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2023-03-31 Economy

NPR hit with massive layoffs, cancels 4 podcasts

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Posted by Fred 2023-03-31 00:00|| || Front Page|| [21 views ] Top

#1 NPR missed the fact that when the govt became a communications censor, they no longer had a need to exist as all other outlets just became the state media.

Posted by Procopius2k 2023-03-31 08:16|| 2023-03-31 08:16|| Front Page Top

#2 #1 spot on. Totally agree.

Posted by Dale 2023-03-31 09:24|| 2023-03-31 09:24|| Front Page Top

#3 Podcasting is sort of a capitalist arena. A socialist offering is like stocking cheese whiz as a coffee bar topping - not too many takers.

Posted by Super Hose 2023-03-31 12:31|| 2023-03-31 12:31|| Front Page Top

#4 #1 spot on.

Whatever the commie version is of Gods of the Copybook Headings.

It is in fact necessarily to eliminate such organizations as they are reminders of what was before Team Brandon.

Posted by swksvolFF 2023-03-31 18:15|| 2023-03-31 18:15|| Front Page Top

#5 I don't want to hear anything about teachers buying pencils and paper out of their own pockets until:

* The USGOV stops all foreign aid and creepy medical experiments in China

* All the sportsball leagues cap salaries and direct the bulk of their profits to public sevice

* Hollywierd makes all movie tickets $1 and pays all movie talent $1 per movie.

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-03-31 18:19|| 2023-03-31 18:19|| Front Page Top

#6 To paraphrase the old hippy bumpersticker:

Wish for the day when schools have all the money they need and Ukraine has to hold a bake sale.

Posted by swksvolFF 2023-03-31 18:43|| 2023-03-31 18:43|| Front Page Top

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