My letter to NPR's ombudsman

By at 8:25 am Friday, Jun 21

Here's my letter to NPR's ombudsman, regarding NPR's link policy.
>"It's part of keeping our integrity that our journalism remain
>noncommercial, and we're not engaged in advocacy in any way,"
>Dvorkin explained.

Your integrity rests on the public's perception of your reasonableness, your understanding of the ways of the world. With every passing moment that this policy remains in effect, your erode that perception, erode the public's confidence in NPR's ability to deliver accurate and balanced news. No one wants to get their picture of the world from a fool; please show the world that NPR is not made up a fools and eliminate this policy immediately, apologize and get on with the news.

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Cory Doctorow

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