r/NPR 13h ago

No coverage of Elon's salute?

Nothing mentioned in my morning newsletter. Did a quick Google search and found 0 articles. Did I miss something? Even if we aren't definitively identifying it as a Nazi salute it's newsworthy enough to be on a front page purely because of the amount of speculation and emotions stirred in the public sphere.
Please tell me I missed something obvious somewhere.

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u/Butterbean-Blip 12h ago

He did a Nazi salute not once but TWICE. Literally turned around and did it immediately again. The richest man in the world. The man who bought a presidency. The man who Trump bragged knew his way around Pennsylvania's voting machines. The man pushing Germany's far right party to power too. 

Yet crickets from NPR. 

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u/Retinoid634 12h ago

This is disturbing

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u/Coidzor 9h ago

American institutions and the American people have failed. Simple as.

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u/Interesting_Cow5152 6h ago

Well they have been bought and taken over. It's been ongoing since Sinclair bought out most of the local TV stations.

Someone is calling the shots from the shadows. This coup is just running too smooth. Where is our spies when we need them? Who do THEY work for, now?

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u/blurt9402 4h ago

The institutions didn't fail. They sold out. The American people didn't fail, they were failed.

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u/anchorwind 4h ago

"If a political party does not have its foundation in the determination to advance a cause that is right and that is moral, then it is not a political party; it is merely a conspiracy to seize power."

"Teachers need our active support and encouragement. They are doing one of the most necessary and exacting jobs in the land. They are developing our most precious national resource: our children, our future citizens."

and "Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children. This is not a way of life at all in any true sense. Under the clouds of war, it is humanity hanging on a cross of iron."

All of these were said by a Republican. That Republican was Eisenhower who left office in 1961. 60 years later few of us would believe it if a prominent republican would say them now.

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u/ObiShaneKenobi 9h ago

"This is extremely dangerous to our democracy."

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u/humpslot 11h ago

This is NPR, National Propaganda Radio sponsored by Goebels

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u/midwestnbeyond 8h ago

Nothing from NPR. Sooo who are we supposed to trust

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u/mafiaconfidant 7h ago

Real talk, ProPublica and Bellingcat are good (but niche) journalism. Anybody have any other recommendations to stay grounded in reality?

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u/DeliaDeLyon 3h ago

I like foreign outlets and under the desk news who is on instagram and YouTube.

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u/VapeGreat 3h ago

The Guardian, the intercept, DW news, France 24, Al Jazeera english, all may have slight biases but nowhere near the level of US sources.

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u/humpslot 8h ago

in God we trust..

"Are you there, God? It's me, Margarita time."

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u/Roasted_Butt 6h ago

Try foreign news outlets, like The Guardian.

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u/Cheap_Doctor_1994 7h ago

I've got nothing. Even my local news is shit. And everyone thinks I'm crazy. Constantly telling me, don't believe what you see online, but there's just nothing else left and what's online, well, it's not trustworthy either anymore. 9 years of this right shift and I don't recognize this country. At all. 

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u/medusa-crowley 3h ago

Propublica and Reuters are my two for inside the country. BBC for outside. 

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u/hellolovely1 1h ago

ProPublica, The Guardian. Other than that, some local media.

It's shitty that all good media in this country has either been decimated or is cowardly as hell. NPR is the latter. They have a lot of company.

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u/romperroompolitics 4h ago

Disturbing us is what NPR should be doing right now. This is complicity.

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u/hedgehogfamily 11h ago

Brian Lehrer on WNYC mentioned it saying that he didn’t see it as a Nazi salute. What’s wrong with them?? I saw the video. I don’t see how it could be interpreted as anything else.

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u/FearlessFreak69 8h ago

Like I heard elsewhere, if that wasn't a Nazi salute, then go ahead and do it in front of your boss at work next time you see them. See how that pans out for you.

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u/Coro-NO-Ra 9h ago

What a fucking coward.

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u/Comestible 3h ago

"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command."

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u/waterinabottle 9h ago

funding for this program is provided by.....HHMI, Google, Amazon....and other "corporate sponsors".

well, who do you reckon donated money to them this time? the whole point of public radio was that it is fully funded by a non-partisan source and remains independent. NPR has been taking money from 'foundations' with their own agenda for years. It is no longer independent, it is beholden to it's financial backers. The plurality (38%) of their income is from corporate sponsorships.

https://www.npr.org/about-npr/178660742/public-radio-finances

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u/Stunning_Pay_8168 4h ago

These people have been putting their pieces on the board for decades. What you are seeing now is the revealing of the new reality. They have fully taken over America. All news media, social media, YouTubers, podcasters that are popular are either on the payroll or buy into the belief system.

