NPR .. Will now be "Fair to the Truth vs Fair to Competing Sides''

[TreasonousBastard]

6. Interesting. Only NPR is to be held to standards? Many years ago...

in a journalism course I was taught by a retired editor that ALL news is biased-- you just have to understand the biases. Since diehard liberals consider NPR to the right of Attila and conservatives consider it zombie communism, I'm guessing it's doing a fair job of reporting and analyzing. I listen to it a lot, and have rarely found any major fault with its reporting. Alas, I suffer from the major fault of admitting nothing is perfect and forgive the small stuff.

Considering the complexities of modern society and the conflicting views on many issues, just how is any news organization supposed to be completely unbiased even if they intend to be? These fairly regular pronouncements by NPR sound more like appeasement to rabid Republican congresscritters who hate it more than actual statements of intent.

BTW, if NPR has its feet held to the fire, does that also mean that, say, Rachel Maddow should be required to give equal time to all sides of the arguments?