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Originally Posted by MrTia
i sound a little paranoid, maybe. :P i actually don't necessarily think this institutional control of NPR is a bad thing, i still like NPR and listen to it constantly and they do excellent coverage. but there are definitely some political realities they will not touch. i bet they will never do a real story on peak oil, for instance, or the 2002 coup attempt in venezuela.
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Actually, NPR has covered the situation in Venezuela numerous times:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...toryId=3852655
http://216.35.221.77/templates/story...toryId=7092786
And Peak Oil:
http://globalpublicmedia.com/transcripts/449
NPR member stations aren't required to broadcast all of their programming, which may account for why you'll hear stories in one part of the country but not another part. Everything is on their website, though.