Another Reason I Can’t Support Minnesota Public Radio
21 Feb 2006 in Copyright, Current TV, Minnesota Public Radio, Radio by GarrickFirst off, I never contributed millions (or even thousands) to public radio. A couple hundred bucks here and there. And I know a couple people employed by the Minnesota Public Radio. Heck, I even helped them usability test their site a while back. Kinda fun sitting on the other side of the desk.
That said, I haven’t contributed recently nor do I foresee doing so. I don’t agree with their Next Standard in Public Radio campaign. I especially don’t agree with their copyright infringement suit against Current.TV – the audience-generated, Al Gore-backed Current TV Network. His project to “democratize television.”
I wish MPR felt the same way about radio. Oh well, back the podcasts.
Thanks to Tod Maffin for the tip.
My personal favorite comment on the topic over at MNSpeak:
“Get a grip MPR. Are you going to sue NPR next because it’s one letter off from your name?”
Other food for thought from the discussion – ‘the Current’ is the new ‘JackFM’
Comments (2)
The Wege added these pithy words on Feb 27 06 at 1:26 pmThe Current is easily the best music station in town, but it still wears me out to listen to it.
It’s an age thing, but I really don’t miss modern rock. At all.
Garrick Van Buren added these pithy words on Feb 27 06 at 1:31 pmWege, I agree with you and that’s more a comment on the sorry state of radio than anything else. With 40 GB of music, when I want to hear something again, I’ll hit replay. When I listen to the radio I want to be introduced to new music. When I listen to a station as local as 89.3, I want music exclusively from local musicians. We have the talent to support it, as a public station – I see this as their obligation.
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