Re: [Swprograms] Fwd: 'Good, Gray NPR' from The Nation

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I thought the article overall was a credible rendering of the history 
of NPR and public radio in general in the US and it offered important 
insight into the various philosophies vying for primacy over the 
course of the institution's history.

Furthermore...

----- Original Message -----
From: Richard Cuff <rdcuff@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Friday, May 6, 2005 2:05 pm
Subject: Re: [Swprograms] Fwd: 'Good, Gray NPR' from The Nation

> Couple comments:
> 
> 1.  The notion of political balance mentioned here may be 
> misleading. 
> While listenership may be roughly 1/3 each Conservative, Center, and
> Liberal, this does not match population demographics.  When that
> statistic was first reported, a parallel statistic was reported on 
the
> US population demographics -- which are roughly 35% conservative, 45%
> center, and 15-20% liberal IIRC.  So the political demographics of 
NPR
> listeners are more liberal than the nation as a whole.

IF one believes the polls and IF the definitions of these overused and-
-to me-- increasingly less helpful generalizations are understood to 
be the same in both contexts.

John Figliozzi
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