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If You Were Wondering Why Protest Coverage Seems Fairly Muted, NPR's Public Editor Confirms This is Intentional (lemmy.ml)

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https://www.threads.net/@nprpubliceditor/post/DIhOEQQOyqP

EDIT: Also worth noting that the next nationwide protest date for 50501 is May 1st

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[–] tamal3@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

They just got defunded, for one. For another, the collapse of our government seems imminent?

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

How does that affect the newsworthiness of a protest? It seems like you just came up with two bigger, higher priority stories that they should be covering.

[–] Quadhammer@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago

Because people need to rise up