100% agreement. NPR used to provide reliable 'centrist' to 'center-left' to left viewpoints. They have slid past center into clearly partisan rightist views and some of their journalists are a joke--letting the rightwingers gabble on without push-back or providing context. As you pointed out, often the interviewers ask questions designed…
100% agreement. NPR used to provide reliable 'centrist' to 'center-left' to left viewpoints. They have slid past center into clearly partisan rightist views and some of their journalists are a joke--letting the rightwingers gabble on without push-back or providing context. As you pointed out, often the interviewers ask questions designed to let rightwingers "speechify" following their so-called conservative talking points. It's definitely making me rethink my financial support of the local NPR stations.
100% agreement. NPR used to provide reliable 'centrist' to 'center-left' to left viewpoints. They have slid past center into clearly partisan rightist views and some of their journalists are a joke--letting the rightwingers gabble on without push-back or providing context. As you pointed out, often the interviewers ask questions designed to let rightwingers "speechify" following their so-called conservative talking points. It's definitely making me rethink my financial support of the local NPR stations.
NPR has gotten very good at using the passive voice to slide right wing views into its reporting.