Re:Media trust hits new low
by jmcphers on Thursday March 18, 2021 @06:44PM
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I used to view NPR as a relatively unbiased source, but lost a great deal of respect for them (to the point that I now rarely listen) during Trump's presidency. I am not a Trump supporter in the slightest, but was appalled at their naked partiality.
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I won't deny the clear partiality present in all media (anyone who claims to be fully impartial is wrong) but I personally did not notice any significant shift in the absolute position presented by NPR over the last few years.
Though, their apparent position relative to the Republican party seems to have changed drastically.
I agree but I think it’s evident that their bias began with their loss of public funding.
Re:Media trust hits new low
by ic0n0cl4st on Thursday March 18, 2021 @07:04PM
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When the Taliban destroyed
Bamiyan Buddhist statues in Afghanistan in March 2001, NPR started calling for blood and I realized how spot-on Noam Chomsky was when he said “In times of war, all media becomes state media.”
This was before 9/11 but that week I knew we would be going to war in Afghanistan because overnight the left-leaning pundits were speaking in solidarity with fox news talking points. This really disillusioned NPR for me, and I had been an avid listener for 10 years at that point.
I really only see superficial differences between the two sides of the media at this point.