Showing posts with label Betsy Liley was on recorded phone calls. Show all posts
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Friday, March 11, 2011

Third NPR exec removed, Betsy Liley was on recorded phone calls

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Washington Post buries lede in 11th paragraph.

3/10/11, "Secretly recorded phone calls cast NPR fundraiser in unflattering light," Washington Post, Paul Farhi, 10:38pm

"An NPR fundraising executive said her organization would be willing to shield a would-be donor from a government audit by keeping the donor's name anonymous, according to a series of surreptitiously recorded phone calls
  • released Thursday by a conservative activist.
Betsy Liley, NPR's senior director of institutional giving, made the comments to a man posing as a trustee of a fictitious Muslim charity, which the man had said had connections to the Muslim Brotherhood, an Egypt-based group that has suspected ties to terrorists. "...
  • In the 11th paragraph, the Washington Post finally reveals the lede (ed.):
"NPR put Liley on administrative leave as a result of the video. "...


via Poynter.org/Romenesko