How disability is treated
NPRHow disability is treated A story provokes ire and joy Enlarge this image Carlos Carmonamedina for NPR Public Editor Carlos Carmonamedina for NPR Public Editor When journalists frame a story, they create a hidden structure of assumptions to support the premise. "In the case of this story, this was a family the parents of this child didn't necessarily see the chair as something freeing for their loved one," Alfonso said. The written version of the referenced story from All Things Considered described the Economic Policy Institute as "left-leaning" — though the think tank says it is nonpartisan. We did a search and found examples of NPR and member station journalists also using the terms "right-leaning" and "right-wing" on All Things Considered: In a June story about Republicans' effort to weaponize immigration ahead of the midterm elections, All Things Considered host Ari Shapiro said: "Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is escalating his clash with the White House over unaccompanied migrant children who cross the southern border without their parents or guardians. In this February story on All Things Considered about an FBI raid of Congressman Henry Cuellar's home, Texas Public Radio producer Sofia Sanchez described the official as having taken "right-leaning stances on abortion rights, gun control and immigration."