NPR’s Public Editor is supposed to represent the audience. They proclaim, “The Public Editor stands as a source of independent accountability. Created by NPR’s board of directors, the Public Editor serves as a bridge between the newsroom and the audience.” But more often — especially now with the threat of defunding — there’s not independence or accountability. There’s just pro-NPR lobbying!
The latest dispatch from Public Editor Kelly McBride (who keeps her day job at the left-wing Poynter Institute) comes under this headline:
We can’t answer audience questions about #DefundNPR without talking about the larger implications for public media
How informed do we want Americans to be?
After explaining how NPR is being evaluated by DOGE and the FCC, McBride ran a smattering of comments, and then claimed government-funded media is a boon to…
