Fish in a barrel: Berliner’s case against NPR is based on false and out-of-context facts It's a long piece, so I won't C&P it, but I'll just quote part of the opening as it applies to so much of what FF posts: Admins, I respectfully ask that FF's username be changed to Floating Rotten Fish.
The point is that only Fox News covered it honestly, everyone else said it was Russian misinformation and Biden denied everything. Suppressing a story like that is just NPR doing the bidding of the DNC and probably had an effect on the election.Their public funding should be completely stripped.
It doesn't matter if it's a "small sliver" it's still tax payer money and they should attempt to be as fair and balanced as possible.
If by "fair and balanced" you mean acting as if lies should be given equal credence with the truth, then no.
They're hardly unique in that respect. But, yes, our media is addicted to the idea that if the Democratic candidate says the sky is blue and the Republican candidate says the sky is yellow, then the sky must be green.
What’s the quote? @shootER or @MikeH92467 probably know it off hand but to paraphrase: If someone says it is raining and someone else says it is sunny out your job isn’t to treat both statements equally but to open the damn window and report on if it is raining or not.
Well, Robert Beltran in the final seasons of Voyager shat all over everything. That's one example that pops in my head.
That's true, but some would argue that Voyager deserved to shat on...anyway...unless he specifically violated his contract terms, it was probably just easier to turn a blind eye and a deaf ear to his complaints and marginalize his role.
https://steveinskeep.substack.com/p/how-my-npr-colleague-failed-at-viewpoint FWIW, Steve Inskeep points out some of the various flaws in the article that was written criticizing NPR.
I’m sure ff will dismiss this article with the same kind of hand-waving that Berliner uses: i.e. the flaws are less important than the making the “larger point”. Truthiness above all!