NPR was already ideological 25 years ago - hell, it already was in the early 80’s. I can remember some of the stuff I heard then, and couldn’t believe they acted like they were impartial.
They just got worse, and people like this couldn’t see it because of how ideological they already were.
I stopped regularly listening to NPR 20 years ago, because it was tiresome, hearing the same bias, incessantly. Never digging in to understand the differences in perspectives, just claiming one way of thinking (on any given subject) was obviously “right”. News shouldn’t attempt to tell you what’s right, only what is, qualifying the data - as it’s all biased or inaccurate to some degree.
At least before the 90’s they still had a little open mindedness, and explored challenging subjects, sometimes.
…it was tiresome, hearing the same bias, incessantly. Never digging in to understand the differences in perspectives, just claiming one way of thinking (on any given subject) was obviously “right”. News shouldn’t attempt to tell you what’s right…
Why I liked the article. Politically I most likely differ with the author but discussing issues is important. Echo chambers don’t lead to good results.
I wish Congress would stop being an echo chamber and negotiate for better results.
The aclu stood up for the Nazis and their right to speak. I think we all hate Nazis but I believe in free speech. Now the aclu only believes in the “right” speech which is why I don’t donate to them anymore.
NPR was already ideological 25 years ago - hell, it already was in the early 80’s. I can remember some of the stuff I heard then, and couldn’t believe they acted like they were impartial.
They just got worse, and people like this couldn’t see it because of how ideological they already were.
I stopped regularly listening to NPR 20 years ago, because it was tiresome, hearing the same bias, incessantly. Never digging in to understand the differences in perspectives, just claiming one way of thinking (on any given subject) was obviously “right”. News shouldn’t attempt to tell you what’s right, only what is, qualifying the data - as it’s all biased or inaccurate to some degree.
At least before the 90’s they still had a little open mindedness, and explored challenging subjects, sometimes.
I agree with this so much.
Why I liked the article. Politically I most likely differ with the author but discussing issues is important. Echo chambers don’t lead to good results. I wish Congress would stop being an echo chamber and negotiate for better results. The aclu stood up for the Nazis and their right to speak. I think we all hate Nazis but I believe in free speech. Now the aclu only believes in the “right” speech which is why I don’t donate to them anymore.
All news will carry a bias. I’m fine with that. I’m tired of news that lies and tries to tell you how to think.