NPR NEEDS A HOUSE CLEANING

There are too many incompetent senior executives at NPR and even if, as I hope, public broadcasting is not cut off from federal funding, a lot of them need to be dismissed.  Case in point:

New Tape Increases Pressure for NPR
By ELIZABETH JENSEN
Published: March 10, 2011
NY Times

The NPR fund-raiser who was taped, Betsy Liley, believed she was talking to prospective donors from a group called the Muslim Education Action Center. In the recording, one of the fake donors asks her if a proposed $5 million donation could be kept secret from the federal government, even if NPR’s books are audited.

At one point he says, “It sounded like you were saying that NPR would be able to shield us from a government audit — is that correct?”

Ms. Liley responds, “I think that is the case, especially if you were anonymous, and I can inquire about that.”

In a statement late Thursday, NPR disavowed the comments, saying that the statement by Ms. Liley, its senior director of institutional giving, was “factually inaccurate and not reflective of NPR’s gift practices.” It said, “All donations — anonymous and named — are fully reported to the I.R.S.”

How can a "senior director" not know the policies?