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I was going to point out how NPR dropped the ball [1] on the Hunter Biden story, but then found this followup [2] and i'm not sure how i feel. Is it a correctio

• legitster 4y ago
  I mean, the whole laptop story was clearly held back and conveniently timed by political actors in an attempt to manipulate the media. I have my problems with NPR, but I'll go on the record and respect them for not playing ball and doing proper due diligence.
  • TylerE 4y ago
    It was being manipulated from both sides. If you had serious evidence against the son of the sitting president, your first reaction should not be to mail the thing, untracked and uninsured to TUCKER CARLSON.
  • Wolfenstein98k 4y ago
    Sure, but they certainly seemed to apply less scepticism and due diligence to the Trump Russia stuff.
    • legitster 4y ago
      FWIW: NPR was also pretty hands off on the Steele dossier. But I don't know what level of due diligence you need on the other stuff. Most of the incriminating connections between Trump's orgs and Russian agents were pretty largely substantiated - sometimes by Trump's own words and actions.
• t-3 4y ago
  NPR almost never ignores stories outright. They will slip things into a vague half a sentence quickly between segments, only cover one viewpoint, and uncritically repeat government statements. All news sources do this kind of stuff though, so it's important to read and listen widely and critically.
• coldtea 4y ago
  A save-face