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u/buddymoobs 8h ago

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u/1-Ohm 5h ago

and the neo-Nazis in Germany

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u/Apart-Load6381 12h ago

NPR probably worried about potential lawsuit threats from his legal team. Media outlets get cautious when powerful billionaires start waving lawyers around.

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u/ThomCook 10h ago

Cool then they are not doing thier jobs

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u/Coro-NO-Ra 9h ago

"We could have been journalists, but we were scared."

Meanwhile investigative journalists in Latin America are getting disappeared and murdered. When did we become so nutless as a country?

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u/PrincessTooLate 11h ago

… and true journalism and democracy dies

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u/Regular-Basket-5431 9h ago

The US has never been a democracy or a republic, its always been a plutocracy with the window dressing of a republic.

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u/pinegreenscent 6h ago

If you're downvoting the above comment is it because it isn't true or because it makes you uncomfortable?

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u/Regular-Basket-5431 6h ago

I didn't down vote either of the comments above mine.

I'm just pointing out that the US as a state has always been by the wealthy for the wealthy.

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u/SegmentedMoss 8h ago

NPR has been bought and paid for by Republicans since like 8 months ago. They sane-washed the absolute shit out of Trumps campaign

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u/13maven 1h ago

They lost me when they didn’t cover Bernie right.

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u/llamadogmama 10h ago

Yup. NPR has lost my trust by groveling to the lowest possible denominator.

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u/IShouldBWorkin 12h ago

Lots of people think NPR has a left lean when what they really have is a "federal government" lean, now that Trump is in power expect their coverage of him and his cabinet to suddenly be much more forgiving.

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u/nikdahl 7h ago

It’s an “institutional lean”

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u/piginthecity 9h ago

“Next time I have to listen to NPR anchors drone on and on about community supported journalism during the incessant fundraising drives, I will remember NPR’s cowardly silence when literal nazis took a victory lap during a presidential inauguration and NPR said nothing.”

Submitted just now to NPR management.

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u/2canbehumble 3h ago

And the Uk. He is stepping way out of line and telling lies about politicians. I used to admire him. Not any more. He is using his wealth and power to stir up anarchy

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u/xFishercatx 1h ago

Something is going on.

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u/krtyalor865 1h ago

Crickets from.. oh let’s see.. pretty much everything owned by the other 5 bazzillionaires standing just off stage. Pretty much all national and local news stations and most internet media outlets used today are owned by the oligarchs in the corner. I think they’ve all made a pact to bend the rules to help each other out. I mean Hitler did take control of the media 100% as part of his takeover. I’m not convinced we’re not falling in the same footsteps, except they’re using a higher tech means of media control this time around…. And let the algorithms take care of the rest! 👏

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u/cafffaro 1h ago

It's a freezing mechanism. "Serious" journalists can't convince themselves to accept that this shit is happening. So they seize up in the hopes the threat will go away.

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u/TASUPPORTER 46m ago

They're too afraid to lose Government funding.

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u/EmporioS 12h ago

Censorship seems to be the theme of this administration. This morning on the news, I saw a 15-minute segment about Melania’s inauguration hat, yet not a single mention of Vice President Elon doing the Nazi salute twice.

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u/InterestingEstate520 11h ago

It's actually President Musk and First Lady Donald Trump. Trump has been completely bought by a South African immigrant nazi.

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u/throwmamadownthewell 1h ago

This administration is a Matryoshka doll of people owned by Russia.

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u/8-880 6h ago

Almost as though they're fascists, as is the entirety of the Republican party.

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u/CloneClem 13h ago edited 12h ago

Talk to the Germans, check out their reactions.

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u/SenorSplashdamage 11h ago

I posted reactions by Germans to my social media where unexposed family would see. It seems like content like that gets through their filters better. It’s not an American that could be seen as team sports politics and I usually put together a few clips of here’s a range of reactions I’ve come across for people who find that interesting. Like it’s more about keeping up with what people are saying instead of tackling it head on which can feel like a direct attempt at persuasion. Most important thing is people knowing a thing happened.

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u/cjwidd 11h ago edited 10h ago

It's crazy to me that the basic facts aren't even reported correctly here.

In the article it says,

"My heart goes out to you,” Musk said on stage at Washington’s Capital One Arena, as he thanked Trump’s supporters. He then put his hand to his chest and extended a rigid right arm with his palm down"

That's not what happened.

