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Uri Berliner's argument that NPR should refuse federal funds "so that it could follow its progressive leanings" angered me. I was impressed by Berliner's earlier account - except for his apparent partisanship when it came to Israel. Unless his piece is just ironic -I hope not, the issue is too serious - the point is that NPR is part of Public Radio and TV - and it should live up that responsibility. That means that its biased coverage was inappropriate and counterproductive to its own values. It lost conservative and moderate viewers and provoked conservatives that a publicly supported service, valuable as it was, was flagrantly partisan in its coverage. Trump's margin and that giving Republican control of Congress was not that large. NPR and PBS News under Judy Woodruff may have been the difference in electing Trump
two American academic groups—the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) and the Middle East Studies Association (MESA)—filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration, accusing it of fostering “a climate of repression” on campuses.
While I can understand this point of view, i certainly do not believe their position is altruistic because, unless I missed it, these same academic groups did not file similar lawsuits against this and other Universities nor groups involved in the encampments last year which certainly repressed free speech on this and other campuses across the country.