Former NPR Host Asks Whether Journalists Can ‘Believe in Democracy Without Being Pro-Biden’

Former NPR All Things Considered host David Greene, in comments flagged by the conservative media watchdog group Newsbusters, asked in his latest podcast whether journalists can “believe in democracy without being pro-Biden.”

Greene said in his recent “Left, Right & Center” podcast, which is part of the NPR Network, “I, as a journalist, believe in democracy. I support democracy.” He went on:

I believe in a free press. I believe in democracy. I believe that Donald Trump is very transparently and pretty brazenly, um, acting anti-democratic in a lot of ways right now — when he talks about his plans to dismantle institutions, to pack the federal bureaucracy with people who support him. I mean, he has praised authoritarian leaders around the world. So I think the bind that a lot of journalists are in is, how can we be passionate believers in democracy and not be biased in a presidential election?

Greene said he knows “voters get to decide,” but thinks reporters have to describe the “stakes” of the 2024 presidential election, asking, “Can you believe in democracy without being pro-Biden?”

A Left-leaning guest on the podcast, Democratic strategist Mo Elleithee, pushed back on Greene, saying, “The second you say Donald Trump is anti-democratic, you immediately are going to feed into this narrative” that the press is biased.

Trump has long called certain media outlets an “ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE!”

Listen to the “Left, Right & Center” podcast above.