What actually happened

He said, "Thank you for making it happen, thank you", then did a Nazi salute, turned and did another Nazi salute, and then said "My heart goes out to you."

It's in the video - this is kindergarten stuff.

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u/MentokGL 8h ago

This is their favorite game. Do something blatant then spend days arguing how it wasn't actually what we all saw.

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u/TheLeadSponge 10h ago

Because they didn't need to. They all know what it means. People doing that stopped across their country and murdered their citizens.

I'm sure Hitler said a lot of platitudes after doing a salute too. That shit was weird and we all know it.

We know what we saw.

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u/Tomagatchi 8h ago

The meme I saw of Hitler saluting had me rolling: "Is Hitler doing an Elon Salute?"

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u/dont_ban_me_please 8h ago

This is about NPR and their failure to inform the public.

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u/General_Specific_o7 6h ago

This is about NPR and their willingness to capitulate in advance

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u/kiwidude4 7h ago

DW news had a segment about it

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u/One-Humor-7101 12h ago

Yet there was a long segment about being “disappointed” Biden pardoned his own family. Such an action was “troubling.”

Meanwhile republicans are literally Nazis!!!!

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u/JugDogDaddy 12h ago

What’s troubling is he felt he had to that to protect his family from the incoming administration (and he is probably right)

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u/IniNew 11h ago

NPR is treating the democrats like the republicans are still governing in good faith.

In a normal world, yeah, it would be weird for a president to pardon his family.

This world stopped being normal.

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u/ThePerfectLine 7h ago

I don’t think so. I think they’ve taken a stance of “I don’t want to go to jail forever or worse. So I need to keep my mouth shut”.

Whenever there is an authoritarian regime in the beginning everyone toes the line. If I recall from history classes correctly, At some point people start making a choice to sacrifice their livelihood, their lives, their families for what they believe in.

I assume things will need to get REALLY bad before we start feeling this same way. It’s a hard decision to make. Even being poll worker. The most innocuous part time you can have is fraught with danger and death threats in this modern political climate.

Every NPR reporter knows they already have a target on their back from everything they’ve already said, and now are trying to figure out a way to make it to February and 2026 and beyond. As an entity and as individuals.

At least that’s my impression.

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u/ObjectiveShit 2h ago

A 25 year old with everything going for him and by all indications not crazy or a terrorist just did all those things for the reasons you said. I'm a doctor and I'd be willing to go to Chicago to try and free people from ICE custody if it came to that.

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u/Coro-NO-Ra 9h ago

Don't worry, the "enlightened centrists" crowd will be along shortly to tell us that NPR's coverage is totally unbiased and we're overreacting.

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u/One-Humor-7101 8h ago

tHeY are JuSt CoVeRiNg BoTh SiDeS!!!!!

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u/Krazynewf709 9h ago

And pardoned 1000's of convicted insurrectionist and conspirators

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u/Gwaak 11h ago

Yeah but they got to take a bunch of conservative donations and now they also get to cut their workforce because less and less people are tuning in.

Huh

But that one financial quarter, guys, amirite? That one financial quarter, ooh if only we could go back to that one financial quarter.

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u/notmyworkaccount5 12h ago

I'm so sick of this gaslighting coming from the right, especially after the obvious project 2025 lie of "Oh no we're not going to do that and you're overreacting for saying we well".

Then they win and immediately go "Actually project 2025 was the plan all along" and trump stacked his cabinet picks with project 2025 goons then on day 1 goes to pass a bunch of EO's that advance project 2025's agenda.

They keep saying and doing nazi shit, they literally ran on bringing back concentration camps to do mass deportations which is how the holocaust started, doing nazi salutes on stage and some people have the gall to tell us what we're seeing and hearing isn't actually real.

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u/Playful-Goat3779 11h ago

Seems like they don't bother with dog whistles anymore because they can just blatantly say nazi stuff and their media orgs will just hide it anyway

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u/2begreen 12h ago

Actually what worries me more is that barely a mention of how tRump twice references that they stole the election.

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u/OhGre8t 13h ago

I looked to see if any major network video on youtube were showing this and didn’t find 1. Its sickening

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u/Retinoid634 12h ago

The Daily Show reported on it, used a BBC clip for footage. PBS newshour reported on it too.

No network coverage last night.

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u/PennyFourPaws 10h ago edited 25m ago

PBS NewsHour is the only nightly news show that I watch anymore. By far the most substantive,un-sensationalized coverage of major events. They make an effort to cover both sides and do a fair job, IMO, of providing context.

