A Down Under View On Public Broadcasting

CJR talks NPR and more with Jonathan Holmes, host of Australian TV’s Media Watch

By Joel Meares   Mar 14, 2011 at 04:53 PM

Last week saw NPR CEO Vivian Schiller resign after the organization’s chief fundraiser was caught in a hidden-video sting... More

Audit Notes: Hiltzik on Drug R&D, A 1 Percent “Score”, Paywalls

By Ryan Chittum   Apr 4, 2011 at 08:26 PM

The Los Angeles Times's Michael Hiltzik finds a study that questions the drug lobby's line on how much it costs... More

CJR Rewind: NPR Amps Up

Can Vivian Schiller build a journalism juggernaut?

By Jill Drew   Mar 9, 2011 at 10:20 AM

This story originally ran in the March/April 2010 issue of CJR. If I were writing this story for All Things... More

Juan Williams’ Weak Call to Defund NPR

Ex-employee’s latest attack proves toothless

By Joel Meares   Mar 21, 2011 at 04:43 PM

In a disingenuous column published in The Hill today, onetime NPR news analyst Juan Williams argues that his former employer... More

New O’Keefe Recording Shows NPR Suggesting Anonymous Donation

By Joel Meares   Mar 10, 2011 at 06:30 PM

James O’Keefe continues to stick it to NPR with a second tape—this time audio—released featuring a telephone conversation between senior... More

NPR Flubs Response to Schiller Controversy

Another “scandal,” another rash reaction

By Joel Meares   Mar 9, 2011 at 05:48 PM

NPR CEO Vivian Schiller has resigned following the controversial release of a video showing an NPR fundraiser describing the Tea... More

O’Keefe Teaches Media A Lesson (Again)

Edited NPR video shows why we need to slow down

By Joel Meares   Mar 15, 2011 at 03:19 PM

How quickly things seem to fall apart when James O’Keefe is the person who put them together. O’Keefe’s incriminating ACORN... More

Steve Inskeep Stands Up for NPR

Challenges notion that network is “liberal” in WSJ

By Joel Meares   Mar 24, 2011 at 03:47 PM

The NPR board may have buckled under the pressure of James O’Keefe’s faux scandal, but weeks after the Schillers... More

Stingers From Our Past

James O’Keefe’s predecessors, their stings, and their ethics

By Joel Meares   Mar 10, 2011 at 02:33 PM

With James O’Keefe’s latest video sting taking two scalps at NPR this week, we thought it timely to revisit some... More