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How NPR lost America's trust

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  • JollyJ Offline
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    Jolly
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    #52

    I think he was trying to bring a whiff of ethics to NPR.

    He failed.

    “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

    Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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    • JollyJ Jolly

      I think he was trying to bring a whiff of ethics to NPR.

      He failed.

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      Aqua Letifer
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      #53

      @Jolly said in How NPR lost America's trust:

      I think he was trying to bring a whiff of ethics to NPR.

      He failed.

      I don't think that came as a surprise to him, either. Last-ditch effort to confirm his decision.

      Please love yourself.

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      • JollyJ Jolly

        I think he was trying to bring a whiff of ethics to NPR.

        He failed.

        MikM Offline
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        #54

        @Jolly said in How NPR lost America's trust:

        I think he was trying to bring a whiff of ethics to NPR.

        He failed.

        For the moment. from little acorns..

        I think there is a growing realization of journalism's current status as quite near propaganda, and a thirst for honest coverage.

        “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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          #55

          I’m sure his exit was planned before writing the letter.

          They’ll end up, after a lot of drama, with the same formula they use every time they have a trifecta: take away health care and food assistance from low income families and use the money to fund tax cuts for their donors.

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          • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

            I’m sure his exit was planned before writing the letter.

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            Aqua Letifer
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            @jon-nyc said in How NPR lost America's trust:

            I’m sure his exit was planned before writing the letter.

            💯

            Please love yourself.

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            • HoraceH Offline
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              He would have to be a mentally ill attention whore on the level of a Dylan Mulvaney to want to work for a place where he'll be hated.

              Education is extremely important.

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                He would have to be a mentally ill attention whore on the level of a Dylan Mulvaney to want to work for a place where he'll be hated.

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                @Horace said in How NPR lost America's trust:

                He would have to be a mentally ill attention whore on the level of a Dylan Mulvaney to want to work for a place where he'll be hated.

                You should meet my former CEO.

                I was only joking

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                  @Horace said in How NPR lost America's trust:

                  He would have to be a mentally ill attention whore on the level of a Dylan Mulvaney to want to work for a place where he'll be hated.

                  You should meet my former CEO.

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                  Aqua Letifer
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                  @Doctor-Phibes said in How NPR lost America's trust:

                  @Horace said in How NPR lost America's trust:

                  He would have to be a mentally ill attention whore on the level of a Dylan Mulvaney to want to work for a place where he'll be hated.

                  You should meet my former CEO.

                  Sociopathy is a helluva drug.

                  Please love yourself.

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                  • LuFins DadL Offline
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                    LuFins Dad
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                    #60

                    Best exchange of comments

                    The Brad

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                    • George KG Offline
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                      George K
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                      #61

                      Keith never fails to fail, does he?

                      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                        I don’t get the table 5 comment

                        They’ll end up, after a lot of drama, with the same formula they use every time they have a trifecta: take away health care and food assistance from low income families and use the money to fund tax cuts for their donors.

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                        • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                          I don’t get the table 5 comment

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                          @jon-nyc said in How NPR lost America's trust:

                          I don’t get the table 5 comment

                          I took it as "Keith's career isn't doing well these days. Get off of X and do your job - waiting tables."

                          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                            George K
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                            "We strive to do this by being truly open to a "diversity of viewpoints," and wish to continue doing so without having our journalistic integrity called into question by one of our own colleagues."

                            In the comments, someone says: "The end is hysterical. They really think they’re open to a “diversity of viewpoints” while demanding protection from any viewpoint that disagrees with them."

                            "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                            The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                            • JollyJ Offline
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                              There are none so blind...

                              “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                              Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                                #66

                                The editors at National Review:

                                https://www.nationalreview.com/2024/04/defund-npr/

                                "If NPR wants to run a journalist enterprise that is dedicated to advancing progressive ideology, it should do so with income from sponsorships, donations, subscriptions, or other avenues — just like every other media organization. It should not benefit from subsidies from U.S. taxpayers."

                                "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                • JollyJ Offline
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                                  Jolly
                                  wrote on last edited by Jolly
                                  #67

                                  Amen.

                                  Public Radio should either run right down the middle on everything or run the news straight and include entertainment shows from all significant political persuasions.

                                  “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                                  Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                                    Word.

                                    “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                                    • JollyJ Jolly

                                      Amen.

                                      Public Radio should either run right down the middle on everything or run the news straight and include entertainment shows from all significant political persuasions.

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                                      Doctor Phibes
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                                      #69

                                      @Jolly said in How NPR lost America's trust:

                                      Amen.

                                      Public Radio should either run right down the middle on everything or run the news straight and include entertainment shows from all significant political persuasions.

                                      I'm not defending NPR, but even if they were unbiased, everybody would still say they were biased.

                                      How does one define 'the middle'? The lefties currently running NPR would probably consider me a right-winger. Some people would undoubtedly think I'm a communist, when clearly I'm a centralist with an abundance of common sense.

                                      I was only joking

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                                      • MikM Offline
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                                        I think you're a confusist. Which is not to say Confucian, just confused.

                                        “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                                          It helps when you realize that social/political issues are infinitely complex, and most of what we end up arguing about and taking sides over are not reasonably provable one way or the other. We each have our gut instinct and we choose talking points which support it. Those talking points are mostly true, for any given side of any given issue. If two sides of a political issue are mutually exclusive, then only one can be true, but all the talking points that support each side can still be true.

                                          Education is extremely important.

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