[Rhodes22-list] Public Radio and TV

Saroj Gilbert saroj at pathfind.net
Wed May 25 10:12:31 EDT 2005


"I've been listening to NPR for years, and I never picked up on this" ... 
meaning picked up on:

> Are you saying that public radio promotes communism and socialism?
> Are you saying that public radio and TV promote control of individuals?
> They are promoting the control of the point of view of the masses?
> They are somehow disdaining individual freedom?

sorry for any confusion...

Saroj

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Saroj Gilbert" <saroj at pathfind.net>
To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 8:58 AM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Public Radio and TV


> Heavens, I don't even know how to respond to this.. may have to leave it 
> up to the eloquence of Stan...
>
>
> That they are biased in some way I would grant you... it is impossible to 
> be a human being or an organization of any kind and not be biased... you 
> are too... we all are.. it is the nature of being a human being...or group 
> of human beings...  I've been listening to NPR for years, and I never 
> picked up on this... hmmm... just dense maybe.. somehow intellectually 
> defective?  I find them innovative, focused on presenting representation 
> of the arts in a way that can't be found anywhere else, whether 
> literature, drama, music.
>
> Why don't you suggest they read Natan Saransky's book on Democracy.... 
> they no doubt would... maybe I should read it... I haven't...
>
> However if you are concerned about control of the individual then you MUST 
> be against public education... that is the biggest and most incidious form 
> of it we have in this country..  I know I am.
>
> Saroj
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "ed kroposki" <ekroposki at charter.net>
> To: "'The Rhodes 22 mail list'" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 8:28 AM
> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Public Radio and TV
>
>
> Saroj:
> Unfortunately your public radio and TV often promotes a control the
> masses point of view.  Communism and socialism are political positions 
> used
> to control individuals.  Big business is corporate control of the
> individual.  Public radio promotes the same thesis of controlling the
> individual.
> Individual freedom whether political, educational, business is
> distained by your public media. Public Radio or TV promotes only the view
> which represent their biased point of view.
> Has radio reader ever read Natan Saransky's book on Democracy?  Have
> they promoted writers who espouse individual freedoms?
> They advocate just another form of bigness...
>
> Ed Kroposki
> Greenville, SC, USA
> Addendum:  "As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master.  This
> expresses my idea of democracy.  Whatever differ from this, to the extent 
> of
> difference, is no democracy."  A. Lincoln
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Saroj Gilbert
> Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 7:01 AM
> To: The Rhodes 22 mail list
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Re: Commitment to war
>
> So we can have a source of news that isn't massaged to meet the demands of
> the corporate advertisers....
> So we aren't bombarded by commercials...
> So we can listen to the BBC...
> So we can experience innovation that isn't dependent on commercially
> dictated norms...
>
> It is mostly subscriber-supported and grant supported anyhow... but you'll
> notice more and more that it receives a lot of commercial support too so 
> it
> may not be able to maintain its independence.
>
> Saroj
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Philip Esteban" <3drecon at comcast.net>
> To: "'stan'" <stan at rhodes22.com>; "'The Rhodes 22 mail list'"
> <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 10:09 PM
> Subject: RE: [Rhodes22-list] Re: Commitment to war
>
>
>> Why, with hundreds of channels available are we funding public radio and
>> television, but we are told we need our taxes raised to meet other
>> requirements?  The government needs to get out of the radio and tv
>> business.
>>
>> Philip
>
>
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