I cant listen to Sunday morning edition anymore this woman has such a rude and unprofessional vibe all around; if she was at Starbucks they'd have her treat her guests better. She doesn't finish her words and strongly uses her out of office accent, she interrupts and rephrases others words, she treats people she's interviewing that she obviously doesn't like with a easy to notice tone, like children almost, she is distracting and is terrible at asking or responding to serious questions. Im a contributor, Id like it if she put some Effort and Respect into her world news job. It's ludicrous, I love my bay area and I want and deserve a serious radio she can do better, or please leave.
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Ayesha Roscoe
California
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For the love of God, get Ayesha Rascoe off the air
Virginia
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Besides the chorus of complaints about her voice, which I wholeheartedly agree with (it's worse than nails on a chalkboard), she's unprofessional and does not uphold the standards of quality NPR / CPB should be upholding. She doesn't even meet the standards of quality I'd hold a small, regional radio station to. I get that Sunday mornings are primarily fluff, but between celebrity gossip updates & the puzzle there are topics of actual importance discussed and she doesn't deliver the goods. Oftentimes she sounds unprepared, and most cringe of all is when she obviously doesn't understand or know a word in the script she's reading. The delivery is sophomoric at best; almost every discussion sounds like high school girl chit-chat. She can't turn it off no matter what the topic is. As long as she's a fixture on one of the flagship programs, I will not be a financial supporter.
Edward R. Murrow Award
Ohio
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On behalf of Lord Jesus Christ and His Disciples, we humbly nominate:
The Right Honorable Reverend Dr. Andrew D. Wenmoth
for the Edward R. Murrow Award for, inter alia, his courageous First Amendment journalism
thoroughly documented and captured at www.AStrongCity.org and elsewhere
as well as bravery and heroism while enduring historic persecution.
Cordially yours,
Cherry.
News hour piece by Nick Shiffrin
Connecticut
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Surprised and disappointed that the man interviewed yesterday by Nick Shiffrin was allowed, without comment, to repeatedly criticize “Jewish” aggression when he was really referring to Israeli aggression.
PBS Liberal Bias
North Carolina
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Just watch your election night coverage and tell me it's not biased. PBS still doesn't get it, Americans are completely fed up with this crap. You will go the way of the horse and buggy very soon. Republicans are the party of the working class now, dems are the party of elite jerks like every PBS employee. As others have said - you should be ashamed of yourself! I will write my Congressman to immediately stop ANY and ALL monies sent to this dem organization...
Ayesha Rascoe
Florida
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There has to be some other jobs she can do on NPR that do not require her voice to be public. I’m guessing she was taken off of the Politics Podcasts because of complaints about the quality of her speech. The listeners of Up First weekend edition deserve the same level of consideration. Please!
Sunday Morning needs a change!
New York
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While she may be an intelligent, wonderful person, she does not belong on a medium where the primary requirement to most listeners is a voice that they like listening to.
With that noted I am requesting on behalf of my family and friends to please, please reassign Ayesha Rascoe to a role where her annoying, grating voice cannot be heard.
We are long time listeners of NPR and have it as our default station on our old fashion radios, phones, computers and car radios.
We introduced our children and then our grandchildren to NPR and have enjoyed listening to the station with them, especially on the weekends. However, we now get requests to turn it off on Sunday mornings.
To be honest, we have never seen or heard a negative reaction to a radio or TV personality like we do with Ayesha.
We have seen many other listeners comments online who agree with this assessment. So we like many others are wondering why you have not replaced her to date. Do you have plans to replace her?
Please let us know your intentions as we head into the new year of 2025.
Sunday Weekend Edition
Connecticut
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Ayesha Roscoe has ruined Sunday Morning listening for my wife and I who have substantial supporters of NPR for over 30 years. We have even included NPR in our Will. Unfortunately, Ms. Roscoe is just inappropriate for Morning Edition. Her voice is grating to say the least, but even more difficult to tolerate is how she inserts her big personality everywhere, thereby distracting from the content and the people she interviews. We will be seriously reconsidering the $5000 per year we provide and the over half million that is in our Will. We are extremely saddened by this entire situation. Our friends and colleagues feel similarly.
