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Related: About this forumApparently NPR is feeling the Bern
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/09/05/1418826/-NPR-apologizes-for-ignoring-Sanders-in-Liasson-s-Report#
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Apparently NPR is feeling the Bern (Original Post)
leftcoastmountains
Sep 2015
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PSPS
(13,516 posts)1. Not so much, really.
Their "ombudsman" merely issued a boilerplate non-apology as well as an admission that they did this on purpose.
The reference in that conversation to Clinton basically running against herself was intended to mean that her campaign is being buffeted in large part by issues related to things shes done -- including using a private email server -- rather than by attacks from other campaigns. We understand and apologize that the inference was not clear to some listeners. We did not intend to suggest that Clinton is not facing competition from Sen. Sanders. We also agree that a mention of the challenge posed by the Sanders campaign would have been appropriate and helpful to include.
In other words, we will say we agree and blame it on the stupidity of "some listeners" who missed our "inference." And we also agree that doing a proper job of reporting and mentioning Sanders' challenge would have been "appropriate and helpful to include," and that's why we didn't do it.
NPR is just another member of the corporate/state media.
however, they got enough heat that it became necessary to say something, which in and of itself is telling....
merrily
(45,251 posts)3. They felt as though they had to defend themselves and I am willing to bet they will be more
careful about Sanders in the future.
Yes, they are just a member of the corporate state media, but not one, like MSNBC, that represents only a drop in the conglomerate bucket for stockholders of the conglomerate.
Rosa Luxemburg
(28,627 posts)7. inference is not enough
fbc
(1,668 posts)8. I concur. It was a non-apology "apology"
merrily
(45,251 posts)4. As each Sanders' supporter of thousands who immediately complained to NPR asks:
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)5. Boycott NPR!
Rosa Luxemburg
(28,627 posts)6. I was driving and heard the report on the radio
She was talking about Hillary, Joe and the Donald but I was waiting for her to talk about Bernie and he was purposely ignored. Public media should not get into the business of the networks like Fox, CNN. Even the BBC in Britain is getting bias by omission.