Comment Re:Seems like this mostly hurts rural/minority are (Score 2, Insightful) 166
As in many newsrooms, his election in 2016 was greeted at NPR with a mixture of disbelief, anger, and despair. (Just to note, I eagerly voted against Trump twice but felt we were obliged to cover him fairly.)
There's more in there (a lot more) but you get the idea. I honestly couldn't care less if you want to deny it, downmod me, etc. Everything he's saying here is verifiable. The truth is there for you to see it, whether you want to or not.
The "truth" is that NPR covered a well-documented liar, fraud, and "reality" TV host, best known for wrecking everything he turned his attention to, and treated him as a credible presidential candidate. Honest coverage would have consisted of consistent reminders that Mr. Trump was grossly unfit for office and a danger to the nation. Instead, NPR (as with nearly all news coverage) acted (and largely still acts) as though it has an obligation to present some imaginary median point between the Democratic Party (who would be moderate right in many times and places) and whatever destructive madness the GOP pretends to care about this week.
