BREAKING NEWS – Washington, D.C. – NPR issued a mea culpa for its publication of a much-criticized interview with the author of a new book entitled, “In Defense of Looting.”
NPR Public Editor Kelly McBride said in a newsletter that the interview “did not serve NPR’s audience” and was “wrong about recent events.”
“Publishing false information leaves the audience misinformed. On top of that, news consumers are watching closely to see who is challenged and who isn’t. In this case a book author with a radical point of view far to the left was allowed to spread false information,” McBride wrote.
The author of the new book, Vicky Osterweil, made many statements without fact-checking, or push back from journalist Natalie Escobar, who was interviewing her.
“However, this is a liberal news network, and only after being ridiculed by other liberals did we realized it was mishandled,” continued McBride. “We thought by ignoring the obvious, it would help Joe Biden defeat President Trump in November. We apologize for getting caught, and we also apologize for privately praising Natalie Escobar immediately after the interview for her stellar job at furthering our left wing agenda.”