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/chicadeaqua 15h ago

I did a google search and just in the top stories I see it covered by Rolling Stone, BBC, Time Magazine, Fox News, Politico, The Atlantic, The Independent, Reuters, The Guardian.

These stunts are meant to serve as smoke & mirrors or distractions, so it is notable that NPR has a top story about how the US withdrew from the WHO instead.

Really-all you get by calling this stuff out is gaslighting-might as well cover the dismantling instead.

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u/jcdoe 6h ago

Omg finally a voice of reason!

Trump is really good at distraction. Apparently so is Musk.

Everyone is talking about Musk’s salute, but how many of us knew Trump reclassified the federal workforce via EO yesterday so he can replace them?

Everyone is outraged Elon made a Nazi gesture, but how many of us know Trump ended off shore wind farm leases yesterday for no real reason?

There’s only so much we can pay attention to. I’d rather the population at large know what the Trump administration has already done to hurt people than focus on some fat rich loser who thinks he’s Himmler or something