This is chilling. The CEO of NPR literally calls the truth “a distraction.” This is a permission structure for propaganda. It allows her to justify telling us we have always been at war with Eastasia or Eurasia, depending on what the Narrative requires.
@davidemccune That is in fact not what she said.
@ChicagoDonutMan The word literal is there for a reason.
@ChicagoDonutMan “Our reverence for the truth might be a distraction” is a direct quote.
@davidemccune @ChicagoDonutMan Let me help you there, David. Her point seems to be flying over your head. She is saying that each of us has a unique truth that is a combination of facts and belief systems, and that our insistence on our own truth is getting in the way of finding common ground with others.
@jcm4ccc @ChicagoDonutMan You flatter yourself. She is proposing a very malleable and non-journalistic standard that while in theory could be used as you suggest, in practice it just lets NPR be as liberal as it wants, and when criticized (even internally) to dismiss critics.
@jcm4ccc @davidemccune @ChicagoDonutMan Yes, that’s her point, but it’s wrong. What she is talking about is perspective or world view or experience. It’s not truth.