Former NPR CEO Vivian Schiller thinks people in rural areas are out of touch.

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doubledog
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6:54a, 5/3/25


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Former NPR CEO Vivian Schiller says people in rural areas rely on public radio and TV to get their information. "It's free, it's over the air. Not everybody has cable or satellite. And so that is still a very important mechanism into communities all over the country."

Former NPR CEO Vivian Schiller, thinks you rural folks are a bunch of hayseeds, who cannot access modern technology. Talk about out of touch.
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6:56a, 5/3/25
Shazam. Right far bit round the break and up the holler.
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Buford T. Justice
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6:57a, 5/3/25
People in rural areas get their information from the nearest tv station. But they do not watch PBS, nor listen to NPR.
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6:57a, 5/3/25
Summary - The bigoted left thinks everyone everywhere should be tuning in to their indoctrination.
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cryption
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7:02a, 5/3/25
I tell ya what my house off a gravel road in the middle of nowhere has super fast starlink internet. So I get my into from TexAgs … or anything else on the internet. Because rural doesn't mean stupid. Cmon now.
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7:04a, 5/3/25
Ridiculous to still be government funding radio or television. Tell that lady to get private funding and to do something about that honker of a nose.
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In reply to doubledog • 7:18a, 5/3/25
The coastal elites and the sycophants eat her message up. Many post on here.
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7:25a, 5/3/25
Crazy how well hunger games nailed it
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In reply to doubledog • 7:27a, 5/3/25
Yet another reason to quit funding these elitist commies.
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7:29a, 5/3/25
She's right. Most of my rural friends in East Texas have All Things Considered bumper stickers sitting right above the testicles tow accessory.
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7:31a, 5/3/25
Arrogance and abject stupidity are a bad combination
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In reply to doubledog • 7:35a, 5/3/25
She is your typical liberal elitist. She believes she is much smarter than we are, so she clearly knows best for us. She's no different than the rest of the swamp. Or the Texas House leadership.

We The People just need to be saved from ourselves. If they can install enough judges, they'll do it. Just like they're doing in countries across the world.
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In reply to cryption • 7:38a, 5/3/25
cryption said:
I tell ya what my house off a gravel road in the middle of nowhere has super fast starlink internet. So I get my into from TexAgs … or anything else on the internet. Because rural doesn't mean stupid. Cmon now.


Now, do rural minorities

Everyone knows us browns and blacks can't figure out this whole interwebs thang.
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In reply to YouBet • 7:41a, 5/3/25
YouBet said:
She's right. Most of my rural friends in East Texas have All Things Considered bumper stickers sitting right above the testicles tow accessory.

This made me laugh waaay too hard!
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In reply to agent-maroon • 7:45a, 5/3/25
agent-maroon said:
YouBet said:
She's right. Most of my rural friends in East Texas have All Things Considered bumper stickers sitting right above the testicles tow accessory.

This made me laugh waaay too hard!
I know, these are the same people who surf the internet on their iphones while sitting in their outhouses.
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In reply to cryption • 8:15a, 5/3/25
cryption said:
I tell ya what my house off a gravel road in the middle of nowhere has super fast starlink internet. So I get my into from TexAgs … or anything else on the internet. Because rural doesn't mean stupid. Cmon now.
Too bad you don't have a drivers license to vote though……. Or so we've been told.
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8:19a, 5/3/25
Former NPR pres kindly gfy
The world needs mean tweets

My Pronouns Ultra and MAGA

Trump 2024
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8:38a, 5/3/25
Us dumb country bumpkins are still pure bloods
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8:53a, 5/3/25
Does she actually believe this or is she just a lying propagandist?

Yes.
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9:03a, 5/3/25
Left leaning CEOs think their own employees are out of touch peasants who need to abide by a rule set they themselves are above. We saw this during COVID and with the DEI fad.
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9:05a, 5/3/25
Ozona doesnt get much of any coverage. Maybe some radio but that's far from being the link to the outside world. Plus, the local paper finally sold out in the past few years
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9:13a, 5/3/25
My dad in rural East Texas listened to the only good thing that was ever on NPR. Car Talk.
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Rex Racer
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9:18a, 5/3/25
My Dad never had cable tv or even internet service, but since the advent of digital broadcast television, he had about 45 or 50 channels that were in English. There was no shortage of things to watch. Although, he pretty much just watched the news and weather.
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9:20a, 5/3/25
I mean, I guess if these NPR programs are good enough, they can continue to operate in the private sector through podcasts, youtube, etc. without daddy government funding.
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9:23a, 5/3/25
And rural grows the food. Cities might not fair well in a standoff.
I hate tu. It's in my blood.
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In reply to doubledog • 9:25a, 5/3/25
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Former NPR CEO Vivian Schiller says people in rural areas rely on public radio and TV to get their information. "It's free, it's over the air. Not everybody has cable or satellite. And so that is still a very important mechanism into communities all over the country."


In other words, it's important to continue to be able to pump our propaganda into communities.
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In reply to Rex Racer • 9:26a, 5/3/25
Rex Racer said:
My Dad never had cable tv or even internet service, but since the advent of digital broadcast television, he had about 45 or 50 channels that were in English. There was no shortage of things to watch. Although, he pretty much just watched the news and weather.
On PBS, Right? Right?!? /former NPR CEO (probably)
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No Spin Ag
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In reply to Detmersdislocatedshoulder • 9:30a, 5/3/25
Detmersdislocatedshoulder said:
Us dumb country bumpkins are still pure bloods
So was Lonnie in Deliverance. Just saying.
There are in fact two things, science and opinion; the former begets knowledge, the later ignorance. Hippocrates
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9:37a, 5/3/25
Here is an easy solution...

Take the money that NPR and PBS used for indoctrination and offer grants to people in rural areas for Starlink and a NewsMax streaming subscription.

Then not only will they have 'free information', it will be 100X more accurate.

Additionally, they will have the entire internet at their fingers as well.

It will never happen, as these people HATE rural voters anyway, as they NEVER vote for democrats.
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Ag with kids
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9:39a, 5/3/25
For the legal eagles...

She states that the CPB is not under the executive branch.

How can Congress create an organization through a law that is not administered or executed by the executive branch? Which one of their enumerated powers gives them that ability?
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9:40a, 5/3/25
I'll bet she still thinks Native Americans get their news on the reservations via smoke signals.
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9:41a, 5/3/25
Back in the 1970's and before that may have been the case. Back then we got Channel 3, scratchy channel out of Waco and PBS (Sesame Street and Zoom) from an antenna on the roof. Now, we have Direct TV, Starlink, Rise Broadband, DISH, etc. What an absolute moron.
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9:42a, 5/3/25
All things considered, I think she's and idiot and doesn't understand this American life.
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Ag with kids
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9:43a, 5/3/25
The good thing is this means that the left didn't get the message that they're the party only of the elite and not the common man anymore. I hope they keep up that line of thinking. Makes winning elections easier for Republicans...
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In reply to doubledog • 9:46a, 5/3/25
doubledog said:

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Former NPR CEO Vivian Schiller says people in rural areas rely on public radio and TV to get their information. "It's free, it's over the air. Not everybody has cable or satellite. And so that is still a very important mechanism into communities all over the country."

Former NPR CEO Vivian Schiller, thinks you rural folks are a bunch of hayseeds, who cannot access modern technology. Talk about out of touch.
Yeah. Its 2025 *****. Sorry to sound all uppity and ****, but we all got the internet now and have zero need to be indoctrinated by our betters anymore.

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