Exactly two paragraphs in Cory’s mind-numbingly long rant is regarding NPR. It links to an op-ed in NiemanReports, which itself goes on at length about topics u

Exactly two paragraphs in Cory’s mind-numbingly long rant is regarding NPR. It links to an op-ed in NiemanReports, which itself goes on at length about topics unrelated to the headline, and in fact only has this single sentence regarding it: > A memo circulated to NPR staff says traffic has dropped by only a single percentage point as a result of leaving Twitter, now officially renamed X, though traffic from the platform was small already and accounted for just under two percent of traffic before the posting stopped. So it had almost no effect because it was driving a minuscule amount of traffic in the first place. Although I suspect that 2% represents the nadir, and earlier changes to Twitter drove the number down to that. But overall this topic is mostly just two people using a single line in a memo (a memo not confirmed by NPR but I suspect it’s true and exists) to go on at tiresome length about things they wanted an excuse to complain about. And Cory desperately needs an editor, good lord. I even agree with most of his points but that is a screed in need of a point besides “I’m angry about a lot of things”.