NPR accused of bias for tweeting out full Declaration of Independence

NPR faced accusations of political bias Tuesday for marking the Fourth of July by tweeting out the entire Declaration of Independence.

NPR has celebrated Independence Day for 29 years by having hosts, reporters and commentators read the Declaration of Independence on-air.

{mosads}But a number of Twitter users slammed NPR for tweeting it this year, interpreting the outlet’s sharing of the founding U.S. document as a call “for revolution” and a way to “condone the violence.”

While some users ripped NPR, others mocked those who disapproved:

241 years ago today, church bells rang out over Philadelphia as the Declaration of Independence was adopted https://t.co/PAcHgLqOUE

— NPR (@NPR) July 4, 2017

So, NPR is calling for revolution.
Interesting way to condone the violence while trying to sound “patriotic”.
Your implications are clear.

— D.G.Davies (@JustEsrafel) July 4, 2017

Seriously, this is the dumbest idea I have ever seen on twitter. Literally no one is going to read 5000 tweets about this trash.

— Darren Mills (@darren_mills) July 4, 2017

this is why you’re going to get defunded

— Darren Mills (@darren_mills) July 4, 2017 

OK, hack achieved…so Who are you?

— Human Being (@Trackerinblue) July 4, 2017

I can’t get enough of people getting mad online because @NPR tweeted the Declaration of Independence pic.twitter.com/D7MpparS5g

— Josh Billinson (@jbillinson) July 5, 2017