"NPR culture encouraged a fixation on finding the exact middle point of elite political & social thought, planting a flag there, and calling it objectivity." Please read this great analysis of the slow build to the current fallout at NPR @AMontgomery_998 slate.com/business/2024/…
It's not just a problem at NPR—whatever they caught was a contagion that's infected much of mainstream journalism. The institutional affection for clinging to a kind of centrism is fundamentally amoral, a refuge for folks who are probably gonna be cool no matter what happens.
@byjoelanderson @AMontgomery_998 I get so frustrated with the whole wokeness canard because in general - not just on NPR they seem to bend over backwards to not piss off the conservatives- covering Trump and Trump voters as just misunderstood rural people at diners & rallies. Uri has a definite conservative bias
@byjoelanderson @AMontgomery_998 Damn. I’m a Slate Plus member cuz of all the podcasts I’m waaay behind on, but this analysis makes me feel like I got my money’s worth! Also, speaking of money’s worth, @ParkerMolloy’s Substack with the assist!
@byjoelanderson @AMontgomery_998 Great article, gut punch of a kicker about not taking the calls of abused folks. Only thing I'd add I thought the term "nippers" for NPR employees fell out of vogue in the Obama days. Guess not.