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JudyM

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13. I lost faith in NPR during the primaries.
Tue Dec 20, 2016, 11:22 AM
Dec 2016

They were strongly biased in favor of Clinton, both in their reporting and in their interviewing. Coloring and misstating facts that I was personally up to speed on. Not even close to neutral. Some here may feel that made it good journalism, I did not. I had to turn it off. And I used to be a donor.

I started listening again, though not as frequently, during the GE, and while they threw some light on the truth of tRump, there were far too many segments of unchallenged statements by his people. And not enough explication of Clinton's policy advantages over him.

To me, it feels like outgrowing a taste for childhood candies...

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