[Rhodes22-list] Public Radio and TV

[Saroj Gilbert]

Rik, of course they are pushing their own agenda... I wasn't clear about my 
referential pronoun.. apologies... see my follow on email...

I just have never heard or picked up any indication that they were promoting 
communism and socialism; promoting control of individuals, promoting the 
control of the point of view of the masses, or disdaining individual 
freedom.

Have you?

Saroj

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rik Sandberg" <sanderico at earthlink.net>
To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 9:18 AM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Public Radio and TV


> Saroj,
>
> Anybody that thinks public radio isn't pushing their own agenda hasn't 
> been listening to it much. I listen to NPR quite a lot because it's true, 
> you can get some better news coverage than on most other radio stations. 
> BUT, there are times when I have to turn it off because there's a few 
> whiny bedwetters that are just too much.
>
> I think, if NPR is such a great thing, the folks that use it should 
> contribute to keep it going. They all don't want to hear all that nasty 
> corperate advertising but apparently aren't bright enough to figure out 
> how all those other radio stations (and the people who work there) make 
> their living. I contribute to NPR even though I don't necessarilly agree 
> with much of their left leaning politics. If the people that want NPR 
> don't want it bad enough to throw a few bucks their way in exchange for no 
> advertising, I guess it can't be all that important to them and it should 
> fall by the wayside.
>
> Rik
>
> ed kroposki wrote:
>
>>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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