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Controversial videos of Katherine Maher discussing her views on “the truth” and the First Amendment have resurfaced as the new NPR CEO continues to face online backlash and scrutiny. At the Atlantic Council’s 360/Open Summit in June 2021, Maher, then the CEO of Wikimedia which oversees Wikipedia, discussed efforts to push back against disinformation and the “challenge” of the First …

Caitlin Clark was thinking about how her Iowa Hawkeyes were going to beat their Big Ten Conference foe, the Wisconsin Badgers, on Dec. 10, 2023. But she admitted also having a keen eye on the WNBA Draft Lottery that would determine who owned the No. 1 pick in 2024. “When the draft lottery happened, I had a game on the …

Embattled NPR president and CEO Katherine Maher sidestepped a question about whether she should prioritize “viewpoint diversity” in the newsroom in the wake of the resignation of a veteