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o0NOYETI0o27 karma

Many conservative listeners I know have complained that NPR has a liberal bias, while many liberals I know have complained about NPR not pushing back against or even giving a soap box to troubling conservative talking points.

In your experience as the public editor, do you believe NPR

1) Currently has or has shown a bias?

2) Could do a better job of filtering content toward or away from a particular political leaning or perspective?

3) Should focus more on filtering content toward or away from the above?

o0NOYETI0o11 karma

Thank you for the response. I want to point out to anybody else reading, how in depth this response is if they click on the link and fall into the rabbit hole of supporting articles ad cited sources provided by the online articles.

I understand that the true content of live interviews is impossible to predict, and interviewers aren’t especially equipped to identify misinformation in this context. What I found more interesting, and what provided more context to my question was the section speaking on confirmation bias and exposure. Specifically, that if from 7:30-8 Morning Edition runs a 10 minute interview of conservative hosts, followed by a 10 minute piece on technology, followed by centrist commentary on a federal policy decision, people commuting at that time will think Morning Edition has a center-right bias. Do you know if this is being studied by NPR staff to try and break up the pattern?