NPR ombud: Yeah, that Soros money might be a credibility problem
posted at 1:52 pm on May 25, 2011 by Ed Morrissey
Gee, ya think? More than seven months after NPR accepted a grant from Open Society Foundation for its Impact on Government project without naming left-wing activist George Soros as the source, its ombudsperson Alicia Shepard finally got around to addressing the issue of credibility, despite the immediate negative reaction to the decision. Shepard spoke with people inside and out of NPR, most of whom at least worry that the network has set itself up for accusations of coverage bias:
The Open Society grant was announced last Oct. 18 – ironically the same day that then NPR analyst Juan Williams made his infamous remark on Fox News about feeling nervous when he sees Arabs in Muslim garb on airplanes. He was later fired.
The timing was awful, as the poorly handled firing led to a firestorm of criticism from the right – many whom believe NPR caters to a liberal audience and that the government has no business funding public radio.
Yeah, the timing was awful, all right, but both decisions were highly questionable even without the embarrassing juxtaposition. The criticism hasn’t just come from conservatives, either, as Shepard notes. Howard Kurtz blasted NPR for its decision last October when it became public:
No news organization should accept that kind of check from a committed ideologue of any stripe. Even if every journalist hired with the cash from Soros’ foundations is fair and balanced, to coin a phrase, the perception is terrible.
Others within NPR questioned how the organization handled the donation, which didn’t exactly set records for transparency:
“I remember the email announcing the Impact of Government project only mentioned the Open Society Institute,” said one staffer who spoke on the condition of anonymity for obvious reasons. “My cubicle mate immediately said, ‘Isn’t that Soros?’ We Googled to confirm…and were appalled that his name had not been included, as if the company didn’t think it was important or were trying to hide something.”
Imagine that! What else might they be hiding?
Shepard later quotes Media Research Center’s Dan Gainor’s criticism of NPR for taking the money — and tries to draw an equivalence between MRC and NPR:
“NPR took $1.8 million from a man who also spent $27 million trying desperately to unseat President George W. Bush in 2004, yet NPR still claims to be neutral,” said Dan Gainor of the conservative Media Research Center. “Conservatives know that isn’t true. The Soros money just proved it. Will NPR deploy some of that new-found wealth to investigate Soros’ global empire? No, he signs the checks.” [Gainor's Soros pieces.]
Gainor’s position carries the title of T. Boone Pickens Fellow, and is affiliated with the Media Research Center. Pickens is as well-known on the right as Soros on the left. Wealthy conservatives also fund media groups. In fact, the Franklin Center for Government and Integrity also has a statehouse project that funds reporters to improve state government coverage. The organization is funded by private donations which they do not make public.
Uh, true … and MRC doesn’t purport to be an unbiased source of news, either, with a “firewall” between its funding and its reporting. In fact, in its mission statement, it clearly states that MRC is dedicated to exposing liberal bias in the media in support of conservatives. The Franklin Center is less explicit about its politics, but it also isn’t setting itself up as an independent news organization, and its efforts aren’t funding news outlets. They reach out to “non-profit journalism group[s]” and individual reporters who want training and resources. Shepard sets up these false equivalences to soften the criticism that NPR has earned by taking money from Soros without proper disclosure.
Why did it take Shepard so long to respond to these concerns? She claims that she avoided the subject for months in order to see whether people inside and outside of NPR were concerned about the issue, but it has been a consistent criticism since NPR’s announcement. Why report on it now? Maybe her disclosure will explain it:
Until Wednesday, I was on the board of the Organization of News Ombudsmen, which is an independent group of 60 news ombudsmen in 17 countries. ONO is a cash-strapped group that meets annually to talk about issues unique to the role. It receives money from Soros’ foundation, which this year provided translation in Spanish, English and French at the 2011 conference in Montreal. ONO has a budget of about $30,000 and would welcome money from any group wanting to support media transparency.
Maybe NPR should demonstrate a little more of it first.
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What possible sense is there in “aborting” a baby once it is viable? All of the work of pregnancy is over; people already know you were pregnant; so far as I know, no law forces you to keep the baby instead of sending it to social services for adoption. There is no coherent rationale for late-term infanticide except “I just don’t want to deal with it”.
It sounds like there were many cases where the mother was not, in fact, the one making the decision. So, what does the “pro-choice” label really mean?
Bravo.
AesopFan on April 16, 2013 at 3:57 PM
I never thought I’d see the day Kirsten Powers was more conservative than Megan Kelly.
Fox has become a disgrace. At least Martha is still good.
AmeriCuda on April 16, 2013 at 4:04 PM
Well for one thing, it’s a moneymaker.
2L8 on April 16, 2013 at 4:17 PM
Can you link to this? I’m gathering and highlighting on my Facebook page. Generating quite a discussion.
cptacek on April 16, 2013 at 4:17 PM
If doing calculus was the litmus test of if someone should live or not, wowee, imagine the carnage that would generate.
