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peterboghossian
Posted - September 18, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Saved - September 19, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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I've been analyzing NPR's portrayal of Antifa, which seems aimed at normalizing the group. The reporting connects Antifa members to everyday people, a tactic I see as normalization. There's also a trend of discrediting critics by linking them to negative figures, which I refer to as concept-sullying. Antifa is further ennobled by contrasting it with its enemies, such as white nationalists and Nazis. Engaging in discussions about ideological bias often leads to being labeled as a right winger, which is frustrating.

@peterboghossian - Peter Boghossian

All Things Reconsidered National Public Radio (NPR) has spent decades attempting to normalize antifa. This story and analysis are just one example. Their underhanded journalistic maneuvers are on full display in a bewildering story aimed at softening Antifa’s public image. 1/4

@WhiteHouse - The White House

🚨 "I am pleased to inform our many U.S.A. Patriots that I am designating ANTIFA, A SICK, DANGEROUS, RADICAL LEFT DISASTER, AS A MAJOR TERRORIST ORGANIZATION..." - President Donald J. Trump https://t.co/irLHCkrX1n

@peterboghossian - Peter Boghossian

The NPR reporter begins by connecting Antifa members to regular people in your neighborhood: students, health workers, families, and clergy. This is called “normalization.” 2

@peterboghossian - Peter Boghossian

Next up we have concept-sullying, wherein the reporter smears people critical of Antifa with dirty connections to bad things and bad people, like Fox News and William Barr. 3

@peterboghossian - Peter Boghossian

Antifa is then ennobled by identifying its enemies: White nationalists, Richard Spencer, and (of course) Nazis. 4 With @aliveness_ape https://youtu.be/yY6cW30EUJ8?si=z1E7KblJlSUjYEl0

@peterboghossian - Peter Boghossian

@Real_SF apparently pointing out ideological bias makes one a right winger

@peterboghossian - Peter Boghossian

@Wag49769Wagner Sure I did. It's right here: https://t.co/twDIXqSbOh

@peterboghossian - Peter Boghossian

Antifa is then ennobled by identifying its enemies: White nationalists, Richard Spencer, and (of course) Nazis. 4 With @aliveness_ape https://youtu.be/yY6cW30EUJ8?si=z1E7KblJlSUjYEl0

@peterboghossian - Peter Boghossian

@whirledaway Yes. Countless hours for the series. We did it so you don't have to! @aliveness_ape

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