NPR journalists are masterful at creating connections between unrelated events in order to promote their desired narrative. In the story, “It’s Been 2 Years Since George Floyd Was Murdered by Police in Minneapolis,” the journalist conjoins the death of George Floyd with the 2022 mass shooting at a grocery store in Buffalo, New York. What connects the two? According to this reporter, they both represent “black deaths at the hands of white assailants.”
This is one of many irresponsible stories produced by NPR that sidesteps data about interracial violence and police brutality in order to stoke fear and deepen racial division. Peter Boghossian and Matt Thornton provide the missing data in this analysis, which is an excerpt from All Things Re-Considered Episode 5. Find the full episode, related readings, and the entire series here: https://thewokereformation.locals.com/content/videos/playlists/4674
In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, NPR distributed a conversation about “fat acceptance” to public radio stations across the country. The story, “What We Talk About When We Talk About Fat Acceptance,” platforms the ideas of two activists from the fat acceptance movement.
Peter Boghossian and Matt Thornton analyze the use of language and data by the activists and host in this excerpt from All Things Re-Considered Episode 5.
Former President Donald Trump didn't ban diversity training with an executive order, though NPR made great efforts to convince listeners that he did. In this story, “Agencies, Contractors Suspend Diversity Training to Avoid Violating Trump Order,” the NPR reporter speaks to activists offended by the order and allows their comments to stand without inspection. One activist says Trump’s order means fighting racism is now “anti-patriotic.” Another says the content of Trump’s order is “fascist propaganda.” Reaching the height of irony, one activist expresses concern that the order “threatens free speech in academia.”
The reporter creates a frightening image of the consequences of limiting Social Justice ideology in government diversity training. But she offers a glimmer of hope at the end: “Of course, if Joe Biden were to take office in January, he could undo the order with the stroke of a pen.”
Peter Boghossian and Matt Thornton analyze the story and take time to...