local NPR when I heard the news.
Now you are free. Use that freedom to help save our country. Get loud. Tell the stories mainstream corporate media are terrified to tell. I believe in you, NPR. Be the courageous truth-tellers we need, and you'll have all the money you need.
Who needs the feds? Yall can manufacture consent just fine without their funding.
You might have a chance if you adopt an editorial backbone. Look at the reporting of 404media.co or theintercept.com to see how a backbone looks like.
Great. Now, put some spine back in your news reporting.
but her emails...
Stopped donated after the bs coverage on the genocide. Independent media all the way.
Now you have no excuse but to tell the f*cking truth, say it loud, and never shut up.
Let’s hope your editorial choices start reflecting this new freedom and independence. Less both sides-ing and more direct confrontation with this illegal regime would be much appreciated in this time of crisis.
Make sure you place the blame accurately bsky.app/profile/5nar...
WABE listener here. Rock on!
I marked this moment by increasing my monthly contribution. Thank you for continuing to serve the public.
Y'all had Newt Gingrich on ATC last night. Maybe... less of that now?
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Now that you don't get money from the government, it would be really cool if you stopped expending enormous energy trying to appear "fair" to people who would send you to a death camp and laugh about it over cocktails.
Would be happy to donate, but it seems like NPR has still been trying to capitulate to the Trump regime in its articles and headlines on social media, trying so hard to appear 'neutral' and playing into the bothsidesisms that is truly frustrating. They defunded you! Get 'em! Stop playing 'nice'.
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Donated. 👍
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But will you be a willing partner to ending democracy?
You were silent when it came to reporting on decades worth of corrupt deals that Trump was involved in. You were silent when it came to reporting on sexual assault cases involving Trump. You were silent when looking through Trump's past ties w/ the Russians. NPR deserves to be silenced.
Fuck off NPR. You helped normalizing the shit going on now. You helped get Trump elected. You are complicit. FAFO But now you come here for support? Fuck off.
Stay Strong!
Would be cool if you leaned into being the “radical left” media you’re accused of being. This country needs a communist punditry.
Quit being so dang MAGA while you're at it.
Trump has cut a lot of things a lot of people a lot of jobs a lot of programs a lot of federal commitments a lot of federal contracts it goes on and on and on.... Why isn't anybody looking into where all that money is going? Is Trump filtering all that money and it's billions in to his own pocket?
Last Night you let a Congressman tell us families in AZ with incomes of 600000 get federal subsidies under the ACA. I’m a member and I donate. You need to stand up.
REPUBLICAN COWARDS.
REPUBLICANS SHUTDOWN OUR GOVERNMENT.
God I wish they turned off commenting for posts like this.
I doubled my monthly contribution to help offset the Trump cuts.
We love you!
An oasis of reason in a desert of ignorance.
Why do you seem to believe that you get donations from "both sides".
There are a lot of fake ranters on this thread engaging in Soviet-style, "Durattstkii vopros" (Дуратсткий вопрос) which are hired attendees in a public forum asking antagonizing questions to harass the presenter. It's to give the impression the presenter is bad. It's a pure Soviet tactic.
I give $10/ month for the PBS Passport. Get to watch tons of shows, including the entire Ken Burns film collection. Best thing in cyberspace. What are you waiting for?
We will right this wrong ✊
I donate monthly, have for years, and will keep doing so. I get mad at the reporting sometimes as well but then I know I don't want to be in an echo chamber. I would be a little suspect if I only heard what I wanted to hear - sometimes there are two sides to an issue.
We've been supporting you for a long time via contributions and we won't stop now!
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Then go rogue and support the people that support you instead of bowing to the fascists. Now is not the time for political correctness and both-side-ism. There is a real threat to the common person. Act like it.
DON'T STOP. We're behind you. Keep fighting. WE NEED YOU.
You seem to be silenced by Israel already
So are you going to start telling it like it is or are you still going to attempt to whitewash this shitshow going on?
Perhaps now you can finally stop both-sidesing everything and actually do some real reporting?
So… now you’re gonna cover Felon47’s mental decline properly? 🙏
I’m so glad NPR no longer posts on X.
We love you!!! Thank you !!
Hopefully, you'll stop Catering to the right wing now
We got you, NPR. I signed up for a monthly subscription.
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Neither will we freedom
You contributed to this
i have donated for years
I have regular donation set up but now that you’re not beholden to the government, I would love it if you would be a lot more critical. Honestly if NPR was the bastion of leftist reporting and programming that conservatives pretend it is I would donate so much more…
If I wasn’t broke and facing eviction I’d give all I could. I love NPR (WYPR where I am)
Y’all did this to yourselves.
I remember when NPR gave newt gengrich time to glaze trump before the election.
Please support NPR by donating. NPR needs your support. Please help.
lol nah
It was swifter than I thought it would be.
Thank you from a sustainer and listener and watcher. You are and have always been life giving.
nice if fedgov helps ... but the people will manage
This is what you are now. bsky.app/profile/npr....
We stand behind you
So that means you'll stop sane/white washing the news and report the facts? I'm holding my contributions until I see some changes. Do better, NPR. We need you.