NPR isn't government produced. The US government has zero influence or input into programming decisions.
It isn't even really governement funded. Public radio stations, which include far more than NPR, recieve about 15% of their revenue from the federal govennment. By far, the largest percentage of funding for public radio comes from individual listeners, like me.
NPR isn't a govenment run broadcasting network. And comparing them to Clear Channel is just plain nonsense. NPR stations are a loosely affiliated group of stations that purchase content from NPR. NPR doesn't directly own any radio stations. If local public radio stations aren't getting any listeners, then they won't get donations and they'll go off the air.
And the local stations choose exactly which programs they want to put on. One local station here, WSHU, plays their own classical music programming during the day and then plays the NPR news shows during morning and afternoon drives. They also play the news program "Marketplace" from NPR's competitor, PRI. Boy, that sounds a lot like Clear Channel, doesn't it?
It is obvious to me that you know less than nothing about public radio or NPR. Yes, this linking this is dumb idea and yes NPR has become too corporate of late. But, public radio provides an important alternative to commercial controlled news media.
Maybe you'd like to try educating yourself before posting on this topic again
I understand that telemarketers who call people on the do-not-call list in Minesota will get a personal visit from Gov. Ventura who will hit them with a steel folding chair.
Jesse's gone crazy. He's busted the telemarketer wide open! Now he's got the phone cord around his neck. The crowd is going wild! Oh the humanity!
The bank can deny payment, they just don't want to. You get this a lot from low level banking drones who don't know what they're doing and don't feel like asking anyone what to do.
I got this from my Credit Union when a gym my wife hadn't gone to in over a year kept auto-withdrawing monthly membership fees from my checking account.
If you yell long and hard enough and work your way up the monkey ladder until you get to someone who has a clue, you'll get satifaction.Some people who work at the bank actually know the rules and if you put the screws to them, they'll do their freakin' job.
Alternatively, you can dispute the charge each and every month until Earthlink cancels the account. Isn't it worth $19.95 to write a dispute letter?
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I thought Al Gore invented the interplanetary superhighway?
Hiw does HTML-Kit compare to Homesite? I've been HTMLing in homesite since 1997 and in all that time I haven't seen anything I like even half as much.
Let's hope they avoid this mistake
I thought question 6 was pretty funny, too.
Now we'll all be Cyberhoboes or maybe we'll just Go Okie
It isn't even really governement funded. Public radio stations, which include far more than NPR, recieve about 15% of their revenue from the federal govennment. By far, the largest percentage of funding for public radio comes from individual listeners, like me.
NPR isn't a govenment run broadcasting network. And comparing them to Clear Channel is just plain nonsense. NPR stations are a loosely affiliated group of stations that purchase content from NPR. NPR doesn't directly own any radio stations. If local public radio stations aren't getting any listeners, then they won't get donations and they'll go off the air.
And the local stations choose exactly which programs they want to put on. One local station here, WSHU, plays their own classical music programming during the day and then plays the NPR news shows during morning and afternoon drives. They also play the news program "Marketplace" from NPR's competitor, PRI. Boy, that sounds a lot like Clear Channel, doesn't it?
It is obvious to me that you know less than nothing about public radio or NPR. Yes, this linking this is dumb idea and yes NPR has become too corporate of late. But, public radio provides an important alternative to commercial controlled news media.
Maybe you'd like to try educating yourself before posting on this topic again
Remember when there were interesting stories in Wired? It seems like another lifetime ago.
Jesse's gone crazy. He's busted the telemarketer wide open! Now he's got the phone cord around his neck. The crowd is going wild! Oh the humanity!
I got this from my Credit Union when a gym my wife hadn't gone to in over a year kept auto-withdrawing monthly membership fees from my checking account.
If you yell long and hard enough and work your way up the monkey ladder until you get to someone who has a clue, you'll get satifaction.Some people who work at the bank actually know the rules and if you put the screws to them, they'll do their freakin' job.
Alternatively, you can dispute the charge each and every month until Earthlink cancels the account. Isn't it worth $19.95 to write a dispute letter?
Imagine of they had the Internet back in Edison's day.
"Hey, did you invent that light bulb yet"
"Sorry boss, I spent all day downloading 'Naughty Knickers 6'"