NPR and diversity

This move by taxpayer-funded NPR makes no sense. If NPR thinks Fox News is heavily biased to the Right (no evaluation I know of has found that to be true of the news operation), then wouldn't it be a good thing to have more voices from the Left on Fox, not fewer? What is NPR so afraid of here?

If NPR had a genuine interest in promoting ideological balance in the media, then it would move sharply Right, to counterbalance CBS, NBC, ABC, NYT, LA Times, Boston Globe, Wash Post, and the rest of the one-note liberal media combine. But,of course, NPR has no interest whatsoever in promoting ideological balance in the media. NPR would be happier if ideological balance was even further reduced by the disappearance of Fox. Or, better yet, if Fox would somehow become, like NPR, just another honker in the chorus of liberal megaphones.

The scandal here is not Fox, not by a long shot; the scandal is NPR getting my tax dollars. NPR can be a whore for the Democrat Party if it wants, but it shouldn't be on my dime.

The bit about NPR executives, of all people, becoming concerned that Fox was becoming more partisan is hilarious. NPR will never suffer such criticism -- how could it become any more partisan?

Byron


NPR reporter pressured over Fox role

Executives at National Public Radio recently asked the network’s top political correspondent, Mara Liasson, to reconsider her regular appearances on Fox News because of what they perceived as the network’s political bias, two sources familiar with the effort said.
According to a source, Liasson was summoned in early October by NPR’s executive editor for news, Dick Meyer, and the network’s supervising senior Washington editor, Ron Elving. The NPR executives said they had concerns that Fox’s programming had grown more partisan, and they asked Liasson to spend 30 days watching the network.

At a follow-up meeting last month, Liasson reported that she’d seen no significant change in Fox’s programming and planned to continue appearing on the network, the source said.