It's known fact in the world of journalism that readers often only glance at headlines. The headlines catch attention and often the story is not even read. This well know fact continues to be a weapon of the media at large. It's hard to control large corporations that own various media outlets, but when it comes to the NPR (National Public Radio) they are supposed to be a non-biased based media outlet...well, they are tax-funded and should be anyway.
So, if they are tax-funded and non-bias, then why do they outright lie or place deceptive headlines in their news outlets? After all, I'm sure they know that many readers only read the headlines, right? So if you saw this NPR headline on the right and only read the headline, what would you think?
Wow - doesn't it appear that the Census Bureau is having problems because of "White House interference?" I mean it clearly says the "White House," the place where President Trump resides, is guilty of "interference" in the counting efforts. Poor Census Bureau...they cannot do their Constitutionally appointed job because the President is interfering.
But wait! It gets better! Especially if you actually read the article they published. Not only is the wild headline of the "Interference" dropped once you click the link, it changes completely to "Census Cuts All Counting Efforts Short By A Month" But, I thought the "White House" was the problem?
A full read of the article does show that the White House did interfere. However, it was not in the negative way the article originally leads the reader to believe. The White House actually extended the deadline for the counting to September 30, 2020, to allow the Census Bureau to collect all data in the middle of a National Emergency and the COVID-19 Pandemic. That's right...The White House and specifically President Trump tried to help the Bureau meet their Constitutionally demanded jobs by giving them more time. The article clearly states this fact!
It is bad enough that the jerks and morons typing the news and putting it out have forgotten that they should be reporting the news and not using it as a political weapon, but for the NPR to be doing it with taxpayers money - that is simply a violation of the conditions of their federal funding. This should be looked into, investigated, and perhaps it's high time that NPR has to go out and get advertising support like other traditional news outlets. I personally do not want my tax dollars going to fund any news outlet that allows their "Opinion" articles to become journalism or the headlines for what was otherwise a neutral article. Shame on you NPR.
Oh, and if you think it's insignificant, NPR has a $166 Million Budget as of 2015. 25% comes from the federal government - uh, yeah...your money. Another 40% comes from public funding - cities, donations, etc. I'm not sure how Americans should feel about $41,500,000 in tax funds on average going to support the political agenda of NPR.
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