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@steveinskeep.bsky.socialThe pattern of school shootings keeps repeating. So NPR repeated a story from after a school shooting in 2018. How much has changed?
@steveinskeep.bsky.socialAn excerpt from Scott’s biography of Leo is here. 2/2
@steveinskeep.bsky.socialMy friend Scott Detrow has Pope Leo’s delightful backstory. 1/2
@steveinskeep.bsky.socialThat thinking - that Israelis are more than influential, and actually call the tune for both US parties - leads to charges of antisemitism that Carlson denies. But watch for yourself: 2/2
@steveinskeep.bsky.socialIt’s worth a careful listen to the NPR interview with Tucker Carlson. He does not say Trump simply made a bad choice on Iran or ignored the risks. Carlson asserts that Trump was *not in control.* “I don’t think he had the latitude to make this decision on his own.” 1/2
@steveinskeep.bsky.socialOn NPR’s Newsmakers, Tucker Carlson says Trump should be removed from office, and also speaks with regret about his own long career as a TV partisan.
@steveinskeep.bsky.social@steveinskeep.bsky.socialSometimes it’s hard to confront inconvenient facts. An example: 1/2
@steveinskeep.bsky.social@steveinskeep.bsky.socialSometimes the person silencing you is you. That was true in “Woke 1” for many progressives and true in Trump 2 for many conservatives.
@steveinskeep.bsky.social@steveinskeep.bsky.socialThe wars after 9/11 brought long-term costs for America and the world. My reflections on covering 9/11 and the years afterward. 1/2
@steveinskeep.bsky.social“We paid a great price on 9/11 and afterward. We bear a great burden to set the country right. How many more times can we throw a trillion dollars at a problem? Yet we still have vast resources—and if we need motivation, we have an awful lot to lose.”
@steveinskeep.bsky.socialAnalysis by @JonahDispatch on NPR includes the phrase, “He’s posting on Truth Social like an escaped monkey from a cocaine study.”
@steveinskeep.bsky.socialWe talked with an American whose parents are missing after the floods in Nepal. Give her your five minutes:
@steveinskeep.bsky.socialAs CBS retreats from radio - which 233 million Americans use - NPR remains on and the audience is up.
The main CBS product was a short hourly newscast.
NPR’s hourly news is on your local station - and also available on demand! Hit Play on the NPR app:
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@steveinskeep.bsky.socialGOP Sen. Ron Johnson on NPR today: Q: If you support the war, should Congress affirmatively vote on it? Johnson: "The primary restraint of any president of the United States is public opinion. What you don't want to do in a terribly divided Congress is hold a vote that shows us divided." 1/2
@steveinskeep.bsky.socialWe have to adapt to endure in a post-information age, where we are told there are no facts, only politics.
@steveinskeep.bsky.social8:45 PM ET, Wednesday, July 23: On the left, the top of the app for the Wall Street Journal. On the right, the top of the app for Fox News.
