NPR Editor Says Pro-Looting Author ‘Was Allowed To Spread False Information’

NPR Public Editor Kelly McBride told readers in a newsletter on Thursday that an interview with a left-wing author who defended looting last week contained false information and ultimately didn’t “serve” the NPR community.

Responding to a complaint from a reader, McBride, who was not the editor for the story, noted that some of author Vicky Osterweil’s claims in the print interview were contradicted by reporting from NPR, and furthermore, “the author’s characterization of the Civil Rights Movement is a distortion and oversimplification.”