The problem isn't that NPR does sideways reporting (reporting so far left it is sideways), it is that so many people believe it isn't.
The NPR version of events is the established Narrative™. I've seen people all over repeat it. Pointing out the factual errors bounces off these people like rifle fire off the mantlet of an M-1 Abrams tank.
They get government money to be the voice of the people after all. Personally I don't even think they should be allowed to use the word "Public" in their name.
The public money part of doesn't bug me anymore, as it is less than 10% of their operating funds. It's been a red herring to distract the right for a long time. The Sean Hannitys of the world would be perfectly fine to let NPR spout their fake news garbage all day long if they didn't have tax dollars going to them. His type still think this is about ideas, and it is nothing of the sort.
The problem isn't that NPR does sideways reporting (reporting so far left it is sideways), it is that so many people believe it isn't.
The NPR version of events is the established Narrative™. I've seen people all over repeat it. Pointing out the factual errors bounces off these people like rifle fire off the mantlet of an M-1 Abrams tank.
They get government money to be the voice of the people after all. Personally I don't even think they should be allowed to use the word "Public" in their name.
The public money part of doesn't bug me anymore, as it is less than 10% of their operating funds. It's been a red herring to distract the right for a long time. The Sean Hannitys of the world would be perfectly fine to let NPR spout their fake news garbage all day long if they didn't have tax dollars going to them. His type still think this is about ideas, and it is nothing of the sort.