The NPR Difference

I appreciate transparency in all things, so I was very happy to hear - on NPR - that there has been some controversy surrounding many higher level executives at NPR. As of December first  the president and CEO of the company will be Gary Knell. Knell formerly was the head of Sesame Workshop, the organization that owns Sesame Street. 

The former CEO and president, Vivian Schiller, forcibly resigned in March of this year following the firing of Juan Williams. has been replaced as of Monday. Williams was a contributing analyst at NPR who was fired after stating on Fox News that Muslims make him nervous at the airport. Subsequently NPR has been attacked for having a "liberal bias", and conservatives have been pushing for NPR to lose it's federal funding (which only makes up about two percent of it's annual budget).  According to NPR, "directors came to the conclusion that the controversies under Schiller's watch had become such a distraction that she could no longer effectively lead the organization". 

When Rupert Murdoch was going through that scandal (which is entirely not over) his subsidiary companies dodged the topic like a plague. Fox News did not even hint at the topic; it was as if there was no scandal and life was just plodding along normally. This is NOT transparency. Fox news assures it's audience that there is no spin on their network, and they are the most trusted and reputable news source. All I can say is, if you believe this...think again.