re: #152 Obdicut

Juan Williams was a political commentator. I’m fine with NPR having restrictions in place for its political commentators. That makes perfect sense. You want at least some objectivity there.

But extending it to the cultural programs is just dumb. It’s like political correctness inverted, political sterility.

Well, suppose Click and Clack from Cartalk decided to start giving speeches at Tea Parties. All of a sudden NPR has a non political show involved in a political cause. Lefties would complain, boycott, etc. It would hurt NPR’s image and programing. The rules may be too harsh but I applaud them from sticking to their own ethics code.