Submitted by Anonymous Source (not verified) on Mon, 11/26/2007 - 8:49pm.
NPR goes out of its way to step all over the toes of its affiliates. They are first and foremost NPR first in their thinking, right down to encouraging listeners to pledge, not to their locals affiliates, but to NPR itself. Moreover, NPR long ago became what it sought to replace: a homogenizing media monolith. Anyone with a local affiliate that decides to add local flavor should consider themselves lucky. NPR is McDonalds, WalMart, KFC, albeit with more brains.
NPR goes out of its way to step all over the toes of its affiliates. They are first and foremost NPR first in their thinking, right down to encouraging listeners to pledge, not to their locals affiliates, but to NPR itself. Moreover, NPR long ago became what it sought to replace: a homogenizing media monolith. Anyone with a local affiliate that decides to add local flavor should consider themselves lucky. NPR is McDonalds, WalMart, KFC, albeit with more brains.