Tired of the news? Try NPR
As more and more people become tired of mass media and the televised news media National Public Media (NPR), and Public Radio International (PRI) have shown an increase in ratings. 
This may not seem like a huge jump, but it is an improvement because NPR, APM, and PRI continually rank as some of America's most trusted news sources. They also produce and distribute PBS and NewsHour, and highly trusted news program. This is important because in the past NPR has been accused of being a liberal media company and they have restated their commitment to centered and as close to bias-free reporting as possible. I say as close as possible because, in a recent letter addressing the issue, Jeffrey Dvorkin Ombudsman at NPR said this on the matter:
Bias cannot, in my experience, be entirely eliminated. Only by asking ourselves and each other whether the story is complete in every way, can we feel reasonably confident that the story is as unbiased as possible -- under the circumstances of time limitations and available information.
If journalism could be made bias free or influence free, we would have no need for journalists. We could choose stories based on a pre-determined model for fairness, a computer could be programmed with all the information available, and the story would literally, write itself.
Perhaps the closest model for that is the cable TV-supported C-SPAN radio and television service. Its mission, according to the Web site is "to provide public access to the political process." C-SPAN receives no government funding; operations are funded by fees paid by cable and satellite affiliates who carry C-SPAN programming.
Within the definition of the political process, C-SPAN does a pretty good job, in my opinion, being a mirror for the political process, as defined by C-SPAN. But I'm not sure that it makes for good journalism."
I hope that there will continue to be a rise in ratings for NPR, I grew up listening to it and love it. Ther is something that can be learned from calm, fair, well-research reporting it may not make for the best television but it does make for good information.
This may not seem like a huge jump, but it is an improvement because NPR, APM, and PRI continually rank as some of America's most trusted news sources. They also produce and distribute PBS and NewsHour, and highly trusted news program. This is important because in the past NPR has been accused of being a liberal media company and they have restated their commitment to centered and as close to bias-free reporting as possible. I say as close as possible because, in a recent letter addressing the issue, Jeffrey Dvorkin Ombudsman at NPR said this on the matter:
Bias cannot, in my experience, be entirely eliminated. Only by asking ourselves and each other whether the story is complete in every way, can we feel reasonably confident that the story is as unbiased as possible -- under the circumstances of time limitations and available information.
If journalism could be made bias free or influence free, we would have no need for journalists. We could choose stories based on a pre-determined model for fairness, a computer could be programmed with all the information available, and the story would literally, write itself.
Perhaps the closest model for that is the cable TV-supported C-SPAN radio and television service. Its mission, according to the Web site is "to provide public access to the political process." C-SPAN receives no government funding; operations are funded by fees paid by cable and satellite affiliates who carry C-SPAN programming.
Within the definition of the political process, C-SPAN does a pretty good job, in my opinion, being a mirror for the political process, as defined by C-SPAN. But I'm not sure that it makes for good journalism."
I hope that there will continue to be a rise in ratings for NPR, I grew up listening to it and love it. Ther is something that can be learned from calm, fair, well-research reporting it may not make for the best television but it does make for good information.
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