Thread by @roddreher

I'm one of those conservatives who has been listening to NPR all his adult life, and who has been a member (donor) off and on through the years. NPR is part of my family's culture; my 12 y.o. daughter *literally* wants to be an NPR correspondent when she grows up. So [more]

it really hit me hard last week when I got so angry at NPR over its bias that I turned the car radio off twice. I don't have strong feelings about the immigration issue, but my god, NPR, does it even occur to you how one-sided your reporting is? [more]

I'm used to NPR being liberal. It comes with the territory. But on immigration -- and more broadly, cultural issues -- NPR has seemingly become more and more about advocacy journalism. I say this as someone who has been listening regularly since the 1980s. [more]

For example, the coverage of LGBT issues is constant. Fine -- LGBT really is an important story! But you almost never hear stories about religious and cultural conservatives, of whom there are quite a few in this country. NPR has a very narrow idea of "diversity" [more]

Again, liberalism is baked into NPR; I get that. I like getting news from diverse sources. But as a conservative who *really likes* NPR, it's deeply frustrating to conclude that it has become Blue America telling Blue America stories about itself. Over to you, @ejensenNYC [end]

@ejensenNYC Oh, one more thing: spend time on the collection of public editor columns at NPR.org, going back to the 2016 election. Unless I missed it, no reflection at all on its immigration coverage. Search for "immigration" stories on the site. Heavy bias.