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Damned if they do, damned if they don't? They're propagandists for not interviewing conseratives, but if they do interview conservatives, they're somehow still

by dpark 11y ago

Damned if they do, damned if they don't? They're propagandists for not interviewing conseratives, but if they do interview conservatives, they're somehow still propagandists. If NPR were actively selecting crazy people to represent the conservatives, that might be a reasonable accusation, but I don't believe that to be true. 65% of likely GOP voters say that they support banning Muslims from entering the country. [1] It's not propagandizing to bring a conservative on to present a position that the majority of their base supports. The proposal is absurd and frightening, but the options are to not report on it all, to not bring a conservative on air to support it, or to bring a conservative on air to support it and let them sound crazy. There is no way to say that we should ban Muslims and not sound crazy to a moderate or liberal. [1] http://www.scribd.com/doc/292796480/Bloomberg-Politics-Purple-Strategies-Trump-poll http://www.scribd.com/doc/292796480/Bloomberg-Politics-Purpl...

mc32 11y ago
It's not a damned if you do damned if you don't. It's bring guests of comparable quality and abilities to present their ideas and don't prime one side or the other as good or bad.
- dpark 11y ago
  I don't feel like this is going to resolve with us agreeing on anything. You think NPR is pushing an agenda really hard, and I think that's coloring your perception of everything they do. You claim that Fox News has more diversity of opinion than NPR. It's difficult for me to accept that you actually believe this. If you think all the conservatives NPR airs sound incompetent, maybe you should consider that it's the ideas they're espousing that you don't like, rather than the particular people presenting them. If some of the ideas sound stupid when challenged, maybe those ideas are actually stupid.
  - mc32 11y ago
    Fox also does the same thing with liberals. It's an easy tactic. You put people there who don't communicate well and no matter how worthy the idea, it will fall flat with presentation and lack of eloquence. Now, I do hold npr to higher standard because they market themselves that way. Listen to their money drives and how they sell themselves as impartial, best unbiased news source. If you don't recall, its coming next week I believe. Listen closely to how they sell themselves as bearers of the truth and impartiality.
    - dpark 11y ago
      I find it so bizarre that you think NPR is the polar opposite of Fox. Fox is a right wing propaganda org. I don't feel like that is even remotely true of NPR.
      - mc32 11y ago
        NPR doesn't hit you over the head. They are more polished and subtle. Refined. Their audience tends to be more refined at one end. And, to be clear, you're claiming I'm equating them, I'm not. I said they use similar tactics, which they do.

by dpark 11y ago

mc32 11y ago

It's not a damned if you do damned if you don't. It's bring guests of comparable quality and abilities to present their ideas and don't prime one side or the other as good or bad.

dpark 11y ago
I don't feel like this is going to resolve with us agreeing on anything. You think NPR is pushing an agenda really hard, and I think that's coloring your perception of everything they do. You claim that Fox News has more diversity of opinion than NPR. It's difficult for me to accept that you actually believe this. If you think all the conservatives NPR airs sound incompetent, maybe you should consider that it's the ideas they're espousing that you don't like, rather than the particular people presenting them. If some of the ideas sound stupid when challenged, maybe those ideas are actually stupid.
- mc32 11y ago
  Fox also does the same thing with liberals. It's an easy tactic. You put people there who don't communicate well and no matter how worthy the idea, it will fall flat with presentation and lack of eloquence. Now, I do hold npr to higher standard because they market themselves that way. Listen to their money drives and how they sell themselves as impartial, best unbiased news source. If you don't recall, its coming next week I believe. Listen closely to how they sell themselves as bearers of the truth and impartiality.
  - dpark 11y ago
    I find it so bizarre that you think NPR is the polar opposite of Fox. Fox is a right wing propaganda org. I don't feel like that is even remotely true of NPR.
    - mc32 11y ago
      NPR doesn't hit you over the head. They are more polished and subtle. Refined. Their audience tends to be more refined at one end. And, to be clear, you're claiming I'm equating them, I'm not. I said they use similar tactics, which they do.