NPR ombudsman Dvorkin wrongly attacked Media Matters for "seeking to trash" NPR

SUMMARY: National Public Radio ombudsman Jeffrey A. Dvorkin responded to a Media Matters item documenting NPR national political correspondent Mara Liasson's assertion on Fox News Sunday that "it's Democrats, not just Republicans, taking money from" disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff. Dvorkin attacked Media Matters and defended Liasson's comments, asserting that the Fox News transcript had incorrectly included the comma after "Republicans," leaving "the impression that Liasson said that both parties had profited directly from Abramoff." Dvorkin also attacked Media Matters as one of the "political blogs" practicing "guilt by association" in "seeking to trash both FOX for being conservative, and NPR for looking like FOX's willing agents whenever its news representatives participate on FOX's programs."

Comments