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It’s not been a good couple of weeks for NPR. It started last week with a bombshell report at The Free Press by NPR staffer Uri Berliner where he talked about the lack of ideological diversity there. They have since suspended him for the crime of WrongThink.
Thatwasmetwithcallsofhimbeingoutofhismind,thatthey’reperfectlyfairandbalanced,andsoon.
I’vebeenfollowingit–nothere,butonSubstack–andnothingBerlinersaidsurprisedme.Theattacksagainsthimdidn’t,either.Heck,I’mnotevenshockedthathe’sbeenhitwithafive-daysuspensionfordaringtospeakupaboutthebias.
AllofthatranthroughmymindwhenIsawareportfromtheaforementionedNPRabouthowsuicidesaccountformostgun-relateddeaths,somethingwe’velongpointedout.
Couldthisbeanattempttosettherecordstraight?Anattempttonotethat“gundeaths”aren’tthesamethingashomicidesandweshouldstartlookingthemdifferently?
Ididn’tthinkso,andforonce,NPRdidn’tletmedown.
No,that’snotagoodthing.
WhengunviolenceinAmericaisdiscussed,people
