NPR Ombudsman: NPR Has Not Ordered Mara Liasson To Stop Appearing On Fox News

I have not donated a dime to NPR since the spring of 2004, but every pledge drive I make sure to let them know that I used to be a significant donor but they will not get another red cent from me until they fire her and Juan Williams. At this point forcing them off Fox will not be enough to get my checkbook out. They have to be purged, along with everyone hired by that toady Tomlinson.

NPR needs an ombudsman for their ombudsman.

Seriously, the crap that Alicia Shepard excuses is killing NPR. This is like watching a dear old friend get Alzheimer's and then pee on your living room carpet.

I turn off MARA whenever she is on NPR because of her failure to maintain her own opinion, I was stuck waiting for a freind to pick me up and stepped into a bar to wait, yes I had a drink,and they had FOX on with BRIT HUME and heard her voice so I turned to watch..she was asked her opinion and after she gave it BRIT said "Don't put it that way say rather YADA YADA and lets remember to present a consistent message on this" and MARA? SHE SAID "Oh right sorry" THATS RIGHT SHE CHANGED "HER" STATEMENT to conform to what then seemed to be a pre-rehearsed scripted message supporting the POINT "FOX/RNC" WISHED TO HAVE PRESENTED IN A CERTAIN TARGETTED WAY. So no more MARA for me, she no longer had any legitamacy, and to be clear about this I liked her before that (on NPR) and felt both betrayed and angry in that SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A JOURNALIST not another mouthpiece for spewing propaganda on FOX/RNC. YES part of that anger applied to BRIT as it instantly roused my anger in the form of 'HOW DARE YOU' when he did it but as I said SHE WENT ALONG WITH IT. As for JUAN? I have heard him fight back against having his opinion changed to suit FOX/RNC talking points when I watched clips of FOX/RNC on web sites where the clip was part of the story being presented, therefore he is less toady than she showed herself to be.

NPR has become the worst offender of the 'he said, she said' style of 'balanced' journalism. Not only are the questions to GOP operatives softballs (more like t-ball), but there is rarely any follow up. And no matter what Obama or the administration says or does or accomplishes, I can depend on NPR to have a GOP operative ready to dismiss it. For example, rather than going into details of the admin's proposal, they just announce the event, then have their friendly GOP tear it apart. It's not just Juan Williams and Mara, the entire news structure is broken. RIP NPR.

NPR has been going republican for quite a while, now.

Thanks, George.

I used to contribute but stopped when Cookie Roberts went on ABC...the firs sell out! then Williams, now Liason. There was another on the McLaughlin group for a while as well. I hear very little of morning edition now and don't miss it.

What's NPR and who cares? It's not Watergate time any longer, and we don't need more of the same, but with regular begging.

Dean Baker frequently points out how NPR reports economics news which is biased in favor of our moneyed elites. Let me also add that NPR doesn't hide the fact that it unconditionally supports Israel, even as Israel bombs and bulldozes the stew out Palestine and commits apartheid against the Palestinian people.

She used , to be on "Washington Week" all the time. No need to "fire." NPR should just fade her to black, like "WW" did.

At a minimum NPR should deman that Liasson and Williams not allow Fox to identify them as NPR Correspondents when they appear on Fox.

NPR never knows what is has until after it is gone. It has been hemorrhaging talent for a decade.

I never understood how they could force Bob Edwards out and keep More of Lying Some and Juannabe Williams on the airwaves throughout the Bush years.

While they're at it, can they get rid of Steve Inskeep? Maybe he can go on Fox. Or work with Kermit the Frog or something.