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    <p><span style="font-size:16px;">Yesterday, NPR's PR flack was  haranguing me on the phone about how NPR had nothing to do with getting  Lisa Simeone fired from an independent program called Soundprint.&nbsp; This  was despite NPR having gone public with its concerns over Simeone's  "unethical" participation in democracy, and Soundprint's referencing of  NPR's "ethics" rules in firing Simeone.&nbsp; It was also despite NPR's clear  intention to get Simeone removed from our airwaves.<br /></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:16px;">I have no evidence that NPR contacted Soundprint, but "World of Opera" is a different story.&nbsp; Today <a _cke_saved_href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/21/npr-dumping-opera-show-ov_n_1026121.html" href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/21/npr-dumping-opera-show-ov_n_1026121.html">I read that</a>  NPR has dropped distribution of "World of Opera," a program produced by  WDAV which contracts with Simeone to host it.&nbsp; NPR's original frantic  email and blog post had read:<br /></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:16px;">"We're  in conversations with WDAV about how they intend to handle this. We of  course take this issue very seriously." (The issue of participating in a  democratic society and not backing a corporate agenda like bigshot NPR  hosts who opinionate on Fox, in op-eds, and at big business speaking  events for big bucks.)</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 16px;">Lisa  was told to be on a phone call with NPR and WDAV Thursday morning, but  NPR canceled the call without telling her, as she waited by the phone.&nbsp;  NPR's Anna Christopher Bross tells me that NPR spoke with WDAV about how  to handle Simeone.&nbsp; She says they went through many possible scenarios,  and that NPR has been completely transparent.&nbsp; I asked her what any of  the scenarios were, and she refused to say.&nbsp; I asked if one of them was  the only one anyone has discussed, namely firing Simeone, and she  wouldn't say.&nbsp; But the announcement by <a _cke_saved_href="http://blogs.wdav.org/2011/10/20/more-on-wdav-world-of-opera/" href="http://blogs.wdav.org/2011/10/20/more-on-wdav-world-of-opera/">WDAV</a> was "Ms. Simeone remains the host of <em>World of Opera</em>."&nbsp; The decision was not to fire her. <a _cke_saved_href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/thisisnpr/2011/10/20/141556324/wdav-says-lisa-simeone-will-remain-world-of-operas-host" href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/thisisnpr/2011/10/20/141556324/wdav-says-lisa-simeone-will-remain-world-of-operas-host">NPR</a> announced "</span><span style="font-size:16px;">Classical  public radio station WDAV says Lisa Simeone will continue to host World  of Opera." The decision was not to discontinue her.<br /></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 16px;">Now,  unable to get Simeone fired, a decision which NPR would have carefully  blamed entirely on WDAV, our public radio thugs have taken the only  approach left to them if people who condescend to supporting the  political efforts of the poor are to be kept out of public sight: NPR  has dropped the program. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 16px;">Clearly  Soundprint deserves its full share of condemnation in all of this, and  WDAV merits strong support.&nbsp; WDAV will be distributing "World of Opera"  on its own and should have our backing.&nbsp; But NPR has lowered itself to  the bottom rung of our communications system.&nbsp; Mara Liaason can  opinionate on Fox News while providing an objective god's-eye view on  NPR.&nbsp; Scott Simon can publish opinion columns in corporate newspapers  while reporting the facts.&nbsp; Cokie Roberts can take corporate speaking  fees that could cover most people's mortgages without being perceived as  in any way tarnished. But Lisa Simeone cannot introduce operas while  having taken the unforgivable step of supporting a nonviolent movement  on behalf of the lower 99% of us.&nbsp; Despicable.</span></p>
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