NPR Didn’t Compare Trump to Mussolini

On September 6, 2020, NPR published an article entitled “Fascism Scholar Says U.S. Is 'Losing Its Democratic Status.”

In the article, a reporter conducted an interview with a scholar who studies fascism. Right-wing publications spread the article around, adding their own headlines.

The claim was soon picked up by users on social media, who expressed fury at NPR.