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Couldn't you say that about any American news source, but maybe swap the three hyphenated last names for a brunette white man and a blonde white woman or someth

Couldn't you say that about any American news source, but maybe swap the three hyphenated last names for a brunette white man and a blonde white woman or something? That's just the state of our national conversation. Also this article isn't about any of those topics.

Eumenes 3y ago
Play the game I suggested with other news sources. It won't work. NPR panders to a specific class of people obsessed with identity politics and activist causes. And the hyphenated last names are generally white people.
- dwater 3y ago
  I went to look at the staff for All Things Considered, one of their most popular shows. I see zero hyphenated last names (and zero 3 hyphenated names). Perhaps you are biased. https://www.npr.org/2020/01/01/394867832/the-all-things-considered-staff https://www.npr.org/2020/01/01/394867832/the-all-things-cons...
- r2_pilot 3y ago
  I played your stupid game and literally none of what you said was accurate. Maybe it's because I live in a red state. Or maybe it's because you did not take measurements of your observations and fell victim to confirmation bias. Either way, waste of my time (and yours). Be better.
- acdha 3y ago
  Looking at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_NPR_personnel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_NPR_personnel I see two people with hyphenated names who are white, two who aren’t, and far, far more who don’t have hyphenated names. I have no idea what this absurdity was intended to prove but it’s clearly untrue even before you compare it to other news organizations to see whether NPR is unusual. I would also suggest that by the time you are focusing on whether reporters are white rather than their work, you’ve already lost whatever you’re arguing.
  - Eumenes 3y ago
    Lol must be my local syndicate then ... and I replied to someone who brought up race.
QuarterReptile 3y ago
>That's just the state of our national conversation. Without signing up for the aggressive stance of parent that you will reliably not hear news on NPR (which I'm unwilling to test)... no, that's the state of conversation in national media, and it doesn't have to be. But the point is moot without a common set of values.

Eumenes 3y ago

Play the game I suggested with other news sources. It won't work. NPR panders to a specific class of people obsessed with identity politics and activist causes. And the hyphenated last names are generally white people.

dwater 3y ago
I went to look at the staff for All Things Considered, one of their most popular shows. I see zero hyphenated last names (and zero 3 hyphenated names). Perhaps you are biased. https://www.npr.org/2020/01/01/394867832/the-all-things-considered-staff https://www.npr.org/2020/01/01/394867832/the-all-things-cons...
r2_pilot 3y ago
I played your stupid game and literally none of what you said was accurate. Maybe it's because I live in a red state. Or maybe it's because you did not take measurements of your observations and fell victim to confirmation bias. Either way, waste of my time (and yours). Be better.
acdha 3y ago
Looking at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_NPR_personnel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_NPR_personnel I see two people with hyphenated names who are white, two who aren’t, and far, far more who don’t have hyphenated names. I have no idea what this absurdity was intended to prove but it’s clearly untrue even before you compare it to other news organizations to see whether NPR is unusual. I would also suggest that by the time you are focusing on whether reporters are white rather than their work, you’ve already lost whatever you’re arguing.
- Eumenes 3y ago
  Lol must be my local syndicate then ... and I replied to someone who brought up race.

QuarterReptile 3y ago

>That's just the state of our national conversation. Without signing up for the aggressive stance of parent that you will reliably not hear news on NPR (which I'm unwilling to test)... no, that's the state of conversation in national media, and it doesn't have to be. But the point is moot without a common set of values.