12th
Get Democracy Now! onto NPR
This morning I switched on NPR to see if I’d get lucky and catch something interesting. Was greeted by their pledge drive, and a man stating that NPR news coverage is complete, well researched, insightful etc. blah blah. It is not. Democracy Now! is. So, spontaneously I called NPR’s 800 number, politely stated my name and that I would gladly pledge money as soon as they add Amy Goodman’s Democracy Now! show to National Public Radio. Very pleasant Audrey thanked me for my call, and said she would pass the message on to programming. I thought, hmm, what if others did this? It takes but a minute, and it could be effective, if they heard from a lot of us. It’s not a new idea: Bill Moyers has been saying for years that Democracy Now! should be on NPR. He’s right. Without a show like Democracy Now!, NPR “news” will continue to be a sanitized, intellectual-friendly outlet for corporate propaganda, only slightly more credible than their shrieking idiot cousin, Fox “news”. So why not give NPR a call and tell them? NPR’s pledge drive phone number is:
1-800-937-8850.
Plus, I mean it, I’d gladly send them a few bucks if they do this. Meanwhile, I get my news from Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez and their excellent crew. Please re-blog this or forward it by Pony Express, Carrier Pigeon etc.