#National public radio

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by Rinat Harash

In over three weeks of extensive coverage of the Israel-Hamas war, National Public Radio (NPR) has managed to commit an impressive amount of journalistic wrongdoings, misleading tens of millions of devoted listeners across America.

Since the atrocious Hamas massacre on October 7, NPR has been overwhelmingly focused on the victimization of Palestinians, while interviewing biased individuals, omitting critical facts, and including outright distortions.

One of NPR’s most egregious reports from this period, which includes all of the above, is Daniel Estrin’s “Examining who carried out the brutal violence in Israel three weeks ago.”

In this despicable attempt to humanize the perpetrators of the deadly carnage, rape and kidnapping, listeners need to suffer through empathy-inducing descriptions such as this:

On October 8, a militant returned to Gaza with Mohammed’s cellphone and personal effects and told Mohammed’s family what happened. He said Mohammed had made it a mile or two inside Israel, and an Israeli aircraft shot him — five bullets to the chest, one near the neck. Mohammed recited a prayer before he died. The neighbor told us Mohammed had led a pretty ordinary life. He didn’t finish his high school matriculation exam. He worked as a taxi driver. He got married, had lots of friends and family at his wedding, started a business selling food products. But everyone in the family and neighborhood knew he belonged to the militant wing of the Iranian-aligned Islamic Jihad.

NPR’s Estrin then turns to interview Mkhaimar Abusada, whom he introduces as “a political analyst” in Gaza.

In fact, Abusada is also Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, who has called for violence against Israelis. Surely, this is a relevant piece of information to mention when NPR gives him the platform to say: “Hating the Jews or hating Israel as an occupier … that probably explain the brutality that took place on the 7th of October”.

At the end of the report, Estrin includes an edited version of a phone call from a terrorist to his parents in Gaza on October 7. The full recording of the call, released by Israel on October 25, clearly includes the terrorist’s father congratulating him after the son boasts of killing ten Jews.

NPR’s version — through Estrin’s narration — omits this. Instead, it makes it look like the family wanted the son to return home and never supported his actions. It even goes as far as evoking empathy for their plight under Israeli bombardment.

[republicansaredomesticterrorists]

Bye Felicia!

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[labelleizzy]

Seed banks may be a secret weapon against climate change : NPR

[an-onyx-void]

Israeli Supreme Court rules that ultra-Orthodox men must be drafted https://www.npr.org/2024/06/25/g-s1-6116/israeli-supreme-court-rules-that-the-military-must-begin-drafting-ultra-orthodox-men

[alanshemper]

[there-goes-trouble]

I bet you one (1) listen you'll think abt "otis is resurrected" for the rest of your life 😨

[nerds-yearbook]

On April 2, 2000, NPR and Hollywood Theater of the Ear revived the science fiction radio anthology tradition with 2000X ("Merchant"/"By His Bootstraps", 2000X, Radio, event)

[barbarian15]

A convicted arms dealer for a WNBA player doesn't seem like an even trade.

[meteorologistaustenlonek]

NPR: "It was very hard to be a scientist"

"Clement chose to resign and become a whistleblower, while others on his team chose to stay despite the challenges, and kept working to assist some Alaskan communities with the help of Congress.

Ultimately, Clement was one of dozens of scientists who resigned or #blew the whistle over what they saw as #politicalinterference and #censorshipofscience by the Trump administration." - #NPR

""We worked with scientists who were terminated from their positions because they spoke out about climate issues, who were reassigned because they work on climate, who were censored, whose research was manipulated," says Lauren Kurtz, the executive director of the fund. She says the Climate Science Legal Defense Fund received about 300 requests for assistance during the Trump administration."

[redlegumes]

I love NPR

This morning I hopped in the car, turned to the station and the first thing I heard was: "so, you're an embalmer."

The bumper for the following program included a cheerful: "learn how to eat less plastic."

This dystopia is going great.

[an-onyx-void]

Supreme Court rejects challenge to FDA's approval of mifepristone https://www.npr.org/2024/06/05/nx-s1-4994407/supreme-court-mifepristone

[marktaylor-canfield]

NPR Tiny Desk Contest - Didn't Wanna Want You By Mark Taylor-Canfield

[gregbruchert]

NPR Voice

I am an autocad drafter for a waterproofing company. You don't need to know the specifics of this to understand that I draw rooftops on a computer for money. I have the liberty of listening to music, books, podcasts so long as it's not hindering the output.

I was considering formats of podcasts and how they impact the style of speaking within them. There are some podcasts that seem to be familiar in their delivery. These podcasts will talk about whatever subject they might be on that day in a conversational tone. They will joke, gripe, admonish, gasp...all like you and I might do.

There's the highly organized and formatted podcasts. These are closer to visual documentaries in pacing and style. There isn't much banter. It will be introductions to interviews or soundbites, followed by said interviews or soundbites, followed by conclusions or cliffhangers, followed by mood-appropriate music.

There are your news podcasts that deliver dry information in a dry tone. "In this episode, we will cover a few things that are: This first thing is, the second thing is also is, this third thing is the buried lede so that you listen all the way through all the things that is." They'll splice a 3 second music bit between the things that they're covering.

NPR sort of falls into this last category. At least, when it comes to their news podcasts. I realize they have multiple podcasts spanning multiple subjects. I don't have issues with their booktok shit, for example. I do have issues with how they inject faux emotion into the news their trying to convey.

When the news is jovial, inconsequential, or lighthearted then NPR has near their own brand of speaking. All voices are tinged with a proverbial bounce in cadence. They may crack a dad joke or two when acknowledging a reporter's story on the matter. Maybe even have a light giggle. My reaction ends up falling on how we don't need to be learning about this. It's ear candy to counter all the bummers we're about to talk about. I want the reporters to do some actual work and deliver stories that affect people. Oh, about those...

When the news is solemn. When the current event is a dystopian teaser trailer. Let's say a small town on the other side of the planet gets roasted because we're killing the climate and people still live on the equator in this hypothetical example. NPR breaks out their collective half-whisper™. Things are grumpy now. "The volcano swallowed the entirety of Pompeii and I'm having feelings about it" is the timbre they're shooting for. It's something between library volume and a whisper with some faux-sympathetic pacing worked in. Admittedly, I have had a visceral reaction to this voice. There have been times where I have said, out loud, "Fuck off. You do not care about this. You're doing the voice. Please stop pretending."

Here's the part where I undercut what I just said. No one should give a shit what I am on about. This is more or less a twitter rant, but fuck that website. Thanks.

[nerds-yearbook]

The final episode the radio anthology science fiction series 2000X aired on September 26, 2000. ("Blood", "A Little Bank Deposit", "A Dialogue for the Year 2130", "The Choice", 2000X, Radio, event)

[nerdwelt]

CBS News ernennt Ingrid Ciprian-Matthews zur Präsidentin, nachdem Khemlani zurückgetreten ist

Ingrid Ciprian-Matthews wurde zur Präsidentin von CBS News ernannt. Sie tritt damit die Nachfolge von Neeraj Khemlani an, der am Sonntag zurückgetreten ist. Gleichzeitig wurde Wendy McMahon zur Präsidentin und CEO von CBS News and Stations sowie CBS Media Ventures ernannt. Vorher hatten sie gemeinsam die Leitung der Abteilungen übernommen. Ciprian-Matthews arbeitet bereits seit 30 Jahren bei CBS…