Has NPR already become the propaganda outlet the MAGA crowd has always accused them of being?
this post was submitted on 01 Feb 2025
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I had to read that headline and the community name like 4 times. This is so fucking onion-ey it's not even funny
The headline for the NPR article in question here is:
“Can Trump’s Second Act Work for the Working Class While Giving Back to His Super Donors?"
Betteridge's law of headlines applies.
It’s a general rule of thumb that if the headline asks a question the article will be a bunch of fluff where the answer ultimately becomes “no”
“Did we just break light speed?” Article talks about an experiment that on first evidence shows information travel faster than light. But then reveals there was a fatal flaw “turns out c is still a universal speed limit”
“Did we just make fusion work?” Again experiment shows that for 2 nano seconds output surpassed input, but it would hold, so “turns out fusion is still in it’s infancy”
Asking a question in the headline is journalistic click bait. Because the answer is no the headline can’t make a claim without loosing integrity, but questions look like claims and allow the author a lot more freedom.
somehow I hold on to hope the the headline was an informed, editorial jab. fucking sigh
Sounds more like the article actually says that his voters put faith in him.
Though with him looks like media constantly does the mistake of listening to what he says instead observing what he does.
what the fuck, NPR?
Just a day after reports the FCC is after them? Interesting timing
NPR trying to kiss the ring?
They're settling into those accusations of being state-affiliated media.
Did you think the organization whose only job it's been has been to carry water for American corporatism would have a spine?
I'm not sure if the NPR article is suggesting that he's working for the working class so much as he owes his success to them and many of his publicity stunts are working class, and that conflicts with how much he owes rich folk. That said, it's kind of a bad article to even compare him to FDR and co. given how idiologically different they are.
Plus, what the article clearly doesn't get is Trump's version of working class is white, Christian male (bigot) working class. Towards that end, sure, he's all for working class.
They've slowly been kissing the ring of power for a while now I remember when bernie was running they would run segment after segment attacking him.
They've really gone downhill these past 5 years.