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NPR journalist admits writers at the org became bias to overthrow Trumps term
Posted on 4/9/24 at 11:28 am
Posted on 4/9/24 at 11:28 am
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Like many unfortunate things, the rise of advocacy took off with Donald Trump. As in many newsrooms, his election in 2016 was greeted at NPR with a mixture of disbelief, anger, and despair. (Just to note, I eagerly voted against Trump twice but felt we were obliged to cover him fairly.) But what began as tough, straightforward coverage of a belligerent, truth-impaired president veered toward efforts to damage or topple Trump’s presidency. Persistent rumors that the Trump campaign colluded with Russia over the election became the catnip that drove reporting. At NPR, we hitched our wagon to Trump’s most visible antagonist, Representative Adam Schiff. Schiff, who was the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, became NPR’s guiding hand, its ever-present muse. By my count, NPR hosts interviewed Schiff 25 times about Trump and Russia. During many of those conversations, Schiff alluded to purported evidence of collusion. The Schiff talking points became the drumbeat of NPR news reports. But when the Mueller report found no credible evidence of collusion, NPR’s coverage was notably sparse. Russiagate quietly faded from our programming. It is one thing to swing and miss on a major story. Unfortunately, it happens. You follow the wrong leads, you get misled by sources you trusted, you’re emotionally invested in a narrative, and bits of circumstantial evidence never add up. It’s bad to blow a big story. What’s worse is to pretend it never happened, to move on with no mea culpas, no self-reflection. Especially when you expect high standards of transparency from public figures and institutions, but don’t practice those standards yourself. That’s what shatters trust and engenders cynicism about the media. Russiagate was not NPR’s only miscue. In October 2020, the New York Post published the explosive report about the laptop Hunter Biden abandoned at a Delaware computer shop containing emails about his sordid business dealings. With the election only weeks away, NPR turned a blind eye. Here’s how NPR’s managing editor for news at the time explained the thinking: “We don’t want to waste our time on stories that are not really stories, and we don’t want to waste the listeners’ and readers’ time on stories that are just pure distractions.” But it wasn’t a pure distraction, or a product of Russian disinformation, as dozens of former and current intelligence officials suggested. The laptop did belong to Hunter Biden. Its contents revealed his connection to the corrupt world of multimillion-dollar influence peddling and its possible implications for his father. The laptop was newsworthy. But the timeless journalistic instinct of following a hot story lead was being squelched. During a meeting with colleagues, I listened as one of NPR’s best and most fair-minded journalists said it was good we weren’t following the laptop story because it could help Trump.
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Posted on 4/9/24 at 11:33 am to RaoulDuke504
As if they weren’t already biased against the Right?
Posted on 4/9/24 at 11:37 am to Figgy
Read the article he admits there was bias before but they still what tried to walk some line but when Trump won the entire org policy became to take Trump down and don’t hurt Biden
Posted on 4/9/24 at 11:42 am to RaoulDuke504
National Programing Radio
funded by the tax payers...
what was written maybe truth or confession but now it's time lower the hammer
resign and accept fines
funded by the tax payers...
what was written maybe truth or confession but now it's time lower the hammer
resign and accept fines
Posted on 4/9/24 at 11:43 am to RaoulDuke504
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I listened as one of NPR’s best and most fair-minded journalists
Did he not read what he has just written?
He just wrote NPR is a bunch of corrupt journalist and cannot give a fair interpretation of the news.
This post was edited on 4/9/24 at 11:45 am
Posted on 4/9/24 at 11:48 am to Figgy
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As if they weren’t already biased against the Right?
A media stalwart that exists via us taxpayer funding, propagated outright lies about a duly elected president.
They then show no remorse and smuggly move on to the next set of deepstate lies.
So many progressives have claimed the media is fair and unbiased.
Add the social media censorship and lies, it's no wonder millions of idiots want DJT jailed.
Posted on 4/9/24 at 11:55 am to tigerfan 64
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A media stalwart that exists via us taxpayer funding, propagated outright lies about a duly elected president. They then show no remorse and smuggly move on to the next set of deepstate lies. So many progressives have claimed the media is fair and unbiased. Add the social media censorship and lies, it's no wonder millions of idiots want DJT jailed.
I work part time at a bar to get out the house from my work from home job. I talked to people from all over the country. The people who bring up Trump and hate him literally repeat verbatim MSM talking point. Once I point out the truth the get quiet but stick to their beliefs Trump is bad.
An example the he’s a liar and racist is why he won.
I rebuttal no he won because a large group of the population got poorer, towns abandoned, and industries left and they were forgotten. Then Trump came and finally Spoke to those people every one ignored.
