'Thanks for Listening!' NPR Cheerfully Tweets Out 'Illegal' NPR-Boosting Graffiti

December 16th, 2014 5:07 PM

NPR News is branded as civilized, and yet rebellious in an aging-hippie way. So it's not surprising that NPR would be thrilled that someone would tout them in graffiti....and then feel that one must discourage this kind of illegal unpaid advertising. There's a picture of NPR graffiti sighted on a train in Wyoming.

NPR's Twitter writers are being a bit flippant about the "illegal behavior," because NPR's coverage suggests they are "graffiti fans" in their news judgment. (Although it probably wouldn't want to encourage any affirmative vandalism at their pricey new digs just north of Capitol Hill.) A quick search finds these recent headlines:

After Decades On VHS, Graffiti's Golden Age Returns To Big Screen

Graffiti Artist Sprays Brazil's Turmoil Across Its City Walls

For Those Itching To Etch, Great Wall Now Has A Graffiti Zone

And perhaps the highlight of pro-graffiti coverage: New York's Graffiti Mecca, 5Pointz, Was Whitewashed Overnight