Has NPR lost America’s trust?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Consider this viewpoint from a man who worked at NPR for 25 years:

https://www.allsides.com/news/2024-04-09-0723/media-bias-i-ve-been-npr-25-years-here-s-how-we-lost-america-s-trust

Do you agree with Uri Berliner’s view? Or is he wrong?

Yes trust is lost.
NPR went all blogger and lack of research OpEd.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Conservatives have been trying to kill NPR for the last 40 years. This is yet another round of pearl-clutching by the crowd that thinks Fox is an actual news station. We all know of 700 million reasons why that isn't true.

No. I hate Fox News, it is a joke for the low-IQ viewer. NPR used to be wonderful and I was an enthusiastic listener. Now it's terrible woke BS. I would like the news, some analysis, and some entertaining yet smart human interest and self-improvement stories mixed in. Instead i tune in and hear something like, "abc ethnic group has been historically underrepresented in xyz setting. Let's dig into why". Relentless.

This is how I began feeling about NPR upwards of ten years ago. It was what you describe and also never ending migrant sob stories and white people are racist nonsense to browbeat flooding the West with migrants. All. Day. Every. Single. Day.

I feel the same way, and have stopped listening to NPR completely.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is what happens when you let your news organizations be run by Twitter trolls.

+1

[Anonymous]

NPR is fine -- if you actually listen to it.

[Anonymous]

Nope, I am still listening to NPR on my way to work and on the way back. If you want perspective, listen to WMAL to hear what crazy and untrustworthy sounds like.

[Anonymous]

Still listening, but turn the channel when I'm not interested in the story. Or, when I'm driving to work every day between 8:40- 8:45 when they've started trying witty banter among the 2 female hosts. I have no interest and change the channel.

[Anonymous]

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For the past two weeks, turmoil has engulfed NPR after a senior editor assailed what he described as an extreme liberal bias inside the organization that has bled into its news coverage. The editor, Uri Berliner, said NPR’s leaders had placed race and identity as “paramount in nearly every aspect of the workplace” — at the expense of diverse political viewpoints, and at the risk of losing its audience.

No shit. Anyone with ears knows this. Every. Single. Piece. They publish includes one of the following words "black, gay, trans, oppressed, minority, race, or identity"

It isn't about news coverage. It's about an agenda.

This is BS. I was listening this morning and not one piece about that. They were talking with people in China about the economy.

There was a period in 2021 or so after George Floyd when it felt this way. It was a huge social movement. When I felt myself getting annoyed, I took a breath and thought, for decades it's been all-white-all-the-time. It was a reckoning for us to have to listen to these stories and give them consideration. It is okay to be made uncomfortable sometimes. You can reflect. You might not change your mind. But it is good to listen to other perspectives.

Now a few years later, there are still some identity-based stories, but not nearly so many. Lots of coverage is just news of the day.

They've lost millions of listeners who disagree with you.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:And a story about NPR in the NYT. The comments are particularly interesting. Lots of strong feelings about NPR, most of them not good.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/24/business/media/npr-uri-berliner-diversity.html?unlocked_article_code=1.nE0.6gHu.zNslOwxPSicF&smid=url-share

Thanks for sharing. The comments reflect how I've been feeling about NPR

+1 yep and down 15+ million listeners in 4 years.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

For the past two weeks, turmoil has engulfed NPR after a senior editor assailed what he described as an extreme liberal bias inside the organization that has bled into its news coverage. The editor, Uri Berliner, said NPR’s leaders had placed race and identity as “paramount in nearly every aspect of the workplace” — at the expense of diverse political viewpoints, and at the risk of losing its audience.

No shit. Anyone with ears knows this. Every. Single. Piece. They publish includes one of the following words "black, gay, trans, oppressed, minority, race, or identity"

It isn't about news coverage. It's about an agenda.

This is BS. I was listening this morning and not one piece about that. They were talking with people in China about the economy.

There was a period in 2021 or so after George Floyd when it felt this way. It was a huge social movement. When I felt myself getting annoyed, I took a breath and thought, for decades it's been all-white-all-the-time. It was a reckoning for us to have to listen to these stories and give them consideration. It is okay to be made uncomfortable sometimes. You can reflect. You might not change your mind. But it is good to listen to other perspectives.

Now a few years later, there are still some identity-based stories, but not nearly so many. Lots of coverage is just news of the day.

They've lost millions of listeners who disagree with you.

Millions?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

For the past two weeks, turmoil has engulfed NPR after a senior editor assailed what he described as an extreme liberal bias inside the organization that has bled into its news coverage. The editor, Uri Berliner, said NPR’s leaders had placed race and identity as “paramount in nearly every aspect of the workplace” — at the expense of diverse political viewpoints, and at the risk of losing its audience.

No shit. Anyone with ears knows this. Every. Single. Piece. They publish includes one of the following words "black, gay, trans, oppressed, minority, race, or identity"

It isn't about news coverage. It's about an agenda.

This is BS. I was listening this morning and not one piece about that. They were talking with people in China about the economy.

There was a period in 2021 or so after George Floyd when it felt this way. It was a huge social movement. When I felt myself getting annoyed, I took a breath and thought, for decades it's been all-white-all-the-time. It was a reckoning for us to have to listen to these stories and give them consideration. It is okay to be made uncomfortable sometimes. You can reflect. You might not change your mind. But it is good to listen to other perspectives.

Now a few years later, there are still some identity-based stories, but not nearly so many. Lots of coverage is just news of the day.

They've lost millions of listeners who disagree with you.

Millions?

Read the article. From 60 million to 42 million.

[Anonymous]

And yet, the staff at NPR think they are the best and get upset when people, like Uri Berliner, try to get them to consider the problems facing the organization.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And yet, the staff at NPR think they are the best and get upset when people, like Uri Berliner, try to get them to consider the problems facing the organization.

+1 They are immersed in their bubble and are convinced their opinions and viewpoints are correct

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

For the past two weeks, turmoil has engulfed NPR after a senior editor assailed what he described as an extreme liberal bias inside the organization that has bled into its news coverage. The editor, Uri Berliner, said NPR’s leaders had placed race and identity as “paramount in nearly every aspect of the workplace” — at the expense of diverse political viewpoints, and at the risk of losing its audience.

No shit. Anyone with ears knows this. Every. Single. Piece. They publish includes one of the following words "black, gay, trans, oppressed, minority, race, or identity"

It isn't about news coverage. It's about an agenda.

This is BS. I was listening this morning and not one piece about that. They were talking with people in China about the economy.

There was a period in 2021 or so after George Floyd when it felt this way. It was a huge social movement. When I felt myself getting annoyed, I took a breath and thought, for decades it's been all-white-all-the-time. It was a reckoning for us to have to listen to these stories and give them consideration. It is okay to be made uncomfortable sometimes. You can reflect. You might not change your mind. But it is good to listen to other perspectives.

Now a few years later, there are still some identity-based stories, but not nearly so many. Lots of coverage is just news of the day.

They've lost millions of listeners who disagree with you.

Agree and I also am done with NPR.

It is ruined beyond repair.

Kinda hilarious many here don’t see that (or don’t want to see).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

For the past two weeks, turmoil has engulfed NPR after a senior editor assailed what he described as an extreme liberal bias inside the organization that has bled into its news coverage. The editor, Uri Berliner, said NPR’s leaders had placed race and identity as “paramount in nearly every aspect of the workplace” — at the expense of diverse political viewpoints, and at the risk of losing its audience.

No shit. Anyone with ears knows this. Every. Single. Piece. They publish includes one of the following words "black, gay, trans, oppressed, minority, race, or identity"

It isn't about news coverage. It's about an agenda.

This is BS. I was listening this morning and not one piece about that. They were talking with people in China about the economy.

There was a period in 2021 or so after George Floyd when it felt this way. It was a huge social movement. When I felt myself getting annoyed, I took a breath and thought, for decades it's been all-white-all-the-time. It was a reckoning for us to have to listen to these stories and give them consideration. It is okay to be made uncomfortable sometimes. You can reflect. You might not change your mind. But it is good to listen to other perspectives.

Now a few years later, there are still some identity-based stories, but not nearly so many. Lots of coverage is just news of the day.

They've lost millions of listeners who disagree with you.

Agree and I also am done with NPR.

It is ruined beyond repair.

Kinda hilarious many here don’t see that (or don’t want to see).

+1 The loss of 18 million listeners is so great that one poster didn't believe it. Of course, the NY Times was the source, so we assume that number is true.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

For the past two weeks, turmoil has engulfed NPR after a senior editor assailed what he described as an extreme liberal bias inside the organization that has bled into its news coverage. The editor, Uri Berliner, said NPR’s leaders had placed race and identity as “paramount in nearly every aspect of the workplace” — at the expense of diverse political viewpoints, and at the risk of losing its audience.

No shit. Anyone with ears knows this. Every. Single. Piece. They publish includes one of the following words "black, gay, trans, oppressed, minority, race, or identity"

It isn't about news coverage. It's about an agenda.

This is BS. I was listening this morning and not one piece about that. They were talking with people in China about the economy.

There was a period in 2021 or so after George Floyd when it felt this way. It was a huge social movement. When I felt myself getting annoyed, I took a breath and thought, for decades it's been all-white-all-the-time. It was a reckoning for us to have to listen to these stories and give them consideration. It is okay to be made uncomfortable sometimes. You can reflect. You might not change your mind. But it is good to listen to other perspectives.

Now a few years later, there are still some identity-based stories, but not nearly so many. Lots of coverage is just news of the day.

They've lost millions of listeners who disagree with you.

Millions?

Yep. Shocking, but correct.