From WNYC in New York, this is On the Media. I'm Bob Garfield.

And I'm Brooke Gladstone. It seems that many and otherwise fine journalist is accident-prone

when it comes to covering white supremacists. As when in the hours after the horrific school

shooting in Parkland, Florida, a sinister connection emerged

and was duly reported.

The suspect, 19-year-old Nicholas Cruz, is in court right now, and this morning we learned

he had ties to a white supremacist group called Republic of Florida.

Not a huge surprise there, except...

Today, the investigator said that they had looked into it, but they found no evidence that he had any ties with those white supremacist groups.

And there are other instances when coverage of the alt-right got a bit glitchy.

In late 2017, a New York Times profile of self-styled white nationalist Tony Hoveter was slammed for its

perceived kid glove treatment of its subject. A 2016 Mother Jones profile of alt-right

avatar Richard Spencer is still mocked for its description of his prom king good looks.

NPR was criticized just this month for mishandling an interview with white supremacist Jason Kessler,

or even interviewing him at all.

We wondered if you had any concerns regarding coverage of right-wing movements.

Turns out you did. Here's Kivan Gavim, Charles Sprickman, and Melina Tesier.

As a Persian American, as someone who cannot pass as white,

it's terrifying to see how polite journalism

have been portraying the alt-right.

The New York Times, their coverage seems insane, way too gentle.

My question for y'all is, how do we cover the rise of the so-called outright movement

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