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Re:NPR cancels 4 podcasts amid major layoffs by web3-is-a-scam on Friday March 24, 2023 @08:25PM (#35297591)
Canadian here: the CBC contributes to polarization more than any other media outlet in the country. It’s become a wedge issue that conservatives want to complete defund the public subsidies or even abolish it.
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Re:NPR cancels 4 podcasts amid major layoffs by jszymborski on Friday March 24, 2023 @09:01PM (#35297920)
PBS and NPR are common targets of Republicans also. It really has nothing to do with any implicit bias or polarising content.
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Re:NPR cancels 4 podcasts amid major layoffs by dboreham on Friday March 24, 2023 @09:08PM (#35297982)
It's to do with suppressing the truth, or anything close to it. Same as most religions persecute scientists.
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Re:NPR cancels 4 podcasts amid major layoffs by gnarbarian on Friday March 24, 2023 @10:09PM (#35298446)
suppressing truth is the primary function of media.
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Re:NPR cancels 4 podcasts amid major layoffs by phist_mcgee on Friday March 24, 2023 @11:29PM (#35299016)
Now that is a hot take.
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