David Greene, the former host of NPR’s All Things Considered, is struggling to reconcile his deep and commendable civic convictions with the demands of the journalistic enterprise. He’s in luck; these two creedal associations are not in conflict with one another. At least, not unless he needs them to be. But Greene seems to have determined that, when it comes to Donald Trump, one or the other has to go.
“I, as a journalist, believe in democracy. I support democracy,” Greene told the hosts of the Left, Right & Center podcast. And if democracy is on the ballot in 2024, as the Biden campaign insists, it’s incumbent on those who share his affinity for popular self-government to join the side they’re already on.
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