Matt Taibbi: New York Times, NPR Bury the Lede in Defense of Katherine Maher
“…It’s true Maher was not working in journalism when she posted the controversial messages. In fact, she’s never worked in journalism, which is very obviously the bigger problem when examining someone’s fitness to run a public news network with over 1000 member stations…”
“…It would be impossible to create a resume of a person more disconnected from Americans and more intertwined with the wealthy, urban, globalist elite who run the largest banks, media companies, and nonprofit groups in the United States. In other words, Maher has the perfect resume to run NPR.
And her tweets prove she is the perfect person for the job.
She’s a vegetarian. She hates cars. And white men flying on planes. She supports race-based reparations, rioting, and the Black Lives Matter movement. She believes “America is addicted to white supremacy.”
She doesn’t want to become a mother because “the planet is literally burning.” She uses phrases such as “CIS white mobility privilege” unironically. She admits to growing up “feeling superior … because I was from New England and my part of the country didn’t have slaves.” I wonder what fuels her sense of superiority now…”
NPR CEO Katherine Maher explaining that “the truth” is an outdated concept:
Here's the new NPR CEO Katherine Maher (and former chief executive of Wikipedia) explaining that "the truth" is an outdated concept.
Everyone can have their own truth:
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) April 17, 2024
This crackpot goes on about America’s number one challenge:
"The number one challenge that we see is the First Amendment in the United States"
NPR's new CEO Katherine Maher.
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) April 17, 2024
Related:
My resignation letter to NPR CEO @krmaher pic.twitter.com/0hafVbcZAK
— Uri Berliner (@uberliner) April 17, 2024
Ms. Maher is a remarkable sample of Affluent White Female Liberalism (AWFL). She is so woke she is almost a parody of the breed:
Is this woman ( I assume she is a woman, but who knows) an appropriate choice for CEO at a public radio service receiving taxpayer dollars?