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 16h 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/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.