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If You Were Wondering Why Protest Coverage Seems Fairly Muted, NPR's Public Editor Confirms This is Intentional (lemmy.ml)
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https://www.threads.net/@nprpubliceditor/post/DIhOEQQOyqP

EDIT: Also worth noting that the next nationwide protest date for 50501 is May 1st

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[โ€“] Comment105@lemm.ee 37 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'd like the journalists to do a tiny bit of actual work.

Report on what's happening, and do a rough headcount every now and then, report on the protest growing or waning.

It seems like journalists think they can't write 50,000 protesters showed up because actually there were 62,490 so it would be disastrous misinformation and it's better to post a picture, write "There's a protest." then forget about it.

Knowing how many are showing up each time matters. Knowing exactly how many doesn't really matter.

[โ€“] endeavor@sopuli.xyz 19 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

American jorunalist talking about their proffessional ethics is like a serial killer talking about their empathy.