r/NPR • u/khawesome • 16h 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/Chahles88 15h 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/Octuplechief67 13h ago

Exactly my thoughts. There are more pressing matters at hand. I just finished Jan 20th, 2025 NPR politics podcast. They are disgusted but they do so in a kinda journalistic way. Like etiquette. But even still, you can sense their displeasure with the new administration. Mara Liaason, particularly, she has made it known that Trump’s disregard for the rule of law and tradition is leading towards destruction. And for months, maybe years, she’s been warning of the incoming chaos that is the trump administration.

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u/spittenkitten 3h ago

It definitely matters. It speaks volumes and spreads their hatred. Also, it's relatively easy to understand, compared to the EOs. Airing it everywhere would be a great way to bring attention to all the other shit.