As Twitchy reported, New York University journalism professor Jay Rosen announced in a tweet that he was giving up NPR after 25 years as a loyal listener. The triggering event? Someone said on air, “There are a lot of people in the United States who don’t see Donald Trump is a habitual liar and who are big fans of his.” Judging by the popularity of his rallies, we’d say that’s true, a lot of people are big fans of Trump.
That might have been the last straw from Rosen, but he had evidence of NPR’s decay; just look at how Mara Liansson summed up the Hillary Clinton campaign in 2016:
Just to remind you what it was like in 2016. https://t.co/WS0lkfGbpX Visible steps the press has taken to prevent something different but just as bad from happening in 2020: none that I can see. pic.twitter.com/3GsJLCXCEr
— Jay Rosen (@jayrosen_nyu) May 18, 2019
Yeah, and…?
curious that you see journalists' jobs as preventing political outcomes you don't like.
— Lowell George Washington (@deanriehm) May 18, 2019
It's called journalism, Jay.
— Richard DeCamp (@richdecamp) May 18, 2019
You teach journalism. There's the problem right there.
— LukeHandCool (@starrfin) May 18, 2019
You should change your bio. You don't teach journalism, you teach activism.
— Johnny Flyover (@john1gun) May 18, 2019
Activism journalism is boring, stupid, elitist, and a perfect way to destroy jobs and publications. Nobody wants your Pravda.
— Jesse smith (@jessefromwi) May 18, 2019
Why is it the job of the press to help shape election outcomes? If you just present facts to the American people objectively and allow them to decide you wouldn't be so stressed about the narrative you are putting out. It's quite arrogant to even think this is part of your job.
— Spying did occur. (@Estrickland356) May 18, 2019
So you have gone from reporting to full blown campaigning for the DNC. So much for the free press
— Zapp “Beto” Branigan (@JohnMulkey) May 18, 2019
Let me try to understand you. Are you suggesting that you can't listen because they made an objective statement? Perhaps a refund from your school of journalism is in order…
— Tra (@tk97275) May 18, 2019
Here we have a journalism professor advocating an activist Press to work for a political end result rather than one that reports the truth.
How low journalism has sunk.
— CKent (@CKentDP) May 18, 2019
Hillary Clinton created her own problems. Comey did answer this before the election when he said the new emails did not change anything. The media lifted her up as the presumptive president while giving Trump mostly negative coverage. The media has a duty to be neutral.
— Marc Velletri (@MarcVelletri) May 18, 2019
NPR only reports on the liberal side of the aisle. You're laughable.
— Cindy (@asheborn57) May 18, 2019
Hey! I'm mostly right-leaning and I don't like Mara Liasson's views either. What does this mean? Can we both be justified in thinking she is too biased, or is it something else?
— carl wagoner (@revwagcarl) May 18, 2019
Here’s Mo with the takedown:
A guy who teaches journalism thinks the press's job is to prevent Trump from getting elected, by ignoring news stories that help him. This is exactly how we got Trump. https://t.co/tMXlnVcHgJ
— Mo Mo (@molratty) May 18, 2019
For almost thirty years, RW media have been complaining, legitimately, about media bias, while the press pretended as if they were playing it straight. Trump was the first R presidential candidate to directly confront this and it's a huge part of his support.
— Mo Mo (@molratty) May 18, 2019
Y'all could be better. You could do your jobs and do your best to remove bias. You could be sane. You don't have to take the bait. Instead, you act like it's your job to get someone elected.
— Mo Mo (@molratty) May 18, 2019
Here's a truth: almost no journalist has sufficient knowledge or insight on policy, political theory, or anything about how the world works to offer any value beyond "this is what happened." Stop pretending you do.
— Mo Mo (@molratty) May 18, 2019
Many of them can’t even tell correctly what happened, either. I’ve noticed this after reading abortion-related legislation for 6 states & seeing the media report on text that’s not even in any of the bills.
— Daniel Gump ☕️ (@DSiPaint) May 18, 2019
If they spent less time trying to change the world and more time doing what they're supposed to do, we wouldn't have this problem
— Mo Mo (@molratty) May 18, 2019
Reporters should only be reporting.
Leave the analysis to the professionals.
— Ben Rondeau (@bhrondeau) May 18, 2019
It became a political "calling" right after Watergate and has slowly regressed into what we see today.
— Fraunkenstine (@ristine_kevin) May 18, 2019
Yep … to be honest, Watergate is exactly what every journalism student aspires to do: take down a Republican president or prevent one from being elected. That’s the gold ring.
Terrifying that you *teach* journalism
— 1andone (@31taiuqsab) May 18, 2019
He and the fact-checker who smeared a former Marine as a neo-Nazi and the feminist who claims the Republican party is “a terrorist organization” will all be teaching journalism at NYU. Great school.
Related:
Journalism prof says he’s quit listening to NPR Morning Edition after 25 years (for saying this about Trump supporters) https://t.co/QUc0qAE56p
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) May 18, 2019