Yesterday on NPR reporter in border town where Trump was states the vast majority of local folks he talked to there oppose the wall…but there was one woman who supported it, AND THATS WHOSE INTERVIEW THEY AIRED on the segment. 🙄
— Leela🦎 (@keezljt) January 11, 2019
Shit is continually exhausting. NPR, like so many other outlets, are utterly beholden to the idea that ‘Real America’ and only ‘Real America’ should count, whether it be votes or opinion. They are not only literally the only group that matters, but the only group that should exist, period, apparently.
EDIT: And on cue, some numpty chimed in about why it was sooooo damn important that wall supporters and only wall supporters get the voice:
It’s hard to live in an echo chamber when wall opposition literally has no actual representation in reportage. All of it is hyper-focused on supporters. And yet its folks opposing the wall that ‘live in an echo chamber’?
— Gun Control Now, K? (@Citizen_Kryptik) January 11, 2019