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Lydon has had an eclectic media career, but it’s radio that always draws him back. In 1993, after decades in the print and television journalism industry and an unsuccessful run for Mayor of Boston, Lydon moved to Boston’s largest National Public Radio (NPR) affiliate, WBUR, where he created the syndicated radio show “The Connection...
...graduating in 1962. After seven years at the Boston Globe, Lydon moved to New York Times’ Washington bureau, where he covered presidential campaign politics for almost a decade. He then migrated to the Ten o’Clock News on WGBH-TV in Boston, and then to NPR...
...NPR's audience roughly reflects the nation's ideological breakdown of conservatives, moderates and liberals, according to a 2002 survey by the Pew Research Center. But many conservatives believe that the network remains the voice of the liberal elite. "There is a strong market for liberal voices, and it's being satisfied by NPR to a great degree," conservative media critic Brent Bozell said on an NPR talk show. Bruce Drake, 54, vice president of NPR News, acknowledges that if the Fox network's conservative TV and radio star Bill O'Reilly were given a regular slot on NPR...
Supporters of Israel have criticized NPR's treatment of that country, and NPR, trying to show its balance, made transcripts of its Middle East coverage available free on its website. NPR has also been criticized as being biased against President Bush's policy toward war with Iraq. The network says it fairly presents a wide range of views. Griping may reflect a polarizing radio audience, with listeners flocking to one end of the spectrum or the other. "Rush Limbaugh and Michael Savage are shouting, while NPR has positioned itself as the opposite, with carefully modulated voices," says David Schutz...
...NPR's news shows have few challengers, but its music, talk and variety programs face tough competition, not only from PRI but also from regional stations jostling to take their offerings national. WNYC, for instance, is gaining a national audience for a variety show called The Next Big Thing. Nationally syndicated shows account for 55% of public-radio airtime, a share that has grown 10 percentage points in the past decade...