{"id":10699,"date":"2011-03-09T16:16:16","date_gmt":"2011-03-09T16:16:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/drishtikone\/2011\/03\/npr-ceo-resignation-look-lack-journalistic-ethics-around-world\/"},"modified":"2011-03-09T16:16:16","modified_gmt":"2011-03-09T16:16:16","slug":"npr-ceo-resignation-look-lack-journalistic-ethics-around-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/drishtikone\/2011\/03\/npr-ceo-resignation-look-lack-journalistic-ethics-around-world\/","title":{"rendered":"NPR CEO resignation: A look at lack of Journalistic Ethics Around the World"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\"NPR.jpg\"<\/a>It is hard to believe that in the world of biased and partisan journalism, there is still some organizations left which take their independence very seriously. In India, such a thing, where journalists are constantly using epithets and categorizations to disparage people and groups in the larger discussion, is unimaginable these days. In fact, being biased in India is a basic right of journalistic ethos as it were. It is no different from how it is done in US as well. Fox and MSNBC are both rabidly partisan on their side of the spectrum. <\/p>\n

Thankfully, I have found National Public Radio (NPR) to be very independent in the way it approached the issues and the analysis. It even makes attempts to be phonetically correct with names \u2013 which others butcher all the time, specially when they are those of the foreigners.<\/p>\n

The fund raising Chief for NPR, Ron Schiller, made some remarks that weren\u2019t very congenial for the Tea Party movement \u2013 a rabid right wing movement of the Republican Party conservatives. He was immediately canned<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In his statement Ron Schiller said:<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile the meeting I participated in turned out to be a ruse, I made statements during the course of the meeting that are counter to NPR\u2019s values and also not reflective of my own beliefs. I offer my sincere apology to those I offended. I resigned from NPR, previously effective May 6th, to accept another job. In an effort to put this unfortunate matter behind us, NPR and I have agreed that my resignation is effective today.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The video was done as an undercover act by by James O\u2019Keefe, the conservative activist. This guy Keefe it seems is always on the look out to ensnare people through good or bad means into slipping and doing something that can be used against them \u2013 and for the conservatives! For example: <\/p>\n