NPR Chief Defends Coverage, Accuses Critics of 'Bad Faith Distortion' of Her Views

[SouthBayDem]

Source: Wall Street Journal

When Katherine Maher joined National Public Radio as its new CEO in March, she came ready to field internal scrutiny and concerns about coverage.

What she hadn’t bargained for, two weeks into the job, was public criticism of NPR from a longtime editor. The controversy has triggered tumult inside NPR’s newsroom and thrust Maher into the spotlight.

Critics have scrutinized her political views and seized on past comments she made on everything from the First Amendment to misinformation to the idea that written history is tilted toward the worldview of white men.

“All of this frankly is a bit of a distraction relative to the transformation our organization needs to undergo in order to best serve our mandate,” Maher said in an interview.

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[Ford_Prefect]

1. This is a continuation of the Koch group attack on Public Broadcasting and the roots of Public radio/TV.

The attacks come on the heels of other challenges to "Liberal Bias" lodged by conservatives who feel they are left out of the programming and viewpoint of public radio and TV.

They are correct. However they are ignored for exactly the reasons they assign to "liberal leaning media" in that they take an entitled, elitist view of their own issues and agendas. They have no interest in actual inclusion of viewpoints. They merely wish to blunt the effects of genuine scholarship, real community input, intellectual curiosity, and intellectual honesty, which deeply offends their cherished prerogatives and prejudices.

This is projection of the basest sort.

[mahina]

2. Way to hype the bs, press

This was a planned smear. If anything NPR is too both-sides. Read what the former editor posted it is blatant bullshit, including “what about Hunter Biden’s laptop?!?”.