They then call those people dumb because he’s a liar.
I then recount look at every politician saying what they would do and look at the results. You call him a liar and people gullible when that’s the standard for anyone who got into office but you choose to say they a dumb while you vote for people who do exactly the same.
Posted on 4/9/24 at 11:57 am to RaoulDuke504
None of the white lady chai bots who consume that garbage will care. They have feelings you see, and if that means propaganda is required then so be it.
Posted on 4/9/24 at 12:00 pm to RaoulDuke504
quote:
NPR’s managing editor for news at the time explained the thinking: “We don’t want to waste our time on stories that are not really stories, and we don’t want to waste the listeners’ and readers’ time on stories that are just pure distractions.”
Unless that time, effort and distraction can be used to our advantage, removing a sitting US President from office.
Posted on 4/9/24 at 12:05 pm to RaoulDuke504
Another Jewish elite that spreads progressive ,communist BS.
He needs to go to Israel to defend his homeland.
I don't hate Jews but only pray one day that they come to their Spiritual minds and accept Jesus Christ as their Lord and savior instead of having other Gods.
He needs to go to Israel to defend his homeland.
I don't hate Jews but only pray one day that they come to their Spiritual minds and accept Jesus Christ as their Lord and savior instead of having other Gods.
Posted on 4/9/24 at 12:07 pm to captainFid
Who listens to that crap?
We could get Armed forces radio or NPR in Japan.....
NPR reminds me of the boring crap during "Good Morning Viet Nam!"
We could get Armed forces radio or NPR in Japan.....
NPR reminds me of the boring crap during "Good Morning Viet Nam!"
Posted on 4/9/24 at 12:13 pm to RaoulDuke504
NPR is and outdated relic and should no longer be funded using taxpayer resources.
Sorry, we’re broke and some things must be eliminated …. with a quickness.
Sorry, we’re broke and some things must be eliminated …. with a quickness.
This post was edited on 4/9/24 at 12:16 pm
Posted on 4/9/24 at 12:46 pm to RaoulDuke504
I don’t want to bash a guy who is at least intellectually honest and willing to engage in an honest discussion.
And that article was extremely well written with each of his points justified by examples and even data.
But he is a product of living in a bubble. Using his own article, NPR is so far gone that he would have had to sit through decades of what he’s complaining about in order to get to this point. Of course, we know that’s true.
Ultimately, his complaint is about how NOR’s reality hurts NPR. There is no thought or regret about the impact its bias has on its listeners.
Still, he’s probably a 1%er in the news industry.
And that article was extremely well written with each of his points justified by examples and even data.
But he is a product of living in a bubble. Using his own article, NPR is so far gone that he would have had to sit through decades of what he’s complaining about in order to get to this point. Of course, we know that’s true.
Ultimately, his complaint is about how NOR’s reality hurts NPR. There is no thought or regret about the impact its bias has on its listeners.
Still, he’s probably a 1%er in the news industry.
This post was edited on 4/9/24 at 1:17 pm
Posted on 4/9/24 at 12:47 pm to RaoulDuke504
None of our resident “moderates” or “libertarians” will touch this thread.
Posted on 4/9/24 at 12:59 pm to RaoulDuke504
To overthrow a mostly left wing New Yorker lmao. That says a lot about where this stinking media like npr is. Anyone to the right of Mao must be destroyed
Posted on 4/9/24 at 1:09 pm to Gaborkiraly8
Mr. Berliner still has a way to go to get it:
Good faith doesn't exist at NPR.
quote:
With declining ratings, sorry levels of trust, and an audience that has become less diverse over time, the trajectory for NPR is not promising. Two paths seem clear. We can keep doing what we’re doing, hoping it will all work out. Or we could start over, with the basic building blocks of journalism. We could face up to where we’ve gone wrong. News organizations don’t go in for that kind of reckoning. But there’s a good reason for NPR to be the first: we’re the ones with the word public in our name.
Despite our missteps at NPR, defunding isn’t the answer. As the country becomes more fractured, there’s still a need for a public institution where stories are told and viewpoints exchanged in good faith. Defunding, as a rebuke from Congress, wouldn’t change the journalism at NPR. That needs to come from within.
Good faith doesn't exist at NPR.
Posted on 4/9/24 at 1:21 pm to kingbob
quote:
None of our resident “moderates” or “libertarians” will touch this thread.
perfect example of something we all knew was happening, we all said was happening, and they routinely called us paranoid, conspiracy theorists, "victims", etc and now they will either completely ignore it or just attack the source.
Posted on 4/9/24 at 1:27 pm to Gaborkiraly8
You honestly think Trump is left-wing? You're a retard.
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