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Can’t speak for all of NPR but what I listen to regularly pushes back on claims from both sides. My local affiliate had an especially critical interview with th
by mulderc 2y ago
Can’t speak for all of NPR but what I listen to regularly pushes back on claims from both sides. My local affiliate had an especially critical interview with the state governor and the interviewer and governor agreed that they should do these hour long interviews more often.
- dredmorbius 2y agoNPR has been pushing back harder, and will label untruths as "lies" where earlier (circa 2015/16) it was very reluctant to do so. Many news organisations in the US tried very hard through the 2016 campaign cycle to normalise what was a very-far-from-normal. I've recently been going through some Brookings Institution podcasts from ~2012--2016, and the degree to which the hard-right shift was normalised at the time is telling. NPR in particular avoided the word "lie" as late as 2017, see: "NPR And The Word 'Liar': Intent Is Key", January 25, 20175:00 AM ET <https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/01/25/511503605/npr-and-the-l-word-intent-is-key https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/01/25/511503605...> Contrast 2024 where this is no longer a problem: "162 lies and distortions in a news conference. NPR fact-checks former President Trump", August 11, 20247:00 AM ET <https://www.npr.org/2024/08/11/nx-s1-5070566/trump-news-conference https://www.npr.org/2024/08/11/nx-s1-5070566/trump-news-conf...> NPR also pressed the former president on lies in an interview in 2022. It didn't go well: "Pressed on his election lies, former President Trump cuts NPR interview short", January 12, 20225:01 AM ET <https://www.npr.org/2022/01/12/1072204478/donald-trump-npr-interview-presidential-election-lies-vaccines https://www.npr.org/2022/01/12/1072204478/donald-trump-npr-i...> My view is that NPR's stance change is a positive development.