PBS Newshour 12/6/24: Biden's possible pre-emptive pardon of "political enemies" targeted by Trump
Arizona
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I found Jonathan Capehart's comments on Biden's use of his pardoning power interesting and insightful. However, I must admit I was deeply troubled over Capehart's comment concerning the prospect of Biden's issuing a preemptive pardon to protect "political enemies" Trump might otherwise go after. Trump is offering to weaponize the Justice Department, at which point those who tried to prosecute him and insurrectionists over the Jan. 6, 2021 storming of the Capitol could well feel the full effect of Trump's wrath. Even if people like Liz Cheney, Adam Kinzinger, Adam Schiff, Jamie Raskin, etc. are unlikely to be convicted, they could go bankrupt and/or have their reputations destroyed as they fight legal battles to defend themselves against the spurious charges of Donald Trump. I hate to think of these honorable citizens forced to choose between effectively "confessing" to crimes of which they aren't guilty (i.e., accepting pardons) or being driven to bankruptcy. My question: has anyone considered setting up a legal fund to help those not wishing to have such an awful choice inflicted on them? If no such fund has been set up, maybe it needs to be.
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NPR
North Carolina
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Dear Sir / Madam: I am a retired attorney living in Charlotte, N.C. I have listened regularly to NPR news programming for many decades. I am no longer a member of my local NPR station (WFAE), but in the past was a member in both NYC (WNYC) and Boston (WBUR). Sadly, NPR has changed from a credible news source into a blatant partisan propaganda organ. It is dismaying how prejudicial and partisan the news coverage & analysis by NPR has become. Notwithstanding recent on-air denials, by NPR radio hosts, which assert that NPR is a reliable and credible news source, it is patently clear that there is a built-in, if unacknowledged, bias at NPR which strongly favors a partisan Democrat agenda, and which fosters left-wing ideological points of view. On many of NPR's news programs, there is a host and several commentators who clearly are hostile to the expression of moderate and conservative points of view that differ with a lock-step WOKE analytical consensus. You would think that a roundtable of commentators could present a balance of viewpoints reflective of the variety of opinion throughout the country; after all, they're supposed to be "journalists," not propagandists. Instead, NPR's news programs rigidly adhere to and promote an extreme left-wing analytical framework, saimultaneously denigrating other points of view. NPR ought to be a marketplace of ideas for all of the American "public," including moderates and conservatives. Dismayingly, NPR has become a narrow-minded, one-party communications medium that eschews all moderate and conservative voices, and only presents so-called "stories" replete with anti-GOP, pro-Democrat, and WOKE bias. NPR is not a journalistic organization - rather, it has effectively become one-party Democrat propaganda. It is a travesty to call it journalism. Why shouldn't NPR serve as a forum for the exploration of a broad range of American viewpoints, reflecting a vast cosmpolitan nation. The way NPR practices journalism is a mockery of the profession of journalism, and worse is a great disservice to a great nation which deserves fair and balanced journalism, not one-party spin and disinformation. There is nothing "public" about public radio (NPR). The "public" includes millions of Americans who have moderate and conservative viewpoints, Yet NPR only validates extreme left-wing pro-WOKE and pro-Democrat talking points. It's clear that NPR actively suppresses moderate and conservative viewpoints, Indeed, many of its hosts and commentators openly denigrate any viewpoints that do not comport with their unacknowledged bias and prejudice against Americans with moderate and conservative views. NPR is not "public" radio; the name is a misnomer. NPR shold not receive federal funding until it has been reformed and commits to fairly presenting a broad diversity of viewpoints that reflects all Americans. Thank you for your consideration. Very truly yours, C*****n F. E*****s
The Flower Power Hour (Pacifica Show Proposal)
Arkansas
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Hi, Please allow me to introduce you to an internationally syndicated radio show hosted and produced by me and my wife, MJ. The Flower Power Hour with Ken and MJ is a flashback to the Golden Age of Flower Power with music primarily from the ‘60s and ‘70s, plus period comedy snippets, all intricately woven into a Theater-of-the-Mind experience. The show is dedicated to the vibe of that era – peace, love, and rock and roll. We include at least one song or quote about peace in every show. The Flower Power Hour with Ken and MJ is heard on 190 stations in the U.S. and 20 foreign countries, including commercial and non-commercial FM’s, as well as stations on Dash Radio Network (Litt Live), Pacifica Network, NPR & iHeart Radio. Our show is endorsed by artists such as Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull, Jorma Kaukonen of Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna, Roger McGuinn of the Byrds, Richie Furay of Poco and Buffalo Springfield, Nancy Wilson of Heart, Edgar Winter, Rod Argent of the Zombies, Jim McCarty of the Yardbirds, Rick Wakeman and Jon Anderson of Yes, Judy Collins, and several dozen other others. Their liners and interviews give our show a level of credibility not heard on other programs of this type. The Flower Power Hour with Ken and MJ is provided at no cost to both commercial and non-commercial stations. Our show is a labor of love. We send you 3 Flower Power Hours per week via We Transfer. You can run it as a one, two, or three hour show on whatever days and at whatever times you choose. We also provide each hour in two parts in case you want to insert a commercial or station I.D. in the middle of the show. I’m a veteran of free-form, album rock radio with #1 ratings in both Dallas, Texas and on the ABC Radio Classic Rock Radio Network. My wife, MJ, met all the big artists in her youth while working backstage at St. Louis concert venues. She has handled booking and publicity for a major artist, and has co-hosted radio shows with me since 2006. If you’re interested, please check out our website flowerpowerhour.com for 3 sample shows. Hope we can work together! Peace, Love, and Rock n Roll, Ken Rundel 479-244-5132 flowerpowerhour.com All materials © Ken Rundel 2024
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Why announce social media name when reporting
Oregon
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Why do public broadcasting announce the name of private social media companies such as x or Truth Social , twitter, Meta etc It seems like free advertising when there should be no advertising. The announcement should just say in social media in the same manner you might say network television or broadcast radio …? I
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Why does the CPB exist?
Colorado
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I hope the cpb comes to an end forever. There is no justification for your existence and you won’t long be missed when you’re gone. The marketplace of free ideas hardly needs a taxpayer funded mouthpiece, particularly one so wildly left, liberal and woke. You’re expensive and have 0 credibility. The reasons to shut you down are obvious and several. The reasons to retain you are a null set.
Ayesha Rascoe’s Voice
Alaska
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I echo the sentiment of many others on here: Ayesha Rascoe’s voice is excruciating to hear. The moment she comes on, I have to shut off NPR. This situation has been going on for too long, and NPR is becoming a less and less important part of my life, which is incredibly disappointing after decades of listening to and supporting many shows. Sometimes, people aren’t a match for something. I wish management would realize this is simply one of those times; otherwise, NPR will lose more paying listeners. Respectfully, please take Ayesha Rascoe off the air.
On point- wbur
Georgia
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I cannot believe this kind of unsubstantiated and inflammatory non-sense funded by, much less allowed on public radio stations.
“I think the first thing is that Trump wants to establish, and this I’m sure would be completely controlled by Hegseth, Warrior Boards, former officers, retired senior officers who will decide which goal and admirals follow the MAGA agenda, the Christian Nationalist agenda, strongly enough to remain in their positions. All those who don’t will be jettisoned.”
Bring Back Between the Lions
Virginia
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Between the Lions was such an entertaining yet educational show. I remember watching it growing up and loved it. I have also passed the love of the show to my own children as well as my students as I am a first grade teacher in a Title 1 school. As PBS itself has done research on the benefits of the show, we know that it is beneficial to children and their literacy development. I believe that authors would be willing to use updated books that kids love.
Blatant Partisan Support for Democrat party
Georgia
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Have been lifelong viewer. Thought you were the only true bipartisan outlet. What a joke! Disgusting blatant support for democrats. Done with PBS!!!!
Concern
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You take taxpayer money and fund liberal ideology. Anything taxpayer funded should be non biased. You should all be ashamed.
political bias of NPR and PBS news
California
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I believe that news coverage by PBS and NPR has become increasingly biased, and I do not believe that taxpayer funds should be used to support specific political viewpoints. As long as this situation persists, I will advocate that the CPB be de-funded.
Audience Clapping positions
California
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GA, CPB I'm interested in being part of an audience Clapping group. Can you please refer me in the process? Thank you, take care
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