However, when babies are born, they recognize their mothers. If the doctor whispers in one ear and the mother whispers in the other, they will turn to try to look at the mother. Even if the doctor is a woman, so that the modulation of the voice is not a factor. Same too with the father, if the father was around during the pregnancy. They can hear and recognize familiar sounds when they haven’t been born yet.
If your baby is breach, one technique to try to turn the baby is to shine a flashlight through the skin at the bottom of your tummy. It doesn’t always work, but the reasoning is that their eyes see the light and try to investigate it.
Their brains are working in utero. Even if they aren’t doing calculus.
cptacek on April 16, 2013 at 4:23 PM
I’ll wager that the relationship between this fellow Gosnell and madam Holder will soon be covered under Executive Privledge.
Any takers?
Missilengr on April 16, 2013 at 4:25 PM
Her abortion clinic appears to be in Georgia instead of PA.
Cindy Munford on April 16, 2013 at 4:32 PM
I’ve lived a good life, I’m going to volunteer to check out before I have to do anything beyond simple math.
Cindy Munford on April 16, 2013 at 4:33 PM
Yes! The right wing should propose laws to lock up every woman and doctor involved in any abortion. Best solution.
HotAirLib on April 16, 2013 at 4:58 PM
The vast majority of adults I’ve ever met in my whole life couldn’t do calculus to save their lives. Are you suggesting they should be required to?
There is no limit that you will ever accept as a pro-abortionist. You call yourself pro-choice, but care nothing for the choices of 2 of the 3 people involved in the practice, the father and the child. The father can’t decide to keep the baby if the mother doesn’t want it and he can’t choose to ignore it if she does. He still has to pay child support.
The child, on the other hand, would only make one choice while still in the womb. To live. Could you possibly disagree with this? If so, the only way you will ever convince me is to off yourself. Go ahead, show us the depth of your own convictions.
runawayyyy on April 16, 2013 at 5:02 PM
Aren’t you the least bit concerned of the sheer numbers of women who can’t make a pro choice before conception? Hmmmm, maybe that explains liberals after all.
Cindy Munford on April 16, 2013 at 5:08 PM
“I’ve noticed that everyone who is for abortion has already been born.” –Ronald Reagan
“You first” is also an effective response to the envirofreaks who believe that humanity is a cancer on the planet and that we should voluntarily reduce our own ranks.
Of course, it is all part of the same thinking. The ruling class deciding who gets to live and who doesn’t.
Missy on April 16, 2013 at 5:31 PM
Well, I guess you can kill most children up until the age of rational thought of around age 12.
http://www.learningrx.com/4-cognitive-stages-for-child-development-faq.htm
If you believe that, you need to be arrested for being a danger to society……IOW, “commitable”.
avagreen on April 16, 2013 at 5:48 PM
You apparently didn’t learn anything from the turtle lesson.
Lets start over:
Why is it a felony to smash turtle eggs?
BobMbx on April 16, 2013 at 5:52 PM
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MichaelGabriel on April 16, 2013 at 5:55 PM
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avagreen on April 16, 2013 at 6:11 PM
I think . . . those are tombstones.
Axe on April 16, 2013 at 6:19 PM
Got it.
What a great graphic once the message is clear. What a contrast……
avagreen on April 16, 2013 at 7:15 PM
Won’t work Cindy. The vampires must defend their “right” to thirst. They thrive on the death of innocence, whether killing babies to sexualizing our youth…
dominigan on April 16, 2013 at 7:18 PM
How about something REALLY simple — like a fetal viability law with teeth. Every abortion must be attended by two doctors — the doctor for the mother (the abortionist), and the doctor for the children (a obstetrician). The abortionist is restricted to using methods which will not reduce the viability of the fetus, and the obstetrician is there to assure that he doesn’t.
Of course, this would mean that someone other than the parents or the abortion mill must provide the obstetrician, because those don’t give a rat’s patootie about the rights of the children.
The fees perhaps should come as a tax on abortions.
unclesmrgol on April 16, 2013 at 7:23 PM
So very sad.
Cindy Munford on April 16, 2013 at 9:08 PM
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Conservatives don’t have to propose/make laws specifying penalties.
They just need to lawfully define a “fetus” as a REAL, LIVE PERSON.
The rest is up to judges and juries.
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People cannot escape the consequences of sexual intercourse.
Women cannot escape the scientific, medical fact that they are designed (by a higher intelligence) to develop newly conceived little REAL, LIVE PERSONS within the reproductive organ in their bodies.
listens2glenn on April 16, 2013 at 10:50 PM
The problem with your argument is that a fetus is not a part of a woman’s body. A fetus is a unique, separate entity that attaches itself, and grows inside the mother.
HarryBackside on April 17, 2013 at 10:56 AM
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