One child killed, dozens injured in pro/anti Morsi clashes

[Glyphdoctor]

I never said I "object" to western media. And BTW, I actually hate NPR and find it dull and boring generally.

[Hafiz]

Good media is often dull and boring. Long detailed reports using a number of sources can be tiring but a lot more informative than 5 or 6 paras. The factual detail of some reports is astonishing. I like detail.

Sorry you don't like NPR. Its strengths, as I'm sure you know, include its huge resources combined with a relatively independent line which may have something to do with its corporate structure based on dozens of community stations. I think that it is the only international media organization (which also includes blue chip TV) which is not owned and accountable to corporate investors but is funded by subscriptions and philanthropic foundations.

[Glyphdoctor]

"Philanthropic organizations"...Most of which have their own political/social agendas and even some of which at least in the past were known to get secret government funding, e.g. Ford Foundation that is a big funder of NPR at one point was involved in a big scandal as they were just a front for the CIA. That's not independence...not at all.

Would you rather get your news from some station that is getting is funding by selling you cars and erectile dysfunction drugs in commercials or that is getting is funding from some organization that gets its funding from people with a political axe to grind? Not saying one is better than the other, but your romantic notions about NPR are laughable.

[Dusak]

"Philanthropic organizations"...Most of which have their own political/social agendas and even some of which at least in the past were known to get secret government funding, e.g. Ford Foundation that is a big funder of NPR at one point was involved in a big scandal as they were just a front for the CIA. That's not independence...not at all.

Would you rather get your news from some station that is getting is funding by selling you cars and erectile dysfunctional drugs in commercials or that is getting is funding from some organization that gets its funding from people with a political axe to grind? Not saying one is better than the other, but your romantic notions about NPR are laughable.

Your point doesn't stand up to scrutiny.