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I think the main problem with NPR news is they always play dumb. If somebody tells them "2+2=5," they just repeat it, if even it's been proven a lie, even if th
by viburnum 7y ago
I think the main problem with NPR news is they always play dumb. If somebody tells them "2+2=5," they just repeat it, if even it's been proven a lie, even if they've been saying the same lie for 30 years. It's not objectivity, it's just enabling liars.
- r00fus 7y agoThis problem is not exclusive to NPR.
- homonculus1 7y agoNo, but other outlets also aren't put on a pedestal and given public funding.
- colordrops 7y agoYes. Recently they've been corrolating the deaths from bootleg THC cartridges with the banning of flavored nicotine vapes, which is nonsensical but they've parroted it multiple days in a row. There's clearly a propaganda campaign against vaping by big tobacco, with anti-vaping ads everywhere, Trump speaking about it, etc. they are playing along.
- rwmurrayVT 7y agoBig tobacco owns a hefty minority share of the major nicotine vape companies.
- fkdo 7y agoThey could just be hedging their bets.