File this one in the folder labeled “Least Surprising Things That Have Happened This Week.” NPR has whipped out its corporate cookie cutter and used it to replace disgraced CEO Vivian Schiller.
The Daily Caller has the details:
If NPR is trying demonstrate in the wake of the video scandal that it embraces a diversity of viewpoints and is not the left-wing outlet it has been portrayed to be, its first move after the resignation of president and CEO Vivian Schiller isn’t a particularly good start.
After Schiller announced her resignation on Wednesday, the NPR Board of Directors promptly named Joyce Slocum as NPR’s interim CEO. According to a statement from NPR, Slocum’s appointment was part of a CEO succession plan adopted by the Board in 2009. Slocum, however, appears to be just another Democrat.
According to data from the Center for Responsive Politics website OpenSecrets.org, Slocum has donated $3,480 dating back to 1999 — all to Democratic candidates.
This barely qualifies as news. News would have been if they had hired someone who had even once in his or her life donated to a conservative. Or someone who would even admit to knowing one.
Yeah, if that were to happen NPR would be forced to do one of those “We interrupt this broadcast for this special news bulletin” announcements.
Source: Daily Caller
