Scott,
You’ve obviously done your homework on NPR and it was very informative. I'll also do some fact checking. Thanks.

Brad,
You started your thread by mentioning me by name and taking a dig at me. I took it in a light hearted manner.

I responded in a light hearted manner and didn’t even say a word about you personally.

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LOL. No apologies necessary. I've actually played on NPR via WV Public Radio several times.

What's hilarious is the video won't play for me. It just cuts in and out. None of the other videos on the site will play either. Too bad. There were a couple of other videos on there I would liked to have seen.

All I have against NPR is that their primary funding is from our tax dollars and their news reporting is totally biased toward the far left. If it was privately funded or a commercial enterprise, I wouldn't mind. I don't like my money being used to support an agenda I don't agree with. But that obviously happens to all of us through various gov agencies. Not much we can do about it.

I just said that to point out why I personally don't like NPR news. The music quite often is very good. But I definitely don't want to get into a political discussion.

The only reason I bothered commenting is that you mentioned me by name in your original post, so I thought I would state the reason for my dislike of NPR.

Bob



Mac, who without a doubt is one of the MOST respected members on our forum, responded to my post with this:

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I like the way Bob thinks.

Yessir.

--Mac



Mac knows more about music, computers, electronics, history, etc. than most of us will ever learn. To lump him in with a summary insult, and I’m quoting you,

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I gave it up, knowing that some of these people are simply ineducable -- it's a waste of time.To them, NPR is simply another kommonist plot...........watch out for the tea puddles.




This is offensive to everyone on the forum who knows Mac, and that’s pretty much EVERYONE on the forum.

Pat Marr, who is also a very respected member of our forum, had this to say:

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Bob,
Thanks. I agree. I Love the music, but I hate the political bias. UNBIASED means that more than one point of view is presented in fair ratios. The fact that one point of view is presented, another point of view is suppressed, and it is all sponsored by tax dollars is very disturbing to me.



So I guess you are putting us all in the same category with your personal, derogatory and mean spirited comments in your last post.

I personally don’t want an apology from you for your “flaming” of me. I do however think you owe Mac and Pat Marr an apology in an open forum. Adults can disagree without lowering themselves to personal insults. I don’t recall seeing a personal attack on you in this thread from anyone.

I guess it will say a lot about you when we see whether you apologize to Mac and Pat in your thread.

Bob

Bob
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