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[–] forrcaho@lemmy.world 33 points 2 months ago (5 children)

For people asking what this is about, I didn't look at the NYT because of the paywall, but here's an article that's very similar in tone from NPR.

Although they do state

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.

the following items are really nit-picky. It's laid out as a list of misleading statements, but reading the details of each makes me think "ok, so basically true, then".

[–] ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 16 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I feel like some loud conservatives made NPR freak out and now they're trying to sprinkle in stories like this.

Because the moment conservatives run things again, they'll absolutely continue gutting public radio.

[–] lennybird@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

It's because back in April some right-wing nutjob editor quit NPR claiming an atmosphere of bias. So he fled to right-wing outlets (where he conveniently ignores their right-wing bias) and now NPR decides they need to go back to balancing the scales of the BoTh SiDeS bullshit.

https://www.npr.org/2024/04/17/1245283076/npr-editor-uri-berliner-resigns-ceo-katherine-maher

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