Posted on 04/05/2023 7:32:18 AM PDT by Twotone
NPR employees accused the network’s CEO of racism during a virtual all-staff presentation last week detailing financial metrics and diversity level updates following the organization slashing approximately 10% of its workforce.
NPR officials laid off 84 employees last week and halted production on four seasonal podcasts, including Invisibilia, Louder Than a Riot, and Rough Translation. The Wall Street Journal reported network officials would cut another 13 employees from the digital team.
Following the exodus from ex-staffers, Lansing and other executives reportedly tuned into a Zoom meeting to address the news department and the programming team, taking questions from employees that included how many employees of different races and identities were laid off compared to those who retained their job.
“We’re here today to take your questions and see if we can move together through this,” Lansing said, according to a recording of the meeting that Bloomberg obtained, adding that the network would have run out of money in approximately three years if the company kept its entire staff.
At one point during the meeting, The Wall Street Journal reported a laid-off black employee grilled Lansing about why some podcasts lacked marketing support, called out by name the executives for repeating statements they made in the past concerning more accountability, and questioned how the network would make diversity essential.
Lansing pointed to the network’s mission statement and told the group to “turn down the rhetoric” and refrain from naming the executives.
“I would never, ever, on your worst day, call you out by name in a meeting with 827 people,” he said. “Let’s please keep in mind nobody is happy about this. Nobody is more unhappy about it than those affected, but certainly, everybody in the company, beginning with me, this is the last thing we wanted to do.”
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Color me stunned! (pun absolutely intended)
Pretty easy to call racism when everything NPR reports has an underlying racism element to it.
“Lansing” is John F. Lansing https://www.npr.org/people/770270513/john-lansing
As long as a Republican Congress continues to fund NPR and PBS, then it is apparent that they are not serious people.
It’s a start. There is a glut of liberal hogwash on the air today.
I hope they ax the annoying black lady who’s always “axing” questions about race issues on Saturday mornings. She has the most nails-on-chalkboard ghetto axcent in broadcasting.
How tragic.
Crap where you eat, NPR employees...
Leftists cannot please leftists. I love it!
The standard response from the left…”RACISM!”.
Layoffs at NPR???
NPR is government radio. They are all federal workers.
Reprations!
The Revolution always eats its own.
Cry racism and release the dogs of war!.........
“We’re sorry, but your race card has been declined. Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience this may present.”
One hundred employees get laid off and all heck breaks loose. Apparently these employees feel entitled to a lifetime gig, with much of the money coming from taxpayers.
N-imby
P-atriarcy
R-acists
They should have a whole month long “all things considered” about the racist patriachy transphobic hierarchy of the NPR C-level..
Learn to code ...
... or learn to mine coal.
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