You obviously haven't read Uri Berliner's piece, or watched any of the video linked in my post. My answer to you is: NO SHIT its not news that they had a left-leaning bias. The point is how that bias intensified over the last decade, resulting in increasingly irrational programming.
About the use of words like "Latinx" and "intersectional" I don't see either as a big deal. Intersectionality exists and Latinx is just a "more inclusive" adjective. Then about the train segment you brought up and the narrator mentioning that some people don't have this opportunity because they are descendents of genocide... I think it's good to acknowledge that a lot of what people with money take for granted is not availabe for a lot of other people. NPR listeners probably skew middle to upper middle class (wouldn't be suprised if more upper) so it's good for monied people to be reminded how the other half lives. And I'm pretty sure that a lot of NPR journalists and their affiliate show presenters skew upper-middle so it's good for them to acknowledge their bubble.
I'll keep listening but so far I'm not hearing anything too "out there".
Was it actually news to anyone that NPR had a left leaning bias? Who already didn't know that?
I mean, I'll tell ya what isn't news: that people fire-off responses to posts without internalizing what's actually in the post.
You obviously haven't read Uri Berliner's piece, or watched any of the video linked in my post. My answer to you is: NO SHIT its not news that they had a left-leaning bias. The point is how that bias intensified over the last decade, resulting in increasingly irrational programming.
OK, I'm listening now.
About the use of words like "Latinx" and "intersectional" I don't see either as a big deal. Intersectionality exists and Latinx is just a "more inclusive" adjective. Then about the train segment you brought up and the narrator mentioning that some people don't have this opportunity because they are descendents of genocide... I think it's good to acknowledge that a lot of what people with money take for granted is not availabe for a lot of other people. NPR listeners probably skew middle to upper middle class (wouldn't be suprised if more upper) so it's good for monied people to be reminded how the other half lives. And I'm pretty sure that a lot of NPR journalists and their affiliate show presenters skew upper-middle so it's good for them to acknowledge their bubble.
I'll keep listening but so far I'm not hearing anything too "out there".