NPR Adds Editorial Oversight

[DavidEduardo]

So now we're back to hiring decisions based on political party. BTW NPR isn't the only news organization that receives federal funds.

But it is the major domestic-targeted audio content one.

The Voice of America is FULLY funded by taxpayers. Yet no one has demanded to know the political parties of anyone at VOA. Probably because they have no idea it even exists.

Or because they know that the VOA programs to international audiences who do not vote in American Elections.

VOA reporting about "things" in the USA tend to cover subjects that are not political, whether they be social, economic or cultural.

 

[TheBigA]

Or because they know that the VOA programs to international audiences who do not vote in American Elections.

I thought the issue was about unbiased reporting and taxpayer funding. Not about influencing elections. Whoops!

VOA reporting about "things" in the USA tend to cover subjects that are not political, whether they be social, economic or cultural.

Although they did cover the Hunter Biden laptop story, and referred to it as an ''October Surprise.''

I think the way NPR News is going to end up handling this is by eliminating any political coverage other than strictly saying this or that happened without any detail.

 

[gr8oldies]

If they hope to eliminate criticism over news bias, their new oversight team can start by disclosing who is funding them. That would be actual transparency.

"In NPR News, Donald Trump leads polling in all 50 states, after massive crowds come to see him at a series of rallies". O...k