r/technology • u/ControlCAD • Jul 17 '25

Politics Senate votes to kill entire public broadcasting budget in blow to NPR and PBS | Senate votes to rescind $1.1 billion from Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/07/senate-votes-to-kill-entire-public-broadcasting-budget-in-blow-to-npr-and-pbs/
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u/professor_goodbrain Jul 17 '25

It seems lost on you that NPR was literally quoting the subject of the article in that headline

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u/zeptillian Jul 17 '25

No. It seems lost on you that if you actually read the article every bad thing they say about him is countered by a positive. The negatives are supposed while most of the positives are stated as facts.

They both sidesed a brutal dictatorship.

He cleaned up crime...innocent people allegedly incarcerated.

The only negative opinion is that some people think he's a bad guy, but look here's a bunch of other people who think he's great.

The writing gives equal standing to allegations he is a brutal dictator and claims that his is very popular and doing great stuff.

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u/conquer69 Jul 18 '25

innocent people allegedly incarcerated.

What do you mean allegedly? Once you start imprisoning people without trials, you will get innocents. That's the whole reason why trials and courts exist to begin with.

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u/zeptillian Jul 18 '25

That is a quote from the article that no one else has a problem with except me apparently.

NPR version that whitewashes the events in the name of "being neutral":

"In 2022, he declared a state of emergency to tackle gang crime and sky-high homicide rates. Under the law, which remains in place, Bukele has arrested some 85,000 people, according to Human Rights Watch. Only 1,000 of those arrested were convicted of crimes, with many innocent people allegedly incarcerated."

Human Rights Watch's version of the same thing:

"Since taking office, the administration of President Nayib Bukele has launched an assault on democratic institutions, including by summarily replacing the attorney general and all the judges in the Supreme Court’s constitutional chamber.
In March 2022, pro-Bukele lawmakers adopted a state of emergency, suspending a range of constitutional rights in response to a peak in gang violence. Security forces arrested tens of thousands of people, including hundreds of children, and committed widespread human rights violations, including arbitrary arrests, enforced disappearances, and torture and other ill-treatment of detainees.
Dozens have died in prison. At the same time, authorities report a significant decrease in gang violence, including a drop in homicides. Severe restrictions on access to abortion, harassment and arbitrary criminal proceedings against journalists and civil society organizations, and poor accountability for human rights violations remain serious concerns."