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    The spectacle of Trump in court

    NPR wants to veer from the pack
    Apr 07, 2023 5 minutes
    Source: Carlos Carmonamedina for NPR Public Editor

    Covering Trump

    NPR announced to its audience this week that it intends to separate itself from other national news media in the coverage of the criminal indictment of former President Donald Trump.

    To that end, they didn't broadcast Trump's post-arraignment speech live and they offered listeners a full menu of other news stories. But getting away from the Trump media circus is easier said than done.

    The news media frenzy started in earnest on Monday as Trump left his Mar-a-Lago home in Florida in a motorcade to travel to an airport, fly to New York and ride in another motorcade to Trump Tower. Several observers likened the press coverage to the O.J. Simpson car chase.

    All Things Considered host Mary Louise Kelly did a five-minute interview with NPR vice president and executive editor Terry Samuel on Monday, where he outlined the newsroom's ambitions to focus on substance over spectacle.

    Samuel explained:

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