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‘It’s bad and you should feel bad’: NPR blasted for interviewing white nationalist Jason Kessler
National Public Radio is facing a storm of criticism from left-leaning journalists after airing an interview with Charlotesville rally organizer Jason Kessler, not so much over what he said but that he got to speak at all.
An interview with Kessler, which ran just under seven minutes, was aired Friday on NPR’s Morning Edition. Within hours, it was angrily denounced by ThinkProgress, which accused NPR of giving Kessler a platform to “peddle junk ‘race science’” and of “implying” moral equivalence by following it up with an interview with a Black Lives Matter activist.
That NPR interview with Unite the Right organizer Jason Kessler is bad and everyone involved should feel bad.
— Andrea González-Ramírez (@andreagonram) August 10, 2018
Huge mistake putting Jason Kessler in the air with a reporter unable/unwilling to challenge him. He got millions in free ad time to promote his hate thanks to you. Don’t call me for donations this fall @NPRhttps://t.co/skW0WxLBkA
— (((MADMUMO))) (@madmommadmom) August 10, 2018
we already know what jason kessler thinks. we’ve heard his words. more importantly, we’ve seen the consequences of his actions.
we’re so far past needing to hear “both sides” of this narrative.
this isn’t journalism. it’s active support of a violent white supremacist agenda. https://t.co/eQ0StufigU
— molly
