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NPR editor resigns and roasts NPR for its biased presentations

Posted on 4/18/24 at 9:09 am
Posted by chinhoyang
Member since Jun 2011
23367 posts
Posted on 4/18/24 at 9:09 am
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A National Public Radio editor who wrote an essay criticizing his employer for having lost its way and lost America’s trust in its coverage resigned on Wednesday, a day after it was revealed that he had been suspended. Uri Berliner, a senior editor on NPR’s business desk, posted his resignation letter on X..


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The three-and-a-half thousand-word essay examines NPR’s coverage of some of the biggest news stories in recent years, including the 2016 US elections, the murder of George Floyd in 2020, and the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, and accuses the outlet of having “comfortably coalesced around the progressive worldview.”




NPR editor resigns
Posted by bad93ex
Member since Sep 2018
27087 posts
Posted on 4/18/24 at 9:12 am to
NPR has been shite for a while now
Posted by biscuitsngravy
Tejas, north America
Member since Jan 2011
3000 posts
Posted on 4/18/24 at 9:22 am to
shocking revelation.....
Posted by alajones
Huntsvegas
Member since Oct 2005
34464 posts
Posted on 4/18/24 at 9:23 am to
It’s pretty bad. It’s not like they are just making up lies, but they definitely decide how to report and what angle to take. For example, the other morning they described the “murder” of Michael Brown in Ferguson.

I listen to NPR daily. It’s sad that their news coverage is the face of NPR, because most of NPR isn’t news. Shows like Radiolab, Way with Words, and Wait, Wait… are pretty well done and worth the listen.

And I don’t know who they think is listening to their in depth histories of hip hop music, but their target audience ain’t.
Posted by DitkaAndDaBoers
Member since Apr 2024
51 posts
Posted on 4/18/24 at 9:23 am to
Thanks for the NSS revelation.
Posted by No Colors
Sandbar
Member since Sep 2010
10363 posts
Posted on 4/18/24 at 9:31 am to
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And I don’t know who they think is listening to their in depth histories of hip hop music, but their target audience ain’t.


I was listening to something the other day -- maybe it was Fresh Air? -- I don't know. And their headlining piece was an in depth profile of a South African funk band guitarist.

There's no telling what that piece cost. Divided by the dozens of listeners interested in it
Posted by Pandy Fackler
Member since Jun 2018
14051 posts
Posted on 4/18/24 at 9:34 am to
He knowingly violated policy but due to his long standing tenure, he was only suspended for a brief amount of time.

Someone of less importance would've been immediately fired.
Posted by tide06
Member since Oct 2011
11159 posts
Posted on 4/18/24 at 9:35 am to
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NPR has been shite for a while now

Pre Trump it was biased but occasionally provided interesting insights.

From the moment Trump was elected it became deranged in its coverage of domestic stories and everything is now seen through the lens of the urban progressive worldview.

It’s now just another fledgling domestic agit prop platform for whatever messaging the DNC wants to spread that day.
Posted by Tchefuncte Tiger
Bat'n Rudge
Member since Oct 2004
57195 posts
Posted on 4/18/24 at 9:35 am to
Time to defund NPR.
Posted by SpotCheckBilly
Member since May 2020
6412 posts
Posted on 4/18/24 at 9:36 am to
NPR should receive no taxpayer funds.
Posted by Monsieur le Duc
Château de Chantilly
Member since Aug 2014
673 posts
Posted on 4/18/24 at 9:38 am to
this dude didn't give a shite about npr's insufferable libtard culture until he realized it was an opportunity to promote his bullshite zionist agenda

zionists are the ultimate snowflakes
Posted by Professor Dawghair
Member since Oct 2021
1038 posts
Posted on 4/18/24 at 9:41 am to
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Time to defund NPR.


Or at least defund it in amount equal to how much is spent on their news operations.

If NPR chooses to be completely biased, which clearly it is, then taxpayers should not foot the bill. Let advertisers and woke foundations pay for the news services entirely.
Posted by CocomoLSU
Inside your dome.
Member since Feb 2004
150633 posts
Posted on 4/18/24 at 9:43 am to
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The three-and-a-half thousand-word essay

I'll take your word for it.
Posted by Klark Kent
Houston via BR
Member since Jan 2008
66767 posts
Posted on 4/18/24 at 9:45 am to
without the tax payers subsidizing NPR, how long would they continue to produce content?
Posted by alajones
Huntsvegas
Member since Oct 2005
34464 posts
Posted on 4/18/24 at 9:46 am to
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Or at least defund it in amount equal to how much is spent on their news operations.
As someone who has never wanted the National Endowment for the Arts to be cut, like so many others do, I would support this. Easily 3/4ths of their news content is all about race, gay/trans stuff, Trump, and how shitty republicans are.
This post was edited on 4/18/24 at 2:48 pm
Posted by In The Know
City of St George, La
Member since Jan 2005
5240 posts
Posted on 4/18/24 at 9:48 am to
It get about 1.5% of its operating budget from federal funds, which means it really should be able to make up the difference in donations, ads, whatever. Defund it now.
Posted by OldmanBeasley
Charlotte
Member since Jun 2014
9688 posts
Posted on 4/18/24 at 9:51 am to
The new NPR CEO is the ultimate rich white girl from Connecticut stereotype. It’s absolute stereotype perfection.
Posted by tewino
Member since Aug 2009
2280 posts
Posted on 4/18/24 at 9:53 am to
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Easily 3/4ths of their news content is all about race, gay/trans stuff, Trump, and how shitty republicans are


And the other 1/4 is about the climate hoax
Posted by bulletprooftiger
Member since Aug 2006
2035 posts
Posted on 4/18/24 at 9:59 am to
I listened to NPR for years. While it always leaned left in the topics it covered, my opinion of it was that its journalists asked neutral questions and allowed people on both sides of issues to speak.

I'm not a Trumper, but since 2016 its coverage and tone changed. While it still presents both sides of the issue, the questions they give to conservatives are much more challenging than the softballs they throw to liberals. Worse, however, is the topics NPR covers. You cannot turn on NPR without hearing about "trans" this or "diversity" that, unless they are covering Trump. Even when the topic is arts or sciences, NPR is always reporting on the DEI author who wrote a children's book about transitioning from dog to cat. I swear that if Trump ever transitioned, the NPR collective would have the most powerful orgasm every recorded.

Their coverage of the Israel-Gaza conflict has been horribly biased. Hamas is the elected representative of the people of Gaza. This is a war between two governments started when the Gazan government launched an attack on the citizens of Israel. NPR covers it like Israel is Nazi Germany.

Posted by L1C4
The Ville
Member since Aug 2017
13162 posts
Posted on 4/18/24 at 10:09 am to
Haven't listened to NPR since Click and Clack went off the air.
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