People who criticize NPR for being explicitly Republican or promoting some specific corporate or government agenda are missing it. That's not the issue. The issue is that NPR has internally defined a goal of "objectivity" that prizes ignoring ones own passions, views. 1/
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It is a problem throughout journalism--as
@jayrosen_nyu and others have articulated. One that thinks there is some thing called "neutrality" that is a coherent goal and which has no crisis mode, when one side is just plain wrong. 2/7 replies 43 retweets 349 likesShow this thread -
But the deeper issues at NPR have nothing to do with ideology or politics. It is a profoundly inward-looking, bureaucratic, fearful, hierarchical culture that is nearly incapable of taking in outside information, reacting thoughtfully and boldly. 3/
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Why is NPR so damn dull? Is it that culture? The funding? Self-importance? Sexual repression?
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It's a marketing thing. The bourgy audience for NPR confuses dullness without seriousness.
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