I think Ted Koppel is a little wooden...
Posted on 10/21/2010 2:42:38 PM PDT by Steve495
News analysts at NPR - we are told - are held at a different ethical standard because they are news analysts and not commentators. I'm not sure what the difference between a news analyst, reporter or a correspondent is, but I think I know a commentator when I see one.
So, what will NPR do about the other two 'news analysts' on staff working for other news outlets as - get this - commentators.
Ted Koppel and Cokie Roberts have certainly been willing to express their own opinion, quite often leading to the presumption they are lefties. But since conservatives are not the listener base for NPR...
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Cut both NPR and Public Television Networks from the taxpayer dole. If they cannot function on their own like hundreds of other stations (or thousands) then obviously they are an inferior product and should be allowed to fail.
It’s a leftist organization that pushes a leftist agenda, and diverse opinions are neither welcome nor tolerated. This is nothing new.
FLASHBACK
http://journalism.indiana.edu/uncategorized/schiller-responds-to-audience-qa/
Schiller responds to audience questions
Jessica Birthisel | Oct. 20, 2009
National Public Radio CEO Vivian Schiller spoke Oct. 19 at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater as the School of Journalism’s second Speaker Series guest. Below are highlights from the question and answer session with the audience that followed the talk.
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Q: What are the implications of having NPR correspondents and contributors such as Cokie Roberts and Juan Williams participate on other news stations like ABC and Fox News, respectively?
Some such journalists, like Roberts, are employed equally by both companies and therefore present no ethical problems. For others, she said, the situation is “a tricky one that we are wrestling with.” On the one hand, these appearances are promotion for NPR. On the other, she is not in favor of reporters expressing their opinions publicly. Additionally, NPR journalists often represent “the left” in topic debates, a representation she said she’s not comfortable with.
Undoubtedly the long knives have been out for Williams since at least this time. And being African American probably made engineering his departure “tricky.”
Liberals should practice what they preach. A famous liberal once wrote
"I do not agree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." Voltaire
BINGO!
Wasn’t NPR getting money from the government?
I heard the President of NPR say that Juan needs to discuss these views with his psychiatrist.
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