National Public Radio’s “diversity” crisis is not something to be taken lightly. NPR has NeverThere were many points of view. Washington PostPaul Farhi and Elahe isadi media reporters pointed out there was an internal battle over the departures by NPR stars Noel King and Lourdes Garcia Navarro. Now, Audie Cornish is evening host.
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“If NPR doesn’t see this as a crisis, I don’t know what it’ll take,” tweeted Ari Shapiro, Cornish’s All Things Considered co-host. He wrote that the organization was “hemorrhaging hosts from marginalized backgrounds.”
Shapiro quoted a tweet from September by another NPR program host, Sam Sanders, who name-checked recently departed staffers and commented, “Look at all the incredibly talented hosts from marginalized backgrounds who’ve left @npr recently… I believe in the mission of public radio; this trend is antithetical to that mission.”
Garcia-Navarro tweeted, “I’m sad to see this happening but it is not unexpected.” She and Sanders declined further comment, as did Cornish.
NPR claims that the hosts are being replaced by minority hosts like A Martinez or Leila Fadel. Morning Edition. It Post reported NPR CEO John Lansing received a “cool reception” when he made the point that “turnover is common in the news media,” as some minority journalists leave and others are hired. Black journalists are an example of this. 1A Host Josh Johnson quit MSNBC to be replaced by JennWhite, a Black woman.
The Post said “NPR’s internal statistics show that its workforce is 62 percent White, 15 percent Black/African American, 12 percent Asian American and 7 percent Latino or Hispanic.”
It can be difficult to maintain a “woke newsroom,” as it is impossible to find satisfaction. Because of “systemic racism,” the grievances never end. The problem is that younger hires complain more.
This leads to “innovations” in media ethics like allowing NPR staffers to participate in protests like Black Lives Matter events because “it’s really important for people to bring their full humanity to work with them if they’re going to effective, successful journalists.” Who cares if half the country feels that their opinions are being ignored or misrepresented? All this is “white fragility.”
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