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NPR is not a monolithic media organization. In my experience, local NPR stations are one of the best sources of interesting and relevant local news. In contrast

NPR is not a monolithic media organization. In my experience, local NPR stations are one of the best sources of interesting and relevant local news. In contrast, most local TV/Radio news is borderline a crime blotter ginned up to keep people outraged. Regarding the national NPR newsroom, I think this story will provoke positive change, as indicated in the article. There is no media which every person would consider unbiased, and very few media organizations take action to even attempt to reign in biases. The fact that editors will start reviewing coverage more closely to remove tilt sets a higher bar than all but a few news organizations. I chuckle thinking about a reporter stepping out of another random news room in the country and spreading outrage that the coverage has a bias. The response would generally be: “Yes, duh.”

InTheArena 2y ago
I think as shown by similar scandals at NYT and WSJ, that the media press do not accept feedback, and instead will rally around extending and furthering their ideological anti-liberal (authoritarian) monoculture, and instead get rid of dissenting voices. see James Bennet at NYT (who was fired for publishing a op-ed from a sitting American senator) or even Kevin D. Williamson at the Athletic.
- dekhn 2y ago
  I can't see why everybody got so worked up about the op-ed you're referring to. The Times has traditionally been a venue for voices that are not in its constituency, and in this particular case, Cotton wrote such a crazy article that it reduced his credibility significantly in front of the nation. He proposed using the military to quell protests, https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/03/opinion/tom-cotton-protests-military.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/03/opinion/tom-cotton-protes...
  - eej71 2y ago
    The Atlantic ran an interesting piece about the details of how that op-ed came together. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/02/tom-cotton-new-york-times/677546/ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/02/tom-cotton...
    - dekhn 2y ago
      I think if all op-eds published in the Times were inspected for factual accuracies, they'd find plenty in the ones that align with the Times's employees (the Cotton op-ed has a long preface which basically says "we shouldn't have published this because facts")
- faeriechangling 2y ago
  Never look NPR or NYT to have an anti-liberal monoculture, I thought they were mostly liberal.
  - InTheArena 2y ago
    liberal as in leftist, yes. liberal as in anti-authoritarian, pluralistic, pro-democracy and freedom of speech? Not so much anymore.
cscurmudgeon 2y ago
> There is no media which every person would consider unbiased, and very few media organizations take action to even attempt to reign in biases. NPR receives public money. They should be unbiased and objective.

InTheArena 2y ago

I think as shown by similar scandals at NYT and WSJ, that the media press do not accept feedback, and instead will rally around extending and furthering their ideological anti-liberal (authoritarian) monoculture, and instead get rid of dissenting voices. see James Bennet at NYT (who was fired for publishing a op-ed from a sitting American senator) or even Kevin D. Williamson at the Athletic.

dekhn 2y ago
I can't see why everybody got so worked up about the op-ed you're referring to. The Times has traditionally been a venue for voices that are not in its constituency, and in this particular case, Cotton wrote such a crazy article that it reduced his credibility significantly in front of the nation. He proposed using the military to quell protests, https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/03/opinion/tom-cotton-protests-military.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/03/opinion/tom-cotton-protes...
- eej71 2y ago
  The Atlantic ran an interesting piece about the details of how that op-ed came together. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/02/tom-cotton-new-york-times/677546/ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/02/tom-cotton...
  - dekhn 2y ago
    I think if all op-eds published in the Times were inspected for factual accuracies, they'd find plenty in the ones that align with the Times's employees (the Cotton op-ed has a long preface which basically says "we shouldn't have published this because facts")
faeriechangling 2y ago
Never look NPR or NYT to have an anti-liberal monoculture, I thought they were mostly liberal.
- InTheArena 2y ago
  liberal as in leftist, yes. liberal as in anti-authoritarian, pluralistic, pro-democracy and freedom of speech? Not so much anymore.

cscurmudgeon 2y ago

> There is no media which every person would consider unbiased, and very few media organizations take action to even attempt to reign in biases. NPR receives public money. They should be unbiased and objective.