Morning Jolt: NPR Embraces Its Own Bias

WITH JIM GERAGHTY

April 18 2024

On the menu today: The editors of NR declare, "NPR has every right to operate as a left-wing propaganda outlet masquerading as a legitimate news organization. But it is not entitled to pursue this goal with taxpayer money. The latest revelations about the ideological rot at NPR have only made this case stronger." There's something refreshingly honest about the way that NPR responded to the revelations and accusations of 25-year veteran Uri Berliner. It's biased, one-sided, arrogant, and dismissive of legitimate criticism, and that’s exactly how NPR likes it. NPR didn't get this way accidentally; this is what it wants to be.

Taxpayer-Funded NPR Likes Being One-Sided

If you've been around long enough, you've seen this sort of journalistic story-cycle before.

Some big mainstream-media institution botches a story or a series of stories. In the wake of the embarrassment, some within the ranks realize that their audience is almost entirely left-of-center, and that the potential right-of-center audience doesn't trust them. They look ...

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