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We need to distinguish between NPR the human interest/artsy radio station and NPR News. NPR TV news hour is legitimately the most moderate and unbiased TV news

by ew6082 9y ago

We need to distinguish between NPR the human interest/artsy radio station and NPR News. NPR TV news hour is legitimately the most moderate and unbiased TV news left standing, at least when i watched it last (admittedly been a while).

humanrebar 9y ago
The tone may be unbiased, but the implied narratives and selection of stories is not.
- debaserab2 9y ago
  I don't really see the problem with that, though, as long as you're aware of it as you listen to it. There's just no right wing counter to NPR, and to compare it to Fox News or Breitbart is complete nonesense. I'd love to find a media outlet with real journalistic integrity that draws the narrative from a right wing perspective but it just doesn't seem to exist. They seem to either go the route of tabloid style news coverage or indulge way too many conspiracy theories to even take serious.
  - humanrebar 9y ago
    > ...There's just no right wing counter to NPR Basically every right wing magazine and journal had a podcast of some sort. Usually several. Find worthwhile writers for The National Review, The Weekly Standard, The Federalist Society, and Ricochet. Then find them on podcasts, either as hosts or guests.
mtberatwork 9y ago
I think you are referring to the PBS NewsHour. (PBS != NPR)
- uncletaco 9y ago
  Nah. He's referring to Morning Edition and All Things Considered. Also, this entire conversation is really ignoring how networks like Fox News and NPR work. When they play to their audiences they're not really concerned with biases, they're concerned with playing to their audiences. Each network will probably guarantee its listeners/viewers 2-3 hours of solid reporting per day. For Fox News its when Brett Baier and Shep Smith come on. For NPR its Morning Edition and All Things Considered. The websites on the other hand do traffic in pushing stories they believe their audience wants to hear, but that's a whole 'nother can of worms and I think all sides of this argument need to acknowledge that hard news happens only a minority of the time and the rest of the time is spent on soft news (infotainment, talk shows, etc.). I think its also important for us to be able to recognize that soft news is almost always going to be biased because its main purpose is to entertain you with information rather than inform you. Also, NPR sits somewhere between cable and broadcast news. I say that because NPR, like broadcast news channels, has local affiliates all over the country that raise their own funding and do their own reporting. If I'm not mistaken its your local affiliate who chooses what you listen to for news and who buys programs throughout the day.
  - heartbreak 9y ago
    I think you're referring to Chris Wallace and Shep Smith. Not Brett Baier.
    - uncletaco 9y ago
      I'm very much referring to Brett Baier. He's hosted Special Report with minimal controversy over the last 8-9 years. I would add Chris Wallace in if not for the fact that his primary hosting duty is Fox News Sunday, which is Fox's Meet The Press competitor and a talk show.

by ew6082 9y ago

humanrebar 9y ago

The tone may be unbiased, but the implied narratives and selection of stories is not.

debaserab2 9y ago
I don't really see the problem with that, though, as long as you're aware of it as you listen to it. There's just no right wing counter to NPR, and to compare it to Fox News or Breitbart is complete nonesense. I'd love to find a media outlet with real journalistic integrity that draws the narrative from a right wing perspective but it just doesn't seem to exist. They seem to either go the route of tabloid style news coverage or indulge way too many conspiracy theories to even take serious.
- humanrebar 9y ago
  > ...There's just no right wing counter to NPR Basically every right wing magazine and journal had a podcast of some sort. Usually several. Find worthwhile writers for The National Review, The Weekly Standard, The Federalist Society, and Ricochet. Then find them on podcasts, either as hosts or guests.

mtberatwork 9y ago

I think you are referring to the PBS NewsHour. (PBS != NPR)

uncletaco 9y ago
Nah. He's referring to Morning Edition and All Things Considered. Also, this entire conversation is really ignoring how networks like Fox News and NPR work. When they play to their audiences they're not really concerned with biases, they're concerned with playing to their audiences. Each network will probably guarantee its listeners/viewers 2-3 hours of solid reporting per day. For Fox News its when Brett Baier and Shep Smith come on. For NPR its Morning Edition and All Things Considered. The websites on the other hand do traffic in pushing stories they believe their audience wants to hear, but that's a whole 'nother can of worms and I think all sides of this argument need to acknowledge that hard news happens only a minority of the time and the rest of the time is spent on soft news (infotainment, talk shows, etc.). I think its also important for us to be able to recognize that soft news is almost always going to be biased because its main purpose is to entertain you with information rather than inform you. Also, NPR sits somewhere between cable and broadcast news. I say that because NPR, like broadcast news channels, has local affiliates all over the country that raise their own funding and do their own reporting. If I'm not mistaken its your local affiliate who chooses what you listen to for news and who buys programs throughout the day.
- heartbreak 9y ago
  I think you're referring to Chris Wallace and Shep Smith. Not Brett Baier.
  - uncletaco 9y ago
    I'm very much referring to Brett Baier. He's hosted Special Report with minimal controversy over the last 8-9 years. I would add Chris Wallace in if not for the fact that his primary hosting duty is Fox News Sunday, which is Fox's Meet The Press competitor and a talk show.