National Public Radio has suspended an editor who has repeatedly criticized the outlet in recent days, alleging a left-leaning bias that he says is hurting the organization’s journalism. Uri …
It’s certainly a lot more center than folks like Berliner think. I’m one of those commuter folks and I think my local NPR station talks more about pie than politics lately. That said, their news hour is about straight to the point as it gets here; this happened, that guy said this, and these people died and/or were arrested.
And the commentary…? I think I hear more Trump voter sound clips than Biden voter ones, too. And neither are criticized or lauded, even if I behind the wheel am shouting to myself “how are these people this stupid.” It’s all just in the context of “these voters in this purple state have said…” which is fine.
I wasn’t as tuned in during Iraq though, as I was a teen at the time. I can certainly see them trying to be fairly moderate though. It’s only “left leaning” now because the right has become too detached from reality. They frequently talk about scientific studies (e.g. climate change has killed X) and in today’s climate, that’s “liberal”. Lol
That’s exactly what I was trying to tell to some other commenter saying that NPR has a more left slant. Eh no, not really. It’s the same position. But the far right made those positions sound lefty.
It’s certainly a lot more center than folks like Berliner think. I’m one of those commuter folks and I think my local NPR station talks more about pie than politics lately. That said, their news hour is about straight to the point as it gets here; this happened, that guy said this, and these people died and/or were arrested.
And the commentary…? I think I hear more Trump voter sound clips than Biden voter ones, too. And neither are criticized or lauded, even if I behind the wheel am shouting to myself “how are these people this stupid.” It’s all just in the context of “these voters in this purple state have said…” which is fine.
I wasn’t as tuned in during Iraq though, as I was a teen at the time. I can certainly see them trying to be fairly moderate though. It’s only “left leaning” now because the right has become too detached from reality. They frequently talk about scientific studies (e.g. climate change has killed X) and in today’s climate, that’s “liberal”. Lol
That’s exactly what I was trying to tell to some other commenter saying that NPR has a more left slant. Eh no, not really. It’s the same position. But the far right made those positions sound lefty.
I conflate it a bit with my local affiliate, KCRW, but my ride just now was 80% about propagating plants. Not everything is political, lol