To me the unwritten NPR story is this one. Asymmetry between the major parties confounded their both-sides logic. They couldn't get through to themselves well enough to sense what was needed. See my 2011 post, "They Brought a Tote Bag to a Knife Fight." pressthink.org/2011/03/they-b…
To me the unwritten NPR story is this one. Asymmetry between the major parties confounded their both-sides logic. They couldn't get through to themselves well enough to sense what was needed. See my 2011 post, "They Brought a Tote Bag to a Knife Fight." pressthink.org/2011/03/they-b…
@jayrosen_nyu @NormOrnstein That is a wonderful title, "They Brought a Tote Bag to a Knife Fight."
@jayrosen_nyu What I don't get is why media bosses think this strategy is good for business? These are the stunts that make the audience hate journalists, turn off the TV or unsubscribe to publications.
@jayrosen_nyu Sounds like a typical top-heavy organization.
@jayrosen_nyu Articles and posts that "both sides" Trump vs. an opponent infuriate me. False equivalencies are equivocations, not balance. Trump's incitement of the Jan. 6th insurrection started months earlier. nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news…
@jayrosen_nyu The main reason I stopped listening to NPR was that during Bush2 reporting became so bland and controversy-avoidant that its utility as a news source became near-zero.
@jayrosen_nyu Trump’s persona and speech is an attack on the good-faith speech and fairness that is required for a successful democracy. Freedom of the press is invested in a fair rhetoric, but Trump is looking to destroy the whole structure of this—he said as much to Leslie Stahl