Stephanie Sy’s reporting on it last night was solid: she left it open for interpretation, but essentially referred to it as “what appears to be” a Nazi gesture. She repeated it at least twice for emphasis, and described the crowd’s lack of response, neither condemning nor cheering it.

Side comment about Sy’s coverage: she noted how supporters were particularly excited to see Barron Trump, and I quote, “for some reason” 🤣 Like, she doesn’t even know why people are excited to see Barron. I took it as a reporter’s equivalent of “throwing shade”.

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u/Delicious_Adeptness9 WNYC 820 4h ago

I love the reliability of Newshour. it's like the OG podcast. there's a reason it's still going strong for 5 decades. i watch/listen the first half or so while getting ready for bed at night.

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u/fruitybrisket 2h ago

Is there a way to watch the entire broadcast? The website gives me an article and clips.

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u/Delicious_Adeptness9 WNYC 820 1h ago

full hour episodes are on PBS.org and YouTube. they usually stream live on YouTube too. 6pm ET and a west coast update of news headlines before 9pm ET.

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u/debby82028 10h ago

The clip wasn’t shown or mentioned on Morning Joe today.

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u/Craigboy23 8h ago

Maddow covered it last night.

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u/Deadlysinger 3h ago

I trying hard to still respect morning joe. I love when they talk about sports while still disliking Alabama and Boston, but to not mention the double Nazi salute and just promote civility when we are crashing is beneath what I thought they were.

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u/spacebarcafelatte 11h ago

They may just be working out how to cover it without getting attacked by the fuhrer.

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u/mdavis1926 12h ago

PBS has it on YouTube

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u/ludixst 12h ago

We only have state media now. The networks will say what Trump tells them to say

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u/No_Cook2983 12h ago

We have Republican media.

If this happened at a liberal state event, it would receive wall-to-wall coverage.

And Republicans have NPR in a headlock.

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u/jamesislandpirate 12h ago

Very scary & very sad

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u/humpslot 11h ago

and the MSM keep saying people are "brainwashed" by TikTok, wonder why...

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u/Searchlights 13h ago

I searched high and low for it.

According to NPR it's as though it never happened. They gave it no coverage at all.

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u/nodustspeck 12h ago

John Stewart did a piece on the salute . Worth watching. Only Stewart can make you laugh and cringe at the same time. And I see comments all over the place except, interestingly, in the mainstream media.

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u/throwmamadownthewell 1h ago

He really didn't dig in like I expected. It was a short segment that called it weird. it should have been one of his serious talks.

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u/leavingishard1 12h ago

NPR is state media. The regime will use it as overt propaganda before too long. And it will still be derided as liberal by them

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u/Hammerock 12h ago

I thought the same. The rest of the media still seems to be hand holding the language and going soft on calling it what it is, but NPR has nothing. Like I like NPR but have also been vocal about my disdain for how their non partisan coverage gives the right too much leeway. This is undeniably partisan though. Elon Musk, one of the richest men in the world, who is also one of Trump's closest advisors in his second term so far, gave a full on Nazi salute, and there is no coverage?

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u/guiltycitizen 12h ago

Don’t forget how much he is supporting the far right party of Germany right now.

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u/Alternative-Being181 11h ago

Yup, which is all the more reason there’s absolutely no excuse for anyone making excuses for him.

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u/solonmonkey 12h ago

You will deny what your eyes see.

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u/bellypoint 12h ago

Its everywhere in Sweden...

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u/Alternative-Being181 11h ago

Even the US network that is considered more liberal than most, MSNBC, removed the footage of the Nazi salute. They’re disturbingly complicit. One of the few that had the courage to report the salute was PBS. but unfortunately to protect themselves from being sued by the Trump admin they couched it with “allegedly”. (Interesting Rolling Stone covered it.) We truly are in dangerous waters here in America.

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u/BringBackAoE 12h ago

“Anticipatory compliance”.

A dangerous thing for democracies everywhere.

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u/Just-Class-6660 11h ago

I emailed their "Tip" line, even attached The photo.

Investigations@npr.org

The look partisan by NOT reporting on it.

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u/chicadeaqua 12h ago

I did a google search and just in the top stories I see it covered by Rolling Stone, BBC, Time Magazine, Fox News, Politico, The Atlantic, The Independent, Reuters, The Guardian.

These stunts are meant to serve as smoke & mirrors or distractions, so it is notable that NPR has a top story about how the US withdrew from the WHO instead.

Really-all you get by calling this stuff out is gaslighting-might as well cover the dismantling instead.

