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Looking at the political climate of the past 10 -15 years, I have a hard time believing it was NPR that really changed, or maybe - that NPR led the change. The

Looking at the political climate of the past 10 -15 years, I have a hard time believing it was NPR that really changed, or maybe - that NPR led the change. The fact that this article is in the free press of all places I think exemplifies that, sure NPR probably did change, but I assert there was zero chance of NPR holding a diverse audience in the age of Trump. And watching the free press now takeover legacy media exacerbates that. I don’t disagree there’s a problem here, and I don’t disagree it is something that rhymes with what the author is suggesting, but I also think the nature of right wing media is that it has become more reactionary. Is this person suggesting that Fox News, or breitbart, or daily wire is where all those moderate journalists have gone? I suppose he would say they’ve gone to free press (which would be a very narrow exodus) and this actually might be an interesting observation. What was it that cause the rift between someone like Bari Weiss and traditional media, then again, it’s hard to look at Bari Weiss’ rise to power as coming from a value of objectivity.

techblueberry 1y ago
One idea I wonder about is the idea that it is biased to present Trump objectively. If I were to put together a "Very Serious New Source"TM. I would probably get a bunch of erudite types from the right and left to break down international relations, and dig into policy debates and read lots of details about the types of decisions that were being made. What I would not do is chase down every last Trump tweet to try and understand our current political situation. But I would be wrong to do so. If you want to understand our current political situation, you have to quote our leaders directly. I remember Mark Cuban said that Trump supporters were like that friend of yours with a bad partner. They don't want to admit they made a mistake, but they're humiliated by the abuse they receive. And I think that's a lot of Conservatives. They don't want you to tell a story about the world as it is, they want you to tell a story about the way it could be with strong conservative leadership.

techblueberry 1y ago

One idea I wonder about is the idea that it is biased to present Trump objectively. If I were to put together a "Very Serious New Source"TM. I would probably get a bunch of erudite types from the right and left to break down international relations, and dig into policy debates and read lots of details about the types of decisions that were being made. What I would not do is chase down every last Trump tweet to try and understand our current political situation. But I would be wrong to do so. If you want to understand our current political situation, you have to quote our leaders directly. I remember Mark Cuban said that Trump supporters were like that friend of yours with a bad partner. They don't want to admit they made a mistake, but they're humiliated by the abuse they receive. And I think that's a lot of Conservatives. They don't want you to tell a story about the world as it is, they want you to tell a story about the way it could be with strong conservative leadership.