Reply #10: It sounds like the News Director at your local NPR station...

[Up2Late]

...should definitely be fired (maybe the whole "news" department).

We occasionally get Local stories like this, that preempt the National feed, protest to the National office is the best course of action. You could even call or e-mail your U.S. Congress people or the F.C.C.

Here are links to the NPR Gannon stories, so far. Did they preempt these too?

"Conservative Reporter Resigns Amid Controversy"
by David Folkenflik
All Things Considered, February 9, 2005
<http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=44... >

"Journalism and Hidden Agendas"
by David Folkenflik
Morning Edition, February 14, 2005
<http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=44... >

"To Blog or Not to Blog?"
by Mike Pesca
Day to Day, February 15, 2005
<http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=45... >

Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me!
Feb. 19, 2005
Opening Panel Round
Scandal hits the White House press corps; a really, really bad blind date.
<http://www.npr.org/programs/waitwait/thisweek.html >