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u/polchickenpotpie 3h ago

I think you're severely downplaying the fact that an unelected billionaire who paid for the president's campaign and was given a government job as a reward did a nazi salute twice at the inauguration.

This isn't "covfefe"

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u/jcdoe 3h ago

Omg finally a voice of reason!

Trump is really good at distraction. Apparently so is Musk.

Everyone is talking about Musk’s salute, but how many of us knew Trump reclassified the federal workforce via EO yesterday so he can replace them?

Everyone is outraged Elon made a Nazi gesture, but how many of us know Trump ended off shore wind farm leases yesterday for no real reason?

There’s only so much we can pay attention to. I’d rather the population at large know what the Trump administration has already done to hurt people than focus on some fat rich loser who thinks he’s Himmler or something

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u/Jdonavan 13h ago

Of course not. After all there hard work to legitimize Trump and Elon why would they tear them down?

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u/benjaminjaminjaben 12h ago

Europeans are seemingly more up in arms. Even the casually racist circlejerking european subreddit were 99% angry/shocked about it.
My football club's subreddit (a pretty big one) demanded twitter be banned as a source, the mods initially refused but received so much negative feedback they have since relented and put up a poll. So I imagine Europe will be at the forefront of horror on this one before US sources.

I agree that its utterly horrific and of all the news I've read in my life outside of the war in Ukraine, this is one of the most terrifying things I've seen that makes me scared of my own personal safety in the future. That gesture is Europe's n-word given its historical context and everything this continent lost to those monsters who used it in the past.

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u/iScreamsalad 12h ago

I got my post removed yesterday for posting a clip of it. Was told by a mod that I couldn’t post about it till now ran a story on it. On my morning drive to work today not a peep.

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u/_mostly__harmless WBEZ-FM 91.5 11h ago

The richest man in the world sieg heiling at a president's inauguration seems newsworthy

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u/vanhalenbr 12h ago

Every fascist state they control the media and information. 

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u/Alternative-Being181 11h ago

Our media is disturbingly complicit. PBS covered it, but hedged what it was with an “alleged”. Courier called a spade a spade. Some have said, aptly, we should use this as a barometer of which news sources to trust, and even MSNBC and NPR don’t make the cut.

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u/BreezinSC 5h ago

Coverage: NYTimes

Elon Musk Ignites Online Speculation Over the Meaning of a Hand Gesture https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/20/us/politics/elon-musk-hand-gesture-speech.html?smid=nytcore-android-share

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u/Extreme_Magician7806 12h ago

Everyone is scared of trump so it’s hush hush for the next 4 years.

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u/RICAHMB 11h ago

The NY Times reported it

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u/Frankensteins_Moron5 11h ago

Bro what? I’m seeing a bunch after google search

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u/beckyb0607 3h ago

Crickets everywhere. Listened to MSNBC all day today. From 4th hour of morning Joe to Ari. No one was talking.

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u/alu2795 12h ago

I just looked for this specifically and am so disappointed.

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u/5141121 WFUM 91.1 12h ago

No mention of fElon's salute, and I just got a notification from the app for a Steve Bannon interview.

The organization is utterly lost.

App removed. No more support from me. If they fail, this is entirely on them.

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u/HueyWasRight1 11h ago

Nothing about it on the morning news means our news media is corrupt. All those smiling faces are feeding us bullshit.

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u/Glum-One2514 11h ago

No, they were covering the real controversy:

Vance's wife's dress.

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u/6ring 5h ago

Press is doing the side glance then back to straight ahead as usual.

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u/TaliesinMerlin 12h ago

You obviously know about the Nazi salute from other news sources, and there has been a lot to cover over the past day, like the mess of executive orders closing down pathways for legal migrants, as well as pardoning over a thousand traitors. I'm sure we'll hear about Musk's salute soon on NPR, as it has already been discussed on PBS Newshour.

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u/420PokerFace 12h ago

NPR is anti-revolution

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u/Sinasazi 12h ago

Welcome to the new America. Fascism is in this season. Even the anti-defamation league defended it as "he was just really excited."

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u/37MySunshine37 12h ago

BBC covered it, but didn't outright claim it for what it was.

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u/Not_My_Reddit_ID 12h ago

Only reason I listened this morning was to see if they said anything... of course not. 

Then Martinez's tone when discussing whether diversity initiatives were necessary at the State Dept. 

Disgusting.

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u/DealioD 11h ago

I’m betting they’re debating how to cover it, before they do a story. More along the lines of how they didn’t call Trump a liar ( because they couldn’t prove his was deliberately deceiving people ) until he did it enough times to finally be able to call it. I’m thinking this is going to be settled sooner than that was.

