Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:NPR is being accused of racism for calling Boston’s groundbreaking election of its first woman and first Asian American mayor a “disappointment” because she’s not black.
An online article and now-deleted tweet promoting the story both noted that Michelle Wu made history as “the first woman and first person of color elected to lead” the Massachusetts city — before then suggesting her victory wasn’t enough.
“While many are hailing it as a major turning point, others see it as more of a disappointment that the three Black candidates in the race couldn’t even come close,” the story still reads early Wednesday.
https://nypost.com/2021/11/17/npr-calls-boston-election-of-michelle-wu-a-disappointment/
Maybe this won't be deleted without explanation this time.
What are the odds of that though?
NPR saying that some people think the election is disappointing is not the same as NPR calling the election disappointing, but I’m not surprised that you and the New York Post don’t know that,
It’s the same thing. I am sure some were disappointed she isn’t white or Latino, and some happy she is Asian, but NPR did not report on that. By picking and choosing the topics and angling articles on them, the bias is shown. “Others see it as more of a disappointment…”. What a crock. You can always find “others” on all issues. What makes that newsworthy or worthy of citing? Your bias is all.
Here’s a clue. Report the facts first. Then in analysis pieces, show all sides of the arguments in an non-biased manner. Finally, while you can have an Editorial section, the newspaper itself should never have a voice there. Let others voice their opinions and let both sides of an argument have a voice. That’s how a truly unbiased news service behaves.