NPR cancels 4 podcasts amid major layoffs

Re:NPR cancels 4 podcasts amid major layoffs by havblue on Friday March 24, 2023 @05:27PM (#35295818)

There was a study that showed the number of times NYTimes used the words "racist", "sexist", etc went up 400% or so in the 2010's. I'm not sure if the study covered npr, but I definitely noticed that by 2015, every other story was about those subjects.

I'll post the source if I find it but, yes, npr changed their content to cover these subjects dramatically more at that point.

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Re:NPR cancels 4 podcasts amid major layoffs by havblue on Friday March 24, 2023 @09:06PM (#35297961)

Here's the link to an article about the study I mentioned. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/feb/26/media-...

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Re:NPR cancels 4 podcasts amid major layoffs by soundnote on Sunday March 26, 2023 @01:39PM (#35317153)

Another: https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/media-great...

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Re:NPR cancels 4 podcasts amid major layoffs by petsfed on Monday March 27, 2023 @02:07PM (#35330095)

I wonder how much of that is riding the wave vs. being the wave though.

Contemporary with NPR and NYT talking about racism and sexism more is Twitter and other social media getting a lot more vocal about such topics (while #metoo really hit its stride in 2017, it started in 2006, for instance. Likewise, Black Lives Matter got its start in 2013), where individuals are sharing their stories a lot more.

That's not to say that I don't think it was a deliberate move on their part, but rather I think the move was part of a feedback loop that already existed.

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