I never minded that NPR was historically left leaning, many newsrooms were. Speaking truth to power was what I knew real journalism to be. I understand how many contemporary news rooms are captured by their parent media company's advertisers, but NPR? They are funded by the government and donors so I don't understand why they abandoned j…
I never minded that NPR was historically left leaning, many newsrooms were. Speaking truth to power was what I knew real journalism to be. I understand how many contemporary news rooms are captured by their parent media company's advertisers, but NPR? They are funded by the government and donors so I don't understand why they abandoned journalism ethics so quickly and completely. Groupthink was proffered as the answer but that doesn't do it for me.
I never minded that NPR was historically left leaning, many newsrooms were. Speaking truth to power was what I knew real journalism to be. I understand how many contemporary news rooms are captured by their parent media company's advertisers, but NPR? They are funded by the government and donors so I don't understand why they abandoned journalism ethics so quickly and completely. Groupthink was proffered as the answer but that doesn't do it for me.