The task of assessing NPR programs’ objectivity and balance ‘best...
The task of assessing NPR programs’ objectivity and balance “best resides” with those programs’ producers, Pres. Kevin Klose said Fri., as NPR weighed in for the first time on CPB ombudsmen for public TV and radio. Because NPR does…
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have an ombudsman who is doing a fine job, CPB’s move will confuse stations and listeners, Klose told us after a board meeting in Washington. The NPR board hasn’t taken a position on the CPB ombudsmen beyond voicing concern over CPB’s lack of communication with the public broadcasting system, Chmn. Tim Eby said. Earlier Eby had placed before the board a resolution from a station executive urging the CPB to “refrain from interfering” in public broadcasters’ “constitutionally protected” content decisions. The resolution also said CPB should “do nothing to diminish” the firewall separating congressional funders and program producers. A CPB move to have 2 ombudsmen, the resolution said, raises “legitimate concerns” about an “institutionalized process” for potential interference in public broadcasting content. The board didn’t act on the resolution, but Eby said one of the board’s highest priorities is to protect NPR news from outside influence and continue its focus on excellence. Klose told the board the latest Arbitron figures show NPR listenership rose 1 million to 23 million in 2004.