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As corporate media demonstrates, depending on ads and therefore, corporations, inevitably leads to compromises in your news coverage. NPR has tried to avoid thi
by slantedview 1y ago
As corporate media demonstrates, depending on ads and therefore, corporations, inevitably leads to compromises in your news coverage. NPR has tried to avoid this.
- mhb 1y agoYet they have compromised their news coverage by pandering to the preferences of their audience.
- peterpeppers 1y ago“Yet they have compromised their news coverage by pandering” Is this statement opinion or backed by data? Either way, I’m not sure you understand the purpose of a free press. A free press gives all audiences an opportunity to find contrarian viewpoints in the media. That’s it. There’s nothing else because that’s all that’s possible. There’s not some perfect state that exists where all media outlets (Fox News, CBS, Mother Jones) are perfectly neutral. This is why freedom of the press and freedom of speech are so important.
- mhb 1y agoIt's obvious, my opinion, and backed by data. That's all interesting, but it doesn't really address the point that NPR's coverage is biased by a desire to please its audience. Even though tautologically true for all organizations, it is disingenuous to suggest (as GP is doing) that NPR gets to don a mantle of impartiality because they don't run (some) ads to finance their operation. Despite how hard "NPR has tried to avoid this". So, sure, pick your favorite partisan news source. But don't try to claim that it's unbiased because it doesn't generate revenue with ads.
- troyvit 1y agoUmmm whose preferences are they supposed to be pandering to?