NPR One Adds Podcasts From Across Political Spectrum, Aiming At Combating 'Media Echo Chamber' Effect

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NPR ONE, the customizable streaming audio app, is adding podcasts from across the American political spectrum in an effort to break up what NPR calls the "media echo chamber." Among the shows being added are podcasts from liberal producers like VOX (including "THE EZRA KLEIN SHOW") and CROOKED MEDIA ("POD SAVE AMERICA") and conservative producers like RICOCHET ("THE RICOCHET PODCAST") and NATIONAL REVIEW ("THE EDITORS").

“More often than not media filters can measure what content you like and just feed you more and more of the same thing -- until you are left with just one point of view,” said NPR ONE Managing Dir. TAMAR CHARNEY. “While social media tends to reinforce our media bubble, NPR ONE will do the opposite. We are broadening your perspectives by purposefully offering podcast selections that are ideologically different than what you normally listen to.”

“Busting filter bubbles is a key part of our public service mission,” said SVP/News MICHAEL ORESKES. “NPR ONE prides itself on editorial responsibility. This application is designed to provide listeners with critical news and information as well as diverse perspectives. Our mission has always focused on creating a more informed public, and we are committed to providing balanced coverage that offers listeners greater breadth and the serendipity of discovering something new. We can all gain a better understanding of the important debates we are having in this country by bridging the partisan divides.”

"The Vox audience is driven by a deep curiosity about the world and a desire to better understand the news of the day,” said VOX  Dir./Programming ALLISON ROCKEY. “NPR ONE’s mission to deliver diverse perspectives will be a great service to our listeners, and we’re excited to be a part of it."

“In the five years we've been building the RICOCHET AUDIO NETWORK, we've often described ourselves as and aspired to be the ‘center-right NPR.’ So it's very cool to finally actually be on NPR,” said ROCOCHET AUDIO NETWORK CEO SCOTT IMMERGUT.

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