Reporting on the war in Gaza is challenging for American journalists seeking to be fair and thorough in understanding a deep seated multidimensional crisis. Ayesha Rascoe has solved this problem by doubling down on an anti-Israel stance and seeking stories to further her narrative. As a 20 year member of my local NPR affiliate who has often cringed at questionable reporting, I have always looked forward to my weekend mornings with KNPR, but now I am considering canceling my membership. If I do, it will be in Ayesha Rascoe’s name.
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Weekend Edition Sunday
Nevada
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Ayesha Rascoe
Massachusetts
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When are you going to replace this woman with a grating voice and poor grammar? Don’t listen to Sunday morning NPR any longer. Miss it but can’t stand her voice. Has nothing to do with her race but the tenor of her voice.
ayesha roscoe
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I'm a longterm NPR listener and bonafide anti-rascist, but I absolutely cannot bear
Ayesha Roscoe's voice, please!
Amna Naval
New York
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I totally agree with the comment I just read on your web site, written a while back. Ms Nawaz is a terrible anchor, very unprofessional and off-putting. I have mostly stopped watching the program unless I become aware that she will be away. Her off site interviews at the border are ok, altho her boasting reference to speaking Urdu and Spanish was an unnecessary comment when I watched her last evening. It was none the less delightful to realize she was at the border and her presence would be limited.
I do believe PBS can and should do better.
Amna Nawaz
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Having recently watched her interview with Robert Kennedy Jr. She was unprepared and accusatory. She refused to provide evidence to RFK regarding his views on certain subjects, yet claimed she had proof and would show him. She did not show him on air, so what's the point? She shouldn't be allowed to just railroad over a guest, spewing her poison and nonfactual claims. She clearly had no real evidence, and just hear-say from other media. I commend PBS for having the decency to at least have RFK on. I'm not American, but I grew up when his father and uncle were in politics, trying to make a better world, just as he is. It's a shame that Amna Nawaz was so clearly biased and unfair in accusing him of things he said, when he insisted he was being misrepresented. Next time one of your hosts makes a claim, they should have their so called "proof" on hand to show the guest and the audience. Thank you.
Weekend Edition Sunday
Minnesota
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I can't listen to Ayesha Rascoe anymore. Her voice is grating. What finally broke me, however, was when she told a caller on Sunday "you did good. You did good." She should have meant "well." Fortunately, I like the CBC's Sunday morning program.
Amna Nawaz
California
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Did someone highjack your site. It says that Amna is terrible, which she is not. Tonight she is at or near the Guatemalan border for an excellent report. What she does not say or emphasize is that those who want to come to the US "legally" must have money and means. Someone who just wants a "better life" will not get an immigrant visa. Period. There is no way for such a person to immigrate "legally." She should know that and emphasize that!!!
Ayesha Rascoe
Pennsylvania
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I too find the voice and delivery of Ms. Rascoe on air, grating, immature, annoying and distracting to the wonderful content she covers. And disagree with the defensiveness of the statement "this is my voice". Perhaps consider there isn't a host, a singer, speaker or narrator alive that doesn't care about how they reach their audience. Like most mature adults they do; they listen to themselves and take lessons just as singers do on how to use their mouths, and vocal cords to modulate and deliver either the sung or spoken word.
Ayesha Rascoe (sp?)
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Is there a way that I can tell Ayesha that I enjoy her content, without sounding sexiest?
News summary changes
Florida
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I always listen to the 5 minute news summary in the morning. It is the only verbal report in our home. This year you made the news feed into other programming (especially annoying on weekends where the host has a shrill grating voice) so I have to dig the phone out to shut it off. NOW you lead into 5 minutes of news with THREE commercials!!! You’ve lost me. I do not listen to commercials or watch them on TV. I pay extra to Amazon Prime & Pandora to avoid them. Unfortunately there is no such option on your service. Paul S****l S******a C**********m@yahoo.om
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NPR Distribution is wasting grant money
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Distribution needs to be audited. There’s a grant-funded position making 6 figures who is doing nothing. Anita Ginyard-Rogers is wasting this money.
Washington Week
Wisconsin
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Since the Atlantic took over leadership of the Washinton Week program, the program is never as diverse in choosing its guests as it was previously. Tonight’s program is a good example. The moderator and all of the guests are Caucasian. I watch the program almost every week to learn from the best in journalism. That designation not only includes those who represent the best news outlets, but it also means that a diverse set of voices are heard.
Jeffrey Goldberg does not seem to place real value on diverse voices. Is he the problem?
PBS CO-ANCHORS GONE MISSING
Virginia
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William Brangham has been filling in as PBS anchor for Amna Nawaz & Geoff Bennett since
Monday 2/19/2024 (3 nights straight so far). I am not complaining, William has done a great job as anchor. I do find it concerning that viewers are not getting any explanation as to why. I do not think that keeping we regular PBS viewers in the dark about the situation is normal PBS news behavior. I expect PBS to be transparent in reporting, even about itself!
Newshour and Washington Week In Review
Florida
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Too frequently when watching these two programs each week, back-to-back, tv frames freeze for a moment and audio sync is off. Why?
Test, just a test
Ohio
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Hello. And Bye.
Extremely poor closed captioning service on PBS News Hour
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Why does WETA’s PBS News Hour so consistently have incomplete closed captioning? I can perhaps understand that the simultaneous CC could have issues but why is it at least not corrected for streaming shortly afterwards? This is unacceptable for this network to champion disabled persons repeatedly on various programs and yet be unable to supply simple, corrected CC for its own audiences. It cannot cost that much to have a human operator review, complete and correct shortly after the program has been recorded.
Ayesha Rascoe & the Sunday Puzzle with Will Shortz
Texas
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I look forward to hearing Ayesha Rascoe's voice every week on the Sunday Puzzle with Will Shortz. It is such a positive and energetic voice that it makes me smile just hearing it and makes my Sunday drive. When other people substitute, I think....they are okay but they aren't Ayesha.
Thanks for this and many other great programs.
Public meetings
California
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I’ve been told by a member of my community radio station’s governing board that while I have a right to attend their meetings anonymously, others in attendance, including officers can choose to identify me.
Am I misunderstanding this passage: “ All persons shall be permitted to attend any meeting of the board, or any such committee or body, and no person shall be required, as a condition to attendance at any such meeting, to register such person’s name or to provide any other information. § 396(k)(4)”
https://www.cpb.org/stations/certification/cert1
PBS NewsHour
California
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In South Carolina, President Joe Biden informed us that his son Beau was killed in World War II. That would mean that Beau was born before his father, a medical miracle. This doesn’t happen every day. So I was surprised that Biden-groupie David Brooks did not praise Biden for this amazing feat.
Ayesha roscoe
Alaska
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Please help her she's annoying. Diction and pitch are two things npr must help her with now! used to enjoy npr Sundays - not no mo.