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gulliver

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44. Journalists not being good at math is a serious problem

Sat Feb 20, 2021, 11:26 AM

Feb 2021

Basic math, at least up to introductory probability and statistics, should be required to be a journalist or commentator. A lot of these folks may actually be in their jobs because they couldn't hack ("disliked" as they might put it) basic mathematics. You can listen to some journalists, and you know they understand proportions. Others, you can tell they don't have much of a clue about math and everything with a number is just bzzz...bzzz...bzzz...equal.

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NPR on the Texas Shitshow...arghhhhhhhhh [View all] maxrandb Feb 2021 OP

NPR is especially good at this. n/t 5X Feb 2021 #1

I haven't seen that on MSNBC or CNN. I gave up on NPR more than a decade ago. Crunchy Frog Feb 2021 #2

NPR presents view from both sides, Oldem Feb 2021 #31

Absolutely. See #32 on the fairness doctrine ... nt Geechie Feb 2021 #33

Never mind the fact that there often is multiple sides to ANY issue - why must Kashkakat v.2.0 Feb 2021 #43

It certainly is, and we can thank Geechie Feb 2021 #46

a good and apt analogy. barbtries Feb 2021 #3

Our local NPR affiliate KJZZ is pretty good here in Phoenix LazySusanNot Feb 2021 #4

It's not going to change. Mariana Feb 2021 #5

NPR became the poster child of both-siderism... jcgoldie Feb 2021 #6

Newt Gingrich DENVERPOPS Feb 2021 #27

Now Promoting Republicans. maxsolomon Feb 2021 #45

Sounds like a nuanced response. aikoaiko Feb 2021 #7

Gotta be nuanced. It ain't shit if it ain't nuanced! dchill Feb 2021 #14

Presenting reality and falsehood as equally valid. Crunchy Frog Feb 2021 #37

meanwhile the legacy media is blaming twitter and facebook Voltaire2 Feb 2021 #8

Your last sentence sums is spot on why we are fucked Cosmocat Feb 2021 #9

Local NPR Bear Creek Feb 2021 #10

NPR gets a lot of money from the fossil fuel industry, their reporting is worse than ABC or NBC. nt yaesu Feb 2021 #11

Yes, they have quite a few corporate wnylib Feb 2021 #30

After too many cases of yelling at NPR and slapping the "off" button, I gave up on them. NBachers Feb 2021 #12

I miss car talk dianaredwing Feb 2021 #34

I gave up on NPR many years ago. Now I donate to my local college radio station OMGWTF Feb 2021 #13

Was the NPR host Robin Young? Lonestarblue Feb 2021 #15

I guarantee you that Hate Radio maxrandb Feb 2021 #25

NPR has some good programing but their news reporting is slanted right. They always give more time List left Feb 2021 #16

I have been defending that kind of behaviour, saying NPR has to tiptoe around sometimes. BobTheSubgenius Feb 2021 #17

Nice Polite Republicans (NPR) Buzz cook Feb 2021 #18

To my shock and dismay I tuned in NPR back around 2003 or so Submariner Feb 2021 #19

The deal is real Traildogbob Feb 2021 #20

And everyone of us must beat the talking heads and listeners over the head ffr Feb 2021 #21

Journalists not being good at math is a serious problem gulliver Feb 2021 #44

After a lot of NPR... PutGramaOnThePhone Feb 2021 #22

NPR Nice Polite Republicans LymphocyteLover Feb 2021 #23

Thanks for this thread about NPR rurallib Feb 2021 #24

The problem really isn't NPR maxrandb Feb 2021 #26

As true as that is NPR has a piece of the blame in its own diminishment rurallib Feb 2021 #36

Good point PutGramaOnThePhone Feb 2021 #48

Bob Edwards did a great job. summer_in_TX Feb 2021 #38

Elimination of Fairness Doctrine and loss of government funding means Ilsa Feb 2021 #41

Hmmmm. Better head down the road paleotn Feb 2021 #28

Who was the person responding that way? LiberalFighter Feb 2021 #29

Actually the "media" doesn't HAVE TO Geechie Feb 2021 #32

It's a choice... Hugin Feb 2021 #40

As I say from time to time: "Fairness is not a one way street" DSandra Feb 2021 #35

This has been a long time work in progress UpInArms Feb 2021 #39

I used to be an avid NPR listener Proud Liberal Dem Feb 2021 #42

Why people listen to them and much worse give them money SlogginThroughIt Feb 2021 #47

You summed it up perfectly. Vinca Feb 2021 #49

Local Public Radio WNYC AM & FM is a great station electric_blue68 Feb 2021 #50

NPR's been corrupted. If this was "how our media operates," Hortensis Feb 2021 #51