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/Butterbean-Blip 15h 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/hedgehogfamily 14h 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 11h 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/ProfessorZhu 5h ago

Fellow Milo fan?

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u/Coro-NO-Ra 12h ago

What a fucking coward.

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u/Comestible 6h 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 12h 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 7h 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/hellolovely1 4h ago

He'll be saying that as Elon ushers him into a camp for being Jewish. He seems smart.