[Rhodes22-list] Public Radio and TV

[Rik Sandberg]

Saroj,

Well, I wouldn't say that they outright promote these things the way you put them. What I see though is they do tend to promote the idea that it's OK to be a victim.  I see this as a huge problem in our country these days. People seem to think that their problems are somehow special and therefore some special treatment should be offered for them. The truth is, we all have problems of one kind or another and those of us that buck up and work our way through them tend to be successful. Those that want to sit back and go, oh poor me never make it. NPR likes to blame society for people's problems when the real blame should lay with those people themselves and their unwillingness to work through their problem(s) no matter what it takes.

This to me is as good as promoting socialism.

Rik

-----Original Message-----
From: Saroj Gilbert <saroj at pathfind.net>
Sent: May 25, 2005 8:27 AM
To: sanderico at earthlink.net, 
	The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Public Radio and TV

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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