re: #9 Charles

What people seem to be forgetting, though, is that this was a fundraising meeting. He wasn’t there to get in arguments with people. He was courting what he thought was a potential big donor.

Schiller is a professional fundraiser; he had no input into the editorial side of NPR.

Agreed 100%. I understand why people would be offended by him not objecting to antisemitism from the hoaxers or laughing with them, nodding.

But yes, “he had no editorial input” is the key pat.