The irony of the situation is that a prominent public radio executive, three days after the lunch but before it was exposed, told
NPR board members at a meeting that the leftist network made a mistake cultivating an audience of rich, white liberals.
But as a somewhat conservative black voice at a mostly white network, he also gave
NPR cover against long-standing accusations of liberal bias.
To de-emphasize its radio origins and further reflect the move to multiple media,
NPR announced earlier this year that it would prefer to be known simply by its acronym instead of National Public Radio.
In an interview this week on KLCC's "Northwest Passage,"
NPR President Kevin Klose said the network wants "Morning Edition" to evolve into a two-host format with greater emphasis on breaking news for West Coast listeners.
NPR also pressures new talent to mimic the style that those personalities have established.
NPR people were drawing money out of the community in the form of pledge support, but they didn't bother to apply for a full-power station.
Still,
NPR is the bigger, older brand -- and it is suffering a midlife crisis, with programming at the center of the problem.
The NAB and
NPR junta turned the volume up on their congressional connections in Washington.
NPR failed, however, to tell listeners that both men professionally opposed the Clinton health plan, since both were paid lobbyists for various health insurers
It is possible to hear some of the segments recorded for
NPR.
I find the pillars of
NPR to be suffocatingly smug.
