The team of four co-hosts went their separate ways to each report from the various swing states. Was it a whimsical view of popular celebrities and their experiences, or was it misguided journalism? Any information reported was strictly anecdotal (a lady wore a hat). Empty calories with nothing actually useful to decision-making voters. It echoes the mistakes of NBC where the reporter makes themselves the story. Brian Williams is a case study.

https://www.npr.org/2024/10/22/nx-s1-5155032/trump-makes-more-than-100-threats-to-prosecute-or-punish-perceived-enemies

An NPR investigation has found that former president Donald Trump has made more than 100 threats to investigate, prosecute, imprison or otherwise punish his perceived opponents.

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DREISBACH: Well, at the top of the list are his political opponents. He says if he wins, on Day 1, he will appoint a special prosecutor to investigate President Joe Biden and Biden's family. He says Vice President Kamala Harris should be prosecuted. He's reposted calls for former President Barack Obama, former Congresswoman Liz Cheney to face military tribunals. And then he's also pushed for prosecutions and arrests of people involved in the criminal and civil cases against him - prosecutors, judges, even a courthouse staffer. And in one case, he floated the idea of prosecuting a member of the Georgia grand jury that indicted him for election interference.

I generally love scifri but sometimes it seems they produce segments on culture war political topics without incorporating much science. For example the just aired segment on states attacks on gender affirming care has been widely discussed on other shows such as 1A, Fresh Air etc with better scientific context. While I generally agree with there "assumptions" or stances thats not the point. As a science show they do a disservice to the public's already low trust in science by not including context on the scientific discussion and consensus, or lack there of, on a political hot topic. Its great that scifri thinks these laws banning gender affirming care are dangerous, the science agrees, but without getting into the hard science on hormones, surgeries, or psychology, segments like these sound like pointed political ads. Like having a segment about how republicans will roll back climate regulations without getting into the science that underpins them is just like other politic focused shows and seems like a waste of time on a science show.

I’m pretty sure the organ solo at the end of the science Friday theme is Morse code for “Science Friday.” I don’t know why this crossed my mind, but it starts with three short staccato notes, which I know from SOS is an S, and so I plugged it into a Morse code app and this is what I got.

... -.-. .. . -. -.-. . / ..-. .-. .. -.. .- -.--

I don’t have the whole thing memorized but it’s pretty close to this at the start. Anyway, I thought this was cool and wanted to share.

we can say sexual assualt but never rapist.

we can't call anyone a racist

"...about kissing women and grabbing them between their legs without permission, in crude terms."

it's a sickening discomfort with the actual Language of the candidate a judge said he's a rapist legally not just an abuser

Pretty much just the title. Can't believe how much things have changed in the last 10 years with NPR. Feels like I lost the only half-decent news source. There are still plenty of good segments, but the main news, especially regarding politics, is just awful. Sad day for journalism.

so I'm 15 minutes into listening to 1A News Roundup.

they briefly touched on Donald Trump talking about wanting to execute Liz Cheney and now we're back on to breathless coverage of Joe Biden being mean to Trump supporters by calling them garbage.

I don't know how NPR could get worse. at this point it's really pretty amazing.

it's just so amazing how far NPR has fallen. Kamala Harris gives one of the biggest speeches in American history and I got to hear about how Trump supporters got called garbage and that's a really big deal even though he's spent the last decade calling Democrats scum.

Donald Trump's calls for an assassination that gets 30 seconds of coverage.

Joe Biden calls a bunch of racist people garbage and we got 4 days of breathless hot takes.

In the few short days since President Biden made (or not) his comment regarding trump supporter(s) being garbage ... in these few short days ... you, NPR have managed to give more coverage to an off the cuff comment by a non-candidate then you, NPR, provided us regarding the FACT that the GOP's Trump is a PROVEN rapist.

Real men don't leave our daughters, mothers, sisters, aunts, grandmothers, girlfriends, or others at risk of being ruled over by a disgusting pig and proven rapist.

Scott: Hi guest, tell us a little about yourself

"well i grew up (uh huh) in Milwaukee (yeah) in the eighties (yep) and i went (mmmm) to college (yeah) at Michigan (yep) State...

Completely unsurprising, but still very disturbing. I wish the series was more than two parts -- there are massive institutional failures here that need further investigation. I'd also be curious to see some followup re the clear evidence of perjury uncovered in the course of this reporting.

What did you think?

'How social media companies are preparing for misinformation after Election Day' from 'On Point' on the WEKU app!

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