Posted on 04/12/2023 9:42:20 AM PDT by cotton1706
As Townhall reported last week, National Public Radio was labeled as "state-affiliated media" by Twitter, a classification that was later changed to "government-funded media." We noted that NPR, in addition to corporate and individual donors, emphasizes the importance of its taxpayer-derived revenue via the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, meaning Twitter's label is accurate.
Well, this week, NPR took action that suggests again it is little more than a partisan war room for Democrats that is uninterested in communicating news and accurate information to Americans.
In a story posted Wednesday morning, NPR announced that it "will no longer post fresh content to its 52 official Twitter feeds, becoming the first major news organization to go silent on the social media platform."
So, NPR doesn't think it's supposedly necessary work is worth sharing on Twitter anymore? The framing sounds like NPR is looking for some sort of gold star from its liberal fan base as "the first major news organization" to go silent on Twitter. Is this supposed to be a punishment?
According to the organization's post, "NPR's chief executive says the network is protecting its credibility and its ability to produce journalism without 'a shadow of negativity.'" Credibility, you say? As a reminder, here's what NPR said about Hunter Biden's laptop from hell:
"We don't want to waste our time on stories that are not really stories, and we don't want to waste the listeners' and readers' time on stories that are just pure distractions."
Hunter's laptop was later confirmed by The Washington Post and New York Times, yet NPR did not offer a mea culpa for lying to its audience that the debacle was anything but a waste of time or a distraction.
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Because that's ALL you will hear on NPR. I randomly tune in to NPR and no matter WHEN I tune in, it's nothing but climate change and transgenderism.
POOR NPR..they got their feelings hurt. CRY ME A RIVER.....
I tuned into NPR on my lunch break in the early 90s a few times.
Even way back then, their “All Things Considered” show only considered leftist viewpoints.
I was young and dumb, but it took listening to just two shows for me to realize the load of horse manure they were peddling.
Lifting the veil of journalistic fraud. It’s about da— time. Long overdue!
Yes this is sort of like shooting yourself in the foot. Amusing in a way because nobody thinks NPR is a “major news organization” anyway. It is merely a trough of confirmation bias for virtue signalers.
*BYE* don’t let the door hit ya where the good Lord split ya!
I find NPR at the moment to be all for abortion all the time.
National Abortion Radio
“I find NPR at the moment to be all for abortion all the time.”
Yes, that’s another issue they “cover” ad nauseum.
Like there’s nothing else to talk about. Because in their minds, their isn’t.
“the first major news organization”
What do their ratings look like?
What makes them believe themselves to be a “major” new org?
“What makes them believe themselves to be a “major” new org?”
Because they say so, and since they’re a major news organization, then it’s true.
See how the circle works.
I listened in 1990 while commuting to my first job out of college. I enjoyed a few afternoon stories here and there, but quickly realized “All Things Considered”, really meant “We’ll Tell You What Consider”, and it was always pro-Democrat, anti-Republican.
To this day though there was still a study I remember them talking about - how the more TV people watched, the bigger they thought the average house was.
Most of their aging out hippie audience doesn’t even know what Twitter is.
[THANK YOU ELON MUSK!]
Indeed
Back during the abortion drug debate I heard a doctor actually say that the medication causes the woman to expel the product of conception.
I have no Twitter, no NPR since Clinton era.
If a tree falls in the woods with nobody to see or hear it, does it make a sound?
Liberals don’t know how good they have it with NPR etc. They get their echo chamber served up to them commercial free and with lavish production values. We conservatives have to sit through seven minutes of commercials for every twenty minutes of content since our outlets don’t have tax dollars helping to pay their way.
feh... i give then three months, tops
Good riddance, guess they can’t play on an even playing field. PBS should be next.
I gave up listening to NPR about 20 years ago
About every 7 stories was pushing the freak show lgbt crappola
Peddle your propaganda bs elsewhere
BUT i resent being forced to help fund its crap
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