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NPR fake news ie they lied
« on: December 02, 2018, 12:35:38 PM »
NPR reported Don Jr lied to Congress. No small claim.

Forced to issue a correction when called out on their lies.

Why are we still funding them?

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/npr-issues-correction-after-falsely-accusing-trump-jr-of-being-in-legal-jeopardy-for-lying-to-senate?
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Re: NPR fake news ie they lied
« Reply #1 on: December 02, 2018, 12:59:36 PM »
What bothers me more, because it's not just them, but other MSM outlets as well, is the viewing ratio of false story vs corrections. These MSM outlets will use Twitter to promote their stories, get 500,000 "retweets" of the false story, and 500 "retweets" of the truthful correction.

This whole thing about being the first out there with "live" news in the 24/7 cycle, with few or no accuracy checks, is a big public disservice, IMO.
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Re: NPR fake news ie they lied
« Reply #2 on: December 02, 2018, 01:17:26 PM »
Quote from: Ben on December 02, 2018, 12:59:36 PM
What bothers me more, because it's not just them, but other MSM outlets as well, is the viewing ratio of false story vs corrections. These MSM outlets will use Twitter to promote their stories, get 500,000 "retweets" of the false story, and 500 "retweets" of the truthful correction.

This whole thing about being the first out there with "live" news in the 24/7 cycle, with few or no accuracy checks, is a big public disservice, IMO.

That’s a feature not a bug, to the establishment propaganda complex.
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Re: NPR fake news ie they lied
« Reply #3 on: December 02, 2018, 07:33:33 PM »
It's probably worth taking notes on which specific NPR personnel were involved..  For purely academic purposes.
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Re: NPR fake news ie they lied
« Reply #4 on: December 02, 2018, 11:39:50 PM »
Quote from: Andiron on December 02, 2018, 07:33:33 PM
It's probably worth taking notes on which specific NPR personnel were involved..  For purely academic purposes.

I think it would be interesting to "grade" the various  reporters ad their outlets by how many stories they get wrong anx have to issue corrections on.
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Re: NPR fake news ie they lied
« Reply #5 on: December 03, 2018, 08:10:21 AM »
That only works if they're independently caught and exposed.

If caught by a conservative, it's merely right wing lies from the NRA and the Republican propaganda machine, or hate speech, therefore censored.

Hate speech is always a good one, since any criticism, however valid or well-founded, can be labeled as such.
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