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  • xwing

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    NPR, just like CNN and the rest of the left-wing media, simply ignore all facts which conflict with the narrative they are trying to tell. It's been happening in some form forever, but has been the "standard policy" for the last 10+ years.
     

    Ark

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    The journalists I've known have a desire to report significant stories that drive change. They want to 'make a difference'. In my opinion journalists should actually have a mundane job writing about what happened at a place or event that readers did not attend.
    This was my experience with journo school people six or seven years ago. Nobody wanted to report on the world as it is, they just wanted the biggest possible platform to influence and change the world to what they wanted it to be.

    Straight up rejecting reality and substituting their own is not surprising.
     

    DoggyDaddy

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    The question this brings up is the biggest puzzlement of my life, why does our society put up with proven liars.

    Plagiarism derailed many a presidential campaign, I believe even Bidet in the 80’s, but not today, society doesn’t seem to care if one is a known liar…
    "We can do the innuendo, we can dance and sing
    When it's said and done, we haven't told you a thing
    We all know that crap is king, give us dirty laundry" -- Eagles
     

    BugI02

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    I remember readin on the INGO that NPR was the sole bastion of untarnished journalism. The one place that has no political agenda.
    You're not confusing INGO with JK's newsletter, are you :@ya:

    They might have been a less biased source 30 or 40 years ago, before they started suckling the gov't teat as hard as they do now
     

    Ingomike

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    "We can do the innuendo, we can dance and sing
    When it's said and done, we haven't told you a thing
    We all know that crap is king, give us dirty laundry" -- Eagles
    So what changed that we collectively don’t care if people are liars? At one time that was the most important thing to possess, a reputation for being honest…
     

    BugI02

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    I think the issue is opinion has overwhelmed facts in reporting. Obviously opinion was always a part of reporting, but it seems like it used to take a back seat to actual fact reporting. Today most "journalists" give opinion with possibly a little fact thrown in.
    I'm not sure how you can square the story being merely tainted with opinion when all of the principals deny the 'facts' of the story and two have no real reason to cover it up if it actually happened

    It appears to be a bald-faced lie that has been doubled down upon kinda sorta. Wonder how the justices like being treated, even briefly, like Trump was practically every day. Liberals always seem to think the tumbril will never show up at their door
     
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    BugI02

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    So what changed that we collectively don’t care if people are liars? At one time that was the most important thing to possess, a reputation for being honest…
    “The fact that so many successful politicians are such shameless liars is not only a reflection on them, it is also a reflection on us. When the people want the impossible, only liars can satisfy.” -- Thomas Sowell
     

    KG1

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    It's pretty sad when the now retired "Click and Clack" the Car Talk brothers were the best thing NPR had going for them. Now that I listened to.
     

    KLB

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    I'm not sure how you can square the story being merely tainted with opinion when all of the principals deny the 'facts' of the story and two have no real reason to cover it up if it actually happened

    It appears to be a bald-faced lie that has been doubled down upon kinda sorta. Wonder how the justices like being treated, even briefly, like Trump was practically every day. Liberals always seem to think the tumbril will never show up at their door
    Are you replying to me? Because I certainly don't see where anything I wrote could be misconstrued as "tainted" with opinion. Unless you are referring to where I was talking about how things used to be.
    I think the issue is opinion has overwhelmed facts in reporting. Obviously opinion was always a part of reporting, but it seems like it used to take a back seat to actual fact reporting. Today most "journalists" give opinion with possibly a little fact thrown in.
     

    BJHay

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    The question this brings up is the biggest puzzlement of my life, why does our society put up with proven liars.

    Plagiarism derailed many a presidential campaign, I believe even Bidet in the 80’s, but not today, society doesn’t seem to care if one is a known liar…
    I could not agree more. I've tried for 25 years to understand why someone's credibility doesn't matter to the public.
     

    BehindBlueI's

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    I used to listen to NPR fairly often. I didn't pretend they didn't have their own biases, but for about 80% of it I could tolerate it or enjoy it for what it was and it's not a bad thing to hear opinions you disagree with. They've been sliding further and further, though, and the only thing I have 'consumed' from them for many years is America's Test Kitchen via YouTube. So far they haven't politicized the best way to get a good crust on your bread or which blenders are worth the price. So far.

    I miss Car Talk.
     

    Ingomike

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    “The fact that so many successful politicians are such shameless liars is not only a reflection on them, it is also a reflection on us. When the people want the impossible, only liars can satisfy.” -- Thomas Sowell
    Awesome quote and post that answers the question succinctly…
     

    ancjr

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    I used to listen to NPR fairly often. I didn't pretend they didn't have their own biases, but for about 80% of it I could tolerate it or enjoy it for what it was and it's not a bad thing to hear opinions you disagree with. They've been sliding further and further, though, and the only thing I have 'consumed' from them for many years is America's Test Kitchen via YouTube. So far they haven't politicized the best way to get a good crust on your bread or which blenders are worth the price. So far.

    I miss Car Talk.

    I like ATK.

    I also liked Rough Cut with Tommy MacDonald. PBS literally booted him off his own show and hired new talent.
     

    Leadeye

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    Long time ago NPR had some good economic stories, I think the guy in charge of them was Jim Zarroli. Now you get you choice of global warming or orange man bad.
     

    jsharmon7

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    I found a pretty reasonable news source with Krystal and Saagar in the Breaking Points podcast. They talked about the NPR story. It's typical of many in the media these days. YouTube has samples of their broadcasts, worth a listen.

    Here is their story reporting it. It was not flattering.




    https://www.youtube.com/c/breakingpoints/videos


    Somebody appears to be lying. NPR is saying they have multiple sources close to the Court that said the message was sent by Roberts “in some form.” They don’t know how it was specifically communicated but were certain it was. Even after the Court’s responses to the story, they still remained convinced their sources were correct. Seems like a pretty bold stance to basically accuse several justices of lying. This seems like one of those “fly on the wall” kinds of stories.
     
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