I like that NPR is simply not giving air to liars and charlatans from the right. I listen to NPR from 8 to 11-12 and they for sure let right leaning voices on the air. Sometimes to my annoyance. What they don't do is let MAGA folks on to spew lies and misinformation.
I think “liberal leaning" has been used where “Truth and unbiased reporting" is a better phrase.
I think Berliner lost sight of what journalism is about. Shocker he's old, white, male..
#Uri Berliner's piece attacking #NPR is a joke. The evidence he uses is all debunked.
"But when the Mueller report found no credible evidence of collusion"
This is FALSE. The Mueller report found multiple contacts between the campaign and Russia (i.e. credible evidence), but "“the investigation did not establish such coordination”
Next is Hunter Biden's laptop, which supposedly showed:
"his connection to the corrupt world of multimillion-dollar influence peddling"
If the weather looks like it's not going to be cooperative for the eclipse today, NASA and many science pages will livestream. NPR is also doing a science broadcast from 2-4 PM ET so you can tune in to your local public radio station to hear an interesting commentary even if you can actually see it where you are.
Radio news just now, talking about "job growth" and listing medical as first in their list of where such number goes up is happening.
Now why might we be seeing more need for medical jobs in now our fifth year of pandemic?
Meanwhile, ex-administration official they bring in to talk to the issue, skips right past this; talks about growth in hospitality jobs "after" pandemic "lock-downs".
Walked away before segment ended, but 99% confident that despite opening with a gesture toward "growth" in medical jobs, the #NPR "what does this mean for inflation" news person let their guest expert's explanation by way of diversion to the bottom of the list… go unchallenged.
Because of course they would have. This is the fourth estate of #RentierSociety, after all.
Also, notably, second on the list? Oh, look, "government" jobs. Orly? What sort of "government" jobs are those?
Outrageous that #NPR.org posted an article (not linked since it should not get clicks) titled "RFK Jr. may have missed a major opportunity with his VP pick" as if he were a serious political candidate worthy of public consideration and not a #ConspiracyTheory#AntiVax wackjob.
Please please please, #journalists and editors, do your job of helping society actually function better instead of allowing everything to collapse into ruin.
NPR's Tiny Desk studio had never hosted a hardcore punk band ... until Soul Glo. Here's the four-piece's 15-minute set to send you into the weekend, described by NPR producer and fan Lars Gotrich thus: "Hardcore and punk are vital not only in how I understand the world but also challenge myself; it's music that feels first, then screams. Soul Glo crystalizes its anger and anxiety — about trauma, anti-Blackness, mortality, survival — with a pummeling prism of classic hardcore speed, psychedelic noise, sludgy riffs and a spitfire vocalist with exasperated-but-exhilarating run-ons, who finds moments to step back and bounce like an emcee would."