Wow NPR is being down voted…
Yeah. It sure is great watching Democrats turn against the most benign, inoffensive, and liberal-friendly news channel in the country because they attempted the most basic level of neutral journalistic rigor (and even had to explain in their article the concept of neutral journalistic rigor).
Makes me super-optimistic for the future of democracy.
I can’t wait for Democrats to accuse NPR of being Russian assets.
They only care about sources that contribute to the echo chamber, all others are Russian propaganda, Russian bots, etc.
Nah, even good sources put out trash articles. And in this case, this is a garbage dump article.
Its a mealymouthed attempt at being CeNtRiSt and show that they hold BoTh SiDeS aCcOuNtAbLe. Problem is, they’re bringing up the lamest shit, leading to this bullshit garbage to be used to show how both trump and Harris both lie.
It’s because this attempted neutral stance of “equal treatment” from NPR (and Politifact earlier) is massively benefiting Trump. People won’t absorb the nuances between Harris’ statements “lacking in context” and Trump’s outright outrageous lies, they’ll barely even read the article at best. So the effect is only a perpetuation of the sentiment “well, it looks like both sides lie so they’re equally bad” which plays right into Trump’s hands.
Did you even read the article? NPR also published the same format about Trump’s convention speech which covered 162 false and misleading statements and is linked in the beginning of this article. Also, if you read the content of this piece, most of the explanations just make Trump look bad.
The tolerant left is on full display in the comments XD
If it were the same title except with “Trump’s RNC speech” at the end, it would have 4567898765456789 upvotes
Good for NPR, showing us how it’s done. I love to see this kind of holding to account rather than the unquestioning tribalism and sycophantism you get from right wing outlets.
You can vote for a candidate, and even support them - encouraging others to vote for them, while being critical of them as well. Just have to make sure it’s the right context (not whataboutism or sealioning).
(Obligatory I’m-not-American disclaimer.)
Love how this article is trying to give Trump the benefit of the doubt. Fuck the media for trying to still normalize him and shame on you OP for posting this bs.
this bs
It’s NPR.
12 in 40 minutes. Oh no. Better than the 12 in 40 seconds you get with the other guy…
Literally the point that the article opens with
It’s the role of the press to try and hold politicians to account for the accuracy of their statements in a good-faith way. The dozen Harris statements lacking in context are far less in comparison to 162 misstatements, exaggerations and outright lies that NPR found from Trump’s hour-long news conference Aug. 8.
Oh no, better open up the article to see how egregious the lies are:
Harris says that her administration wants to pass laws. But she did not mention that laws have to be passed by Congress! How dare she mislead people like that!
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