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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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[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 days ago

This seems like lazy, irresponsible journalism to me. If the protests aren't interesting from a distance, get out there and interview people. Ask them for their stories and tell them! Otherwise they're just telling the protesters they need to be violent to get attention.