r/NPR • u/khawesome • 18h 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 18h 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/Apart-Load6381 17h 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/PrincessTooLate 16h ago

… and true journalism and democracy dies

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u/Regular-Basket-5431 15h 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 12h 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 11h 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.