NPR's coverage of Clinton's campaign, on pretty much any given day

[Orrex]

This is a paraphrase, but you'll hear more or less the same thing at least once daily. I heard it yesterday afternoon during my commute home and again this morning on my commute to work. Today's propaganda catapulter was Fox News commentator Mara Liasson, who basically had this to say:

Un-trust-worthy. That's the impression that voters have about Hillary Clinton, that she's untrustworthy and she's dishonest. And why do they think that she's untrustworthy? Because of a long history of statements and actions that lead people to question her honesty. And the sense that she can't be trusted is hurting her numbers against Trump. He may poll poorly in matters of foreign policy, but Clinton's impression of untrustworthiness is making the race much closer than it might otherwise be.

And it's not just that voters think she's untrustworthy. Her handling of Benghazi and the email scandal create an air of dishonesty that voters find highly problematic, making her seem untrustworthy. How will this perceived untrustworthiness affect her chances in November? That's not yet clear, but voters tend to gravitate toward the more trustworthy candidate, and at the moment that's not Clinton.

So what can Clinton do to convince voters that she's trustworthy? That's up to her, but she needs to avoid making statements that appear dishonest, because these will only serve to distract from her message.

At this stage of any primary campaign, "untrustworthy" is the last thing you want to be, but right now a majority of voters consider Clinton untrustworthy, and she's going to have to deal with that.

Whatever else is going on in the world, NPR wants "untrustworthy" to be the first word that pops into our heads when we talk about Clinton. That mantra has been sounding in the echo chamber for weeks, and there's no sign that it will fade any time soon.

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1. With that kind of storyline they

Just keep perpetuating the myth...

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2. Vague generalities with nothing to back them up

Weird. That passes for journalism?

Almost all journalists today are stuck on the idea they can influence things. Not interested in just reporting.

[PdxSean]

3. Off works.

NPR took a hard turn to the right in recent years. My radio still stays on NPR, but I quickly turn it off now when NPR "discusses" politics.

[Orrex]

4. Cokie Roberts of al people recently got it right.

She more or less declared Trump unqualified for the job, which is manifestly true by any measure, and yet NPR had to foreground its outrage that a respected commentator might actually, you know, comment.


Welcome to DU!

[Katashi_itto]

11. I stopped contributing to National Petroleum Radio years ago.

[Buzz Clik]

6. A link to that quote would be awesome.

[Orrex]

7. Well... From the OP:

This is a paraphrase, but you'll hear more or less the same thing at least once daily.

[Buzz Clik]

8. I heard Liasson's comments, and they had context you didn't provide.

She was talking about how the GOP would be framing the argument, not what she thought.

That's really important, and not a small omission on your part.

[Orrex]

9. But that's the narrative every day

Also, her framing of the story deliberately foregrounded the "untrustworthy" mantra when she clearly could have reported in a more objective manner.

That's really important, and not a small failure on her part.

[Sunlei]

10. NPR had a good interview yesterday with an insider about republican front runners NJ casino 'deal' &

his main mentor the McCarthy era 'friend' , only casino license he ever got through the 'NJ regulators' was the one in NJ. Must have had good 'connections' in NJ.