I certainly agree with, "Here’s a solution: don’t use it. Fewer views = less revenue. They respond to the marketplace same as any other business." NPR, not so much. They normalized fascists and right wing extremism as much as anyone else in mainstream media.
They're called Nice Polite Republicans station for a reason.
I haven’t seen (heard) that. Can you give an example?
I watch it too. Sometimes I get angry because in the interest of “ both sides”’they interview some right wing ( IMO) nut cases. Judy Woodruff does a lot with trump voters. But overall, I think they are better than MSM.
Push back is definitely an issue especially when they don’t shut up. More reporters need to stop them and make them explain themselves! They can lie without any consequences.
Felt to me like they didn't just *interview* them, they *platformed* them. They let them lie and twist facts and did not push back. There was a brief period maybe in Trump's first term where they were fact-checking after interviews, but they abandoned that for some ridiculous reason.
I listened for decades and heard it more and more in recent years. Inskeep, Left, Right, & Center, The Middle...all neutral framing and normalizing extremism. fair.org/home/__trash... medium.com/@shane_archd...