Do NPR personnel have the leeway to work on electoral campaigns, volunteer for causes near and dear to their hearts, etc without the corporation interjecting itself?
Strikes me that if I were a NPR employee who wanted to go to the rally on my own time, on my own dime, there's nothing anyone could say about it. But I work for government - maybe media is more touchy about alleged bias? Chris On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 2:33 PM, Mark J. <[email protected]> wrote: > CEO Vivian Schiller and news chief Ellen Weiss have both warned their > staff, particularly in news, that it would be a big ethics violation > to have signs or Facebook photos supporting the Comedy Central > clambake at the Capital Mall on Oct. 30, or to show up at the event > unless to cover it: > > http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=45&aid=192569 > > Of course, this wouldn't be a problem if this was the Lonesome Rhodes > Beck gathering. However, one wonders the murmurings if Garrison > Kellior (who doesn't work for NPR, but people think he does) steps on > the podium on Oct. 30 or if Terry Gross does (not an NPR employee, but > syndicated by NPR). I'm wondering if the regular "Wait, Wait...Don't > Tell Me!" panelists have received personal memos not to go to the > Stewart/Colbert rallies. > > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
