NPR 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 th

NPR 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.