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NPR Announces Journalists Will Now Be Allowed To Openly Engage In Political Activism

Ben Johnson
NPR Announces Journalists Will Now Be Allowed To Openly Engage In Political Activism
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Taxpayers are raising renewed calls to defund NPR after the public broadcaster announced that journalists can now openly advocate for a litany of hot-button political topics.

Last month, National Public Radio loosened its ethics policy, which long prevented correspondents from taking a public position on “controversial” or “polarizing” issues, or participating in politically-themed demonstrations. NPR Public Editor Kelly McBride announced on July 29:

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