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I think NPR tries too hard to be "neutral" and tends to report on the chatter of the stories rather than the drivers of them. The way they report on the Milita

I think NPR tries too hard to be "neutral" and tends to report on the chatter of the stories rather than the drivers of them. The way they report on the Military Industrial Complex, the War on Drugs, and our foreign policy misadventures is maddening, but I don't think it's done to intentionally deceive. It feels more like they're trying to be objective by echoing chatter and headlines without injecting any critical analysis. But that's just my bias as a "lefty".

mhh__ 6y ago
> But that's just my bias as a "lefty". If they did the article or podcast would be an order of magnitude longer - also, could you cite some specific passages, because I'm not familiar with the NPR going into some impassioned defence of the War on Drugs for example. If you want to know what wrong with the world ask an anarchist, whether you stay and listen to the solution is up to you.
- pstuart 6y ago
  > I'm not familiar with the NPR going into some impassioned defence of the War on Drugs for example. It's not the defense, it's the reporting on it at face value without question. Positions can be challenged by data, and opinions are often offered up by "experts", but this and many other subjects are never implicitly challenged, because "neutral". If you could save me the effort, I'd be interested in you channeling an anarchist perspective in how to fix things (I'm already reasonably aware of what's broken).
  - mhh__ 6y ago
    I'm not an anarchist myself I just think they're the best place to go to for a big rant on just how bad things really are e.g. I trust Noam Chomsky immensely to tell me what's wrong but I wouldn't pay that much attention on specific policy issues.