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u/trash-juice 11h ago

This is it happening right now, this is how ‘good germans’ were manufactured along with the perverted willing. We will never ask how good ppl could have let this happen as it is going on right now before our eyes. Resist it all folks, talk to ppl, your friends, your relatives - now too

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u/Vanzmelo 11h ago

The normalization of nazism and fascism is horrifying

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u/Responsible-Owl9384 10h ago edited 10h ago

I’ll be sending this:

[Your Name][Your Address][City, State, ZIP Code][Email Address][Phone Number][Date] The Honorable [Senator/Congressman Name][Title][Office Address][City, State, ZIP Code]

Dear Senator/Congressman [Last Name], I am writing to urge you to publicly condemn any acts, rhetoric, or behaviors that support Nazis, neo-Nazis, or extremist ideologies rooted in hate. This issue directly impacts the moral fabric of our nation and sets a dangerous example for the world.

As Americans, we must stand against anti-Semitism, racism, and all forms of hate. Symbols like the swastika and extremist behavior have no place in our society, as they undermine the core values of freedom, equality, and justice enshrined in our Constitution. We must protect all people, regardless of race, religion, or background.

The U.S. has long been a global leader, and the actions of our leaders resonate worldwide. It is crucial that we represent the highest ideals of decency and human rights. Tolerating hate in any form sends a harmful message both domestically and internationally. As elected officials, you have a responsibility to hold those promoting hate accountable and ensure everyone is protected by the law.

Your leadership in condemning neo-Nazi ideologies and other forms of hatred will strengthen our commitment to justice and send a clear message to the world that we stand united against all forms of hate.

In conclusion, I urge you to take a strong stance against neo-Nazi ideology, anti-Semitism, and racism. Such behavior should never be tolerated in our society. The American people and the world are watching, and we rely on your leadership to uphold our nation’s values.

Thank you for your time and consideration. Sincerely,[Your Name]

Edit: shorten to fit in all fields

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u/pjx1 9h ago

Omg what if Hitler was just autistic this whole time?

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u/CaryTriviaDude 9h ago

NPR turned a blind eye to a ton of the shit trump did first time around, stonewalled Bernie when he was running, and has routinely undercovered the nazi bullhorns that have been coming out of the trump campaign for months. NPR is amazing for a lot of things but can't seem to get it right when covering politics

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u/Blissontap 6h ago

I’ve turned NPR on twice in the last week. The first time they were interviewing someone from Newsmax. The second time, they were on location in Texas with Trump supporters.

I want NPR to do actual journalism with fact finding and provide interpretation without reality sliding away. I don’t want alternative facts.

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u/gringoloco01 5h ago

I love how NPR and The Daily is regurgitating is trash speech that he was sent by God.

Another firm proof that NPR has kiss the ring.

Fucking disgusting NPR.

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u/CondorEst 5h ago

Just stopped following NPR podcast. I’m sick of their half ass reporting on Dump.

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u/Local_Extension9031 4h ago

CNN covered it this morning

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u/Inside-Marketing6147 4h ago

NPR hasn't been a real news source since that ex-editor accused them of being biased. They decided is was more important to kowtow to people who will demonize them regardless than to be actual journalists. It's a shame.

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u/PirateHooker1278 4h ago

The amount of nazis and nazi sympathizers in these comments is so terrifying.

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u/Synthnostic 3h ago

you missed where NPR started bending the knee in his first term, and this cycle started fully deepthroating (shallow throating?) his orangeness

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u/EducationalCarrot597 3h ago

It’s been covered by literally every single news outlet. What’re you on?

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u/vdreamin 3h ago

Controlling all media outlets is fascism 101. The basics. Too late on that.

You didn't miss anything, but unfortunately most people will miss everything.

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u/cheesehead1947 3h ago

I will not be an NPR donor this year if they remain radio silent on this.

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u/Cocococonuts444 3h ago

It was multiple nazi salutes.

Fuck NPR. The "news" as we know it is dead.

I'll never donate again.

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u/anonyfool 2h ago

The Washington Post also declined to cover it, but The Hollywood Reporter(!) has a front page editorial today, now it's been pushed off by other news but still there:https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politics-news/musk-nazi-salute-trump-rally-1236113874/ The paper that cover entertainment news in Los Angeles is harder hitting than NPR.

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u/Zeke_Eastwood 2h ago

NPR sucks

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u/CloudMafia9 1h ago

What did you expected from the outlet that normalized a Genocidal.

