...But what, exactly, does this say about NPR's journalism? (click title to entry - thank you)
The NPR executive isn't a reporter, commentator, producer or editor. I'd hardly like my work to be judged based on the off-the-record, lunch-time commentary of a Post business executive uninvolved in its production.
And, yet, the fund-raiser does sell NPR's journalism, and, in the process, he makes its work a player in this scandal. He insinuates that those with whom he's meeting -- two men who claim to be associated with a Muslim Brotherhood front group and who say they might want to give NPR $5 million -- will find satisfaction in the network's coverage, which he terms "fair." What does he mean? Does this reflect some covert biases he might know about at NPR, or just a fund-raiser's toadyish attempt to pull in $5 million? A bit of both?...
It would seem as though 'Doves' need to have a 'time out' chair to realize they are under attack by Hawks.
There is way too much anxiety with journalism. Way too much.
I think of it this way, "If one does not stand their ground, there is a very good chance it will be lost."
The NPR executive isn't a reporter, commentator, producer or editor. I'd hardly like my work to be judged based on the off-the-record, lunch-time commentary of a Post business executive uninvolved in its production.
And, yet, the fund-raiser does sell NPR's journalism, and, in the process, he makes its work a player in this scandal. He insinuates that those with whom he's meeting -- two men who claim to be associated with a Muslim Brotherhood front group and who say they might want to give NPR $5 million -- will find satisfaction in the network's coverage, which he terms "fair." What does he mean? Does this reflect some covert biases he might know about at NPR, or just a fund-raiser's toadyish attempt to pull in $5 million? A bit of both?...
It would seem as though 'Doves' need to have a 'time out' chair to realize they are under attack by Hawks.
There is way too much anxiety with journalism. Way too much.
I think of it this way, "If one does not stand their ground, there is a very good chance it will be lost."
