The NPR-Listening ‘Elite 1%’

As for why they think this way, Rasmussen said: “... part of the reason is because they trust government. In America, it’s been 50 years since most voters trusted the government to do the right thing most of the time. But among the elite 1%, 70% trust the government. ... They really believe that if they could just make the decisions and get us out of the way, we would be a lot better off.”

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This brings us to National Public Radio, whose mostly white listeners consist of the more affluent and those more likely to have college and postgraduate degrees. (Let us reserve for another time the question of why, in an information overload internet world full of radio and television channels, podcasts, numerous news outlets, etc., we still  have taxpayer-supported public television and radio.)

Now this elite 1% absolutely, positively loves NPR. 

Ed Morrissey

Why do they love NPR? Because NPR serves up their propaganda and also the fodder for their confirmation bias. Unfortunately, this is also the same elite 1% that tends to control funding decisions. That's why they have managed to hang onto their government funding. 

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