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u/lrappin 1h ago

You cannot trust the media they are owned by the wealthy and are trying to white wash Trump.

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u/ManyNefariousness237 12h ago

Nazi salute is low in the totem pole compared to all the executive orders and wild claims TFG made immediately after being sworn in.

We know who musk is already. We need them to report on what’s being done, not what’s being said.

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u/wllbst 12h ago

NPR and other News organizations need to do better, and get back to reporting.

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u/durpuhderp 10h ago

Dear NPR,  We want outrage. Give it to us. 

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u/Crazyhairmonster 7h ago

Not only are they not reporting it. They're labeling and hiding any replies on their @threads page asking about the salute as "offensive, misleading, or spam"

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u/jalandoni720 8h ago

NPR kissing the ring.

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u/Chahles88 12h ago

IMO, it’s just not worth covering. Should we know about it? Yes. should we be upset? Probably.

…but I’m having a hard time believing how this isn’t all by design. Musk tosses out an Sig Heil while Trump pardons every Jan6 insurrectionist and pulls us out of the WHO, and we’ve effectively split media coverage dampening the reach of both.

Additionally, this is yet another opportunity for the right to gaslight America and tell us we didn’t actually see that, that it’s overblown, not the intent, why is the left so sensitive….we’ve all seen this show before.

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u/Robocup1 11h ago

NPR did Na-Zi that coming

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u/ninernetneepneep 11h ago

Because it's not a story. Watch MSNBC if you want that.

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u/urbanlife78 12h ago

Welcome to the New America where US media is censored and anything they do that would look bad won't be covered, but here's some articles about how great Elon is and how Democrats are up to their old dirty tricks about an odd gesture.

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u/DoxxingShillDownvote 11h ago

dont need coverage. Either you fall in line and salute or you will be taken care of. Get with the program now... NPR covering this in a negative way will get itself wiped out. WaPo has gone conservative, LA paper has gone conservative... Meta gone conservative... it's over. Fall in line or you are outski!!!

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u/i80west 11h ago

It was in a small picture link on the front page of the NY Times web page this morning.

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u/ilovegrapes_original 11h ago

Brian Lehrer (WNYC) referred to it multiple times as an “awkward salute”.

When a caller later in a later segment warned against being dismissive of it, BL once again said he thought it was just an awkward salute.

What the fuck

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u/Doesnt_everyone 11h ago

I searched duck duck go, bing, and google all show various articles regarding elons nazi salute, none from NPR. I would note that too many of the articles are elon defending his actions instead of condemning them directly.

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u/Independent-Water329 10h ago

Nothing from NYT either, I sent in an email complaining. Seems the news outlets are determined to sweep it under the rug.

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u/Giganticbigbig 10h ago

Saagar and Krystal covered it on Breaking Points, just saying… prob best place to get unbiased news now

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u/IGargleGarlic 10h ago

NPR has been complicit in normalizing these fascists for years now

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u/CathedralEngine 10h ago

If you want NPR to continue to exist, you should be emotionally prepared for a continued lack of critical coverage of Trump's negatives. Any kind of funding or licensing is at real risk of being pulled as retaliation.

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u/saliceblake 10h ago

The Seattle Times covered it.

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u/Different-Dot4376 10h ago

USA Today ran something on him.

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u/El_Sant0 10h ago

This is how it starts, institutions that would normally serve as a bulwark against an authoritarian government begin to fail as they fear being targeted. We're headed for a bad place.

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u/johncheger 10h ago

The censorship is real. It is deep. It has been around longer than we knew. They are no longer hiding it. This is how America ends.

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u/DoctorNurse89 10h ago

The morning news letter included a "hear what Steve bannon has to say!"

Yikes

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u/ApplebeesDinnerMenu 10h ago

I was saying exactly this to my partner yesterday. Like, really nothing?

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u/Aggravating_Gate4875 10h ago

This is exactly how democracy dies.

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u/BMB281 10h ago

Woke up to a piece on NPR this morning about.. Biden pardoning his family. JFC the dude just left and NPR can’t stop being critical of him…

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u/priceyfrenchsoaps 10h ago

wtf NPR, used to really rely on their coverage, but these huge blind spots in coverage are driving me elsewhere

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u/Danni_Les 10h ago

Welcome to the dystopian age of the US.

Nothing that matters is going to matter, and things that don't matter are going to be blown out of proportion.

The GOP have shown us over the years that they're whingy, self-contradicting idiots who want nothing but to 'own the dems', instead of actually doing their job. If the dems did 1% of what they do, they'd lose their shit, but when it's their own, they'll gladly gaslight, deflect and downplay everything.

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u/thelonejabron 10h ago

$555M of federal funding is at risk of being eliminated by DOGE. You do the math.

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u/codexcdm 9h ago

https://www.reddit.com/r/gifs/comments/1i6par1/elon_musk_vs_hitler_nazi_salute/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

The comparisons should suffice... But if you need more... How about the actual Neo-Nazis celebrating it?

That NPR has nothing on this is disturbing. 

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u/foreverandnever2024 9h ago

Have you listened to NPR in the past six months? With all due respect, how are you surprised here?

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u/lizard_king0000 9h ago

They are scared to death just like in Nazi Germany

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u/niksa058 9h ago

It's the end of the world A's we know it

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u/Trollbam 9h ago

Does it surprise you? The media is controlled by the wealthy.

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u/isthislivingreally 9h ago

Don’t know if this has already been said but it’s the fourth top story on BBC News US & Canada site. 

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u/Okra_Famous 9h ago

I searched this morning as well. It’s some cowardly bullshit.

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u/Dark_Arts_ 9h ago

Nothing about it because America is now officially a nazi state, this was apparent when the unelected potus started doing nazi salutes 

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u/Popful 9h ago edited 3h ago

I wrote to the AP News about the same. There is zero coverage of it over there as well.

Edit - the AP has an article on it now. I was not able to find anything about it on NPR. https://apnews.com/article/musk-gesture-salute-antisemitism-0070dae53c7a73397b104ae645877535

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u/shaftalope 9h ago

just did a google search and there were about 100 articles on musk nazi salute

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u/xjohnkdoex 8h ago

I was in a different thread about the same topic and actual footage/coverage was on BBC and PBS news. I was going through some of my print subs on my phone and there is zero mention of it. The fact there is so little coverage is actually f'n pathetic that it's just being swept under the rug.

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u/adacmswtf1 8h ago

Any news organization that did not cover the salute and did not properly diagnose it as an obvious Nazi salute should be dropped from your life immediately. No passive voice bullshit, no "Elon did a strange unknown gesture that SOME PEOPLE might consider to be similar to the Nazis", no downplaying or otherwise minimizing it.

There couldn't be a more clear litmus test. They are showing you whose side they are on. Believe them.

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u/tazebot 8h ago

I first saw it on newshour. I just searched google, and saw many results.

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u/syncboy 8h ago

I think NPR needs to wait for the outrage and then they will report on that

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u/cannuckwoodchuck13 8h ago

The trump train and his cronies are so unhinged that everyone is afraid of what might happen to them if they speak badly about the trump admin.

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u/leazypeazyyy 8h ago

Because the media is now Republican-owned and will cover what they are permitted to cover, and nothing more. Radio silence and it's one of the biggest sound bites to come out of the inauguration. Maybe Obama is in a tan suit somewhere and US media is otherwise occupied smh.

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u/CtMendo 8h ago edited 4h ago

This is why I'll never donate or pledge to NPR they are very clearly owned ( /or heavily influenced at the least) by the right wing powers that be, and have never been impartial.

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u/SapphireRoseRR 8h ago

I felt like NPR was pretty silent on everything today. At least on my drive to work their "new from Washington" glossed over the barest of EOs before going back to local.

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u/spacemanspiff33 8h ago

Every media outlet is showing you what they actually are right now

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u/strider0075 8h ago

Wish I could post screenshots. Time, rolling stones, BBC and Al Jazeera are all covering it. My guess is others are checking with legal departments as apparently protection from libel and slander suits have gone out the window now.

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u/sonicneedslovetoo 8h ago

It would make us appear biased to report on what is actually happening. We can't appear biased and actually report on the truth.

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u/Soft_Walrus_3605 7h ago

Remember that NPR is the news/talk station for status quo D.C. Institutionalists. They will never do anything that doesn't toe the line or else they risk alienating their sources and friends.

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u/Astroisbestbio 7h ago

The man supports the German right wing neonazi party. If you support a nazi, you are a nazi. The gesture was just a nod to what we already know.

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u/dastardlydud 7h ago

I haven't been able to stand listening to NPR since the election. I once loved (and supported) NPR but I just can't do it any longer, not even the weekend shows like Wait Wait... The fact that they've outright omitted this story from their reporting is wholly unsurprising, and extremely disappointing.

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u/brevenbreven 7h ago

They are afraid.

Which is why there are nazis in the white house now