The NPR Agenda

Of course, we couldn't go too long without another pledge drive interrupting all the programs on WDUQ. Amid the usual pleas for money in any form, (I'm half tempted to send in a sock full of pennies to see if it makes any difference)NPR is starting to pursue a definite agenda. In this case, it serves as the voice for proponents for same-sex marriages.

Before getting too far ahead, let me say that I'm all for the granting of same-sex marriage licenses. Marriage to me a definite symbolic, if not religious ceremony, that officially marks the commiseration of a couple's desire to live together. Whether this couple consists of the same sex or a member from each sex is beyond my concern.

However, NPR feels the need to have, what seems like, daily stories on the subject. Now that Massachusetts is granting same-sex licenses, NPR seems to be at a loss for a reason to air more coverage on the subject. Several weeks ago, the same could be said for their coverage of the Middle East conflict with the always enlightening Terry Gross on Fresh Air devoting several days to hour-long diatribes on the conflict. She even got in on the act with an hour-long interview with an author about a book devoted to examining the institution of marriage.

With all my criticisms of The New York Times, now NPR, it's seeming more and more likely that this page will live up to the paranoid delusions of its address: liberal agenda. I'm convinced that the media is biased, but it's only as biased as the publication seems to be. In other words, there is a liberal bias to the news, but if you look closely you can see a conservative bias there as well. Being in the middle, I think, allows you to see both sides and appreciate or disagree with equally.