National Public Radio launched a “special” series Monday on its news program Morning Edition, “The State of the First Amendment: The Right from Which All Other Rights Flow.” In an 11-minute story, anchor Leila Fadel cast nasty aspersions against conservative free speech advocates. They’re….hate speech advocates?
It would have been nice to see the taxpayer-funded media actually support the First Amendment after several years in which it sided with social media outlets shutting down the free expression of conservative views. Unfortunately, that’s not what we get.
But first, some left-wing paranoia.
LEILA FADEL: We’ve been talking to Americans across the country who are worried –worried they may be losing a fundamental right. So many are so nervous talking about it that our conversations would start like this…
FADEL: Would you be comfortable…