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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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? [/quote]

I don't think he's 100% wrong or 100% right here. I have issues with using the Hunter Biden laptop story as evidence of bias. He links to an opinion piece from The Hill as a source demonstrating NPR's bias and leaves out the entire reason news outlets beyond the NY Post didn't carry the story: It was an October surprise from the most dishonest President in history's team and the news outlets weren't provided the opportunity to examine the hard drive. And then he links to the Washington Post story and analysis of the hard drive (after they were provided access to it from a named Republican activist (sourcing!). And that story was far from a silver bullet - they could only actually authenticate less than 2% of the emails. I realize that's a long explanation, but context matters.

I think he's partially right on "wokeness," but it also comes across as just being aggrieved with changes. I don't know if he went to a very different unconscious bias training than I went to, but I found that very eye-opening. The rest is over the top.

Anyway, I think he brings up important and relevant points. I think he could have made his point without pulling in sources with their own bias.[/quote]

Fact: Hunter Biden's laptop was real.

Fact: government officials aka "50 intelligence agents" pretended that it had all the hallmarks of Russian interference.

Fact: FBI officials led "hypothetical" training for media using a hypothetical laptop as Russian interference and telling media not to report on it in the name of misinformation.

Fact: this gave NPR and others the excuse to censor discussions about the laptop and it's contents,  which have largely turned out to be true and few now deny Hunter B was playing some sort of cash for influence scheme, even if it was little more than bucks to have dinner with daddy.

Fact: this betrayed the notion of a responsible media and journalism and gave weight to what most people now accept, mainstream media is little more than the Democratic Party's mouthpiece. And, unfortunately,  a substantial wing of high level government bureaucracy.

That is largely why people are voting for Orange Turnip.

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Nope. They will because they are ignorant and/or a-holes. Typically both. [/quote]

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