House Republicans are calling for NPR CEO Katherine Maher to appear at a hearing on May 8 following a now former staffer’s allegations of bias in news coverage.
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-wa), chair of the Energy and Commerce Committee, joined with two other House Republicans in a letter to Maher. “The Committee has concerns about the direction in which NPR may be headed under past and present leadership,” they wrote. “As a taxpayer funded, public radio organization, NPR should focus on fair and objective news reporting that both considers and reflects the views of the larger U.S. population and not just a niche audience.” The hearing would be before the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee.
Maher has defended the network after Uri Berliner, who had been a senior business editor and reporter, published an essay in The Free Press that claimed that the network lacked an “open minded spirit” and viewpoint diversity,...
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-wa), chair of the Energy and Commerce Committee, joined with two other House Republicans in a letter to Maher. “The Committee has concerns about the direction in which NPR may be headed under past and present leadership,” they wrote. “As a taxpayer funded, public radio organization, NPR should focus on fair and objective news reporting that both considers and reflects the views of the larger U.S. population and not just a niche audience.” The hearing would be before the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee.
Maher has defended the network after Uri Berliner, who had been a senior business editor and reporter, published an essay in The Free Press that claimed that the network lacked an “open minded spirit” and viewpoint diversity,...
- 5/1/2024
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Update: The NPR editor who penned an essay criticizing the network for what he saw as bias in its coverage of Donald Trump and a host of other issues has resigned.
Uri Berliner, who had been a senior business editor and reporter, posting his resignation letter to NPR CEO Katherine Maher on his X/Twitter account.
“I am resigning from NPR, a great American institution where I have worked for 25 years. I don’t support calls to defund NPR. I respect the integrity of my colleagues and wish for NPR to thrive and do important journalism. But I cannot work in a newsroom where I am disparaged by a new CEO whose divisive views confirm the very problems at NPR I cite in my Free Press essay.”
A spokesperson for the network declined to comment.
Berliner had been temporarily suspended from NPR after publishing on essay for The Free Press...
Uri Berliner, who had been a senior business editor and reporter, posting his resignation letter to NPR CEO Katherine Maher on his X/Twitter account.
“I am resigning from NPR, a great American institution where I have worked for 25 years. I don’t support calls to defund NPR. I respect the integrity of my colleagues and wish for NPR to thrive and do important journalism. But I cannot work in a newsroom where I am disparaged by a new CEO whose divisive views confirm the very problems at NPR I cite in my Free Press essay.”
A spokesperson for the network declined to comment.
Berliner had been temporarily suspended from NPR after publishing on essay for The Free Press...
- 4/17/2024
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Kjzz, the NPR station based in Phoenix, Arizona, is excited to announce the launch of the 10th season of Word — a podcast about literature.
Over eight episodes, host Tom Maxedon will talk with Chuck Palahniuk, J.A. Jance and NPR's Morning Edition host Steve Inskeep, among many others.
The official launch date for the first episode is Sept. 12, 2023, and the last episode drops Dec. 26, 2023.
The show started as a monthly radio broadcast when Maxedon worked at Kprg Public Radio Guam-Saipan 89.3 FM from 2016-17. Growing from that catalyst, Maxedon eventually rebooted the show into a podcast after arriving at Kjzz.
Word features discussion about fiction, nonfiction, poetry, plays, TV and film with those who produce such. The podcast showcases longform conversations led by Maxedon, who engages with guests in a real way that allows listeners, “to feel like they are in the room,” he said.
Upcoming episodes include conversations about fall reads,...
Over eight episodes, host Tom Maxedon will talk with Chuck Palahniuk, J.A. Jance and NPR's Morning Edition host Steve Inskeep, among many others.
The official launch date for the first episode is Sept. 12, 2023, and the last episode drops Dec. 26, 2023.
The show started as a monthly radio broadcast when Maxedon worked at Kprg Public Radio Guam-Saipan 89.3 FM from 2016-17. Growing from that catalyst, Maxedon eventually rebooted the show into a podcast after arriving at Kjzz.
Word features discussion about fiction, nonfiction, poetry, plays, TV and film with those who produce such. The podcast showcases longform conversations led by Maxedon, who engages with guests in a real way that allows listeners, “to feel like they are in the room,” he said.
Upcoming episodes include conversations about fall reads,...
- 9/12/2023
- Podnews.net
Donald Trump abruptly ended an interview with NPR’s Steve Inskeep, who pressed the former president on his unfounded claims that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from him.
The interview aired on NPR’s Morning Edition on Wednesday, but Inskeep spoke to Trump on Tuesday. He wrote on Twitter that he had been asking Trump for an interview for the past six years and “the former president came on the line today,” noting that Trum then hung up on him.
Inskeep had asked Trump if he was “telling Republicans in 2022 that they must press your case on the past election in order to get your endorsement? Is that an absolute?”
Trump answered, “They are going to do whatever they want to do — whatever they have to do, they’re going to do. But the ones that are smart — the ones that know, you take a look at. Again, you take...
The interview aired on NPR’s Morning Edition on Wednesday, but Inskeep spoke to Trump on Tuesday. He wrote on Twitter that he had been asking Trump for an interview for the past six years and “the former president came on the line today,” noting that Trum then hung up on him.
Inskeep had asked Trump if he was “telling Republicans in 2022 that they must press your case on the past election in order to get your endorsement? Is that an absolute?”
Trump answered, “They are going to do whatever they want to do — whatever they have to do, they’re going to do. But the ones that are smart — the ones that know, you take a look at. Again, you take...
- 1/12/2022
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
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