-=jd=- wrote:




But most likely, it's on AFRTS because the price is right and NPR is an
established news source with a steady liberal slant that can be taken with
a grain of salt. Though, there is one change that you may find some
affirmation in. Used to be that when a TV was installed in a
military/federal office, it was immediately tuned to CNN and there it
stayed. The only need for a remote was for on/off/volume. However, where I
work, all the big monitors are now on (surprise!) FOX. The small monitors
are usually on the Weather Channel...

-=jd=-

Where I work they installed tv's in the cafeteria at some point and
they carried CNN for a couple of years, then suddenly switched to
Fox about 6 months ago. Then about a month ago they switched back
to CNN. Maybe Nickelodeon is next.

I don't think price is the issue. The two NPR news programs are pretty
expensive (at least that's what the local affiliate
tells you when it's fundraising time). Also I don't know what kind of
budget constraints AFRTS operates under. Your point that NPR provides
one of the only national-scale radio news feed is certainly well-taken
though.

Nonetheless, I think if NPR really were as biased as some on this group
think, some stink would have been raised in the Pentagon. They don't
have to offer four hours of news a day. Fox has a radio feed, on
satellite, maybe they can switch to that. Probably make some of the
posters on this thread happier.