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That take is absurd for two reasons, the biggest that NPR doesn't have "programming" (local member stations decide their schedules) and the second that there is very little "progressive political ideology" on display for the national broadcasts - its remarkably neutral. But anything neutral looks liberal to contemporary conservatives, so what do I know.

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I’m a daily listener to my local NPR station (WAMU). I can’t speak to all stations, but mine is very heavy on the racial justice/equity/reckoning programming.

One frustrating thing is that this type of programming takes precedence over all other sorts of local news. I’ve begun to tune out NPR and listen to another news radio station, a CBS affiliate, for coverage that has direct and actionable relevance to my daily life. I’m probably not the only one.

It’s not like I’m uninterested in progressive politics, either. What turns me off about NPR’s political programming lately is simply that it’s become boring, predictable, and repetitive.

> What turns me off about NPR’s political programming lately is simply that it’s become boring, predictable, and repetitive.

I think the focus on "diversity" or "intersectionality" is largely to blame. If you need to check off 6 boxes on your diversity checklist to cover a story, that rules out the vast majority of subjects.

NPR isn't news radio, it's talk radio.

The local shows on WAMU, such as the Kojo Nnamdi Show, tend to focus on local issues— not news per se, but things like school board decisions and the new Amazon office in Northern Virginia. Lately, these local shows have also shifted more to an equity beat.

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