What is NPR?
NPR has been in the news the past week because of the firing of Juan Williams after his questionable personal statements about seeing people on a plane who look like they might be Muslims. You can find the story here, but this post is to give you a little background on NPR itself.
Often referred to but only listened to by a passionate minority1 of the radio listening public, NPR is short for National Public Radio, and it is likely on the airwaves where you live. Boasting about 900 stations, NPR is syndicated throughout the United States and beyond. The intent is to provide independent, unbiased coverage of the news, which is why Williams’ comments were considered a big deal by NPR’s CEO. Coverage is preferred over opinion at NPR.
Public radio has been around for most of the 20th century, but NPR first became incorporated in 1970 and the weekly newscast known as All Things Considered began in 1971 and continues today. NPR’s first foray into news reporting? The Senate hearings for the Vietnam War.2
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- approximately 27 million people ↩
- http://www.npr.org/about/aboutnpr/history.html ↩
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