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Steve Inskeep
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Steve Inskeep writes Differ We Must, a personal blog at steveinskeep.substack.com about politics and writing. Since 2023, 6 different Hacker News readers have linked it 7 times, most often “How My NPR colleague failed at "viewpoint diversity"”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-26, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (5) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Steve Inskeep's Substack for his rebuttal to NPR colleague Uri Berliner's article on NPR's coverage. Comments cite the piece as the counterpoint to Berliner's claims.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 5 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
The first draft of history, and some later drafts too.
Most-linked posts?
- How My NPR colleague failed at "viewpoint diversity"4 people · 5 mentions · first linked 2024-04-16
What Hacker News says?
If you are going to reference Uri's interview, you should also reference the response from his former colleagues: https://steveinskeep.substack.com/p/how-my-npr-colleague-fai...
Comment linking /p/how-my-npr-colleague-failed-at-viewpoint
on “Corporation for Public Broadcasting ceasing operations”Submitted How My NPR colleague failed at "viewpoint diversity" as a story · 7 points
HN discussionFor the record, Uri story is not corroborated and doesn't seem to be in good faith. https://steveinskeep.substack.com/p/how-my-npr-colleague-fai... > When I asked Uri, he said he “couldn’t care less” that I am not a Democrat. He said the important thing was the “aggregate”—exactly what his 87-0 misrepresented by leaving out people like me. While it’s widely believed that most mainstream journalists are Democrats, I’…
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on “Corporation for Public Broadcasting ceasing operations”Submitted Who’s Left to Tell the Story? as a story · 1 points
HN discussionhttps://steveinskeep.substack.com/p/how-my-npr-colleague-fai...
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on “NPR suspends veteran editor as it grapples with his public criticism”Seems this editors article needs to be better fact checked https://steveinskeep.substack.com/p/how-my-npr-colleague-fai...
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on “NPR suspends veteran editor as it grapples with his public criticism”> It this a punishment that is always applied; or used selectively? Steve Inskeep, a fellow NPR journalist, published a rebuttal on his own Substack[0] to Uri Berliner's article. Considering that Inskeep's Substack is also for profit (meaning people must pay a subscription to read non-public articles), it seems that unless he is also suspended, there is in fact selective enforcement. [0]: https://steveinskeep.substa…
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on “NPR suspends veteran editor as it grapples with his public criticism”