Conservatives and journalists were quick to criticize NPR’s new “disinformation reporting team” on Saturday as many pointed to the outlet’s initial dismissal of the Hunter Biden laptop story and more.
NPR’s Nancy Barnes, SVP of News and Editorial Director, and Terence Samuel, VP and Executive Editor, announced in a note to their newsroom staff that they were launching a “disinformation reporting team.”
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Fox News contributor Mollie Hemingway also responded to the news, saying that NPR has been “little other than a disinformation team for many years.”
Many others also contended that the outlet’s “disinformation team” has been “up and running for years.”
Following the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, NPR tweeted the news and described the leader as a “divisive arch-conservative.”
Conservatives slammed the outlet and many called to defund NPR for the description. The outlet deleted their original tweet and instead referred to Abe as an “ultranationalist” rather than “divisive arch-conservative” in a new tweet.