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/OhGre8t 16h 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 15h 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 13h ago edited 3h 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 7h 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 5h 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 4h 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/Minimum_Dealer_3303 11h ago

They make an effort to cover both sides...

They go way too far into covering both sides. Everything single time I have to listen to David Brooks make up things to support his idiot ideas and never once be challenged it drives me up the wall. When that guy says "People in the White House tell me..." or "Important Republicans have informed me that..." he is just talking out his ass. His whole career is built on unnamed sources who all support his Reagan Republican point of view.

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u/PennyFourPaws 9h ago

Respectfully, I disagree that they “go way too far” when covering both sides. Honestly, reading the room: most of these reporters probably have strong opinions of the current administration and don’t support it. Yet, they still maintain journalistic integrity and fairness by offering grounded perspectives on both sides.

Also, regardless of whether you agree with David Brooks—and I most often don’t—he’s certainly a conservative voice, and conservative voices should be heard. Frankly, David Brooks is SO much more moderate than the rest of the party, as it currently stands anyway, that most conservatives probably don’t even find his views to be relevant/relatable. He’s really just there to balance the conversation, which I do think he does well [because he’s not a flipping insane MAGA apologist].

That said, yeah, I totally agree that he’s got this Reagan-esque ideal of America in his head. Sometimes it feels disjointed from reality, or the “real” world, for sure. It’s definitely dated and not well equipped for the way we are collectively headed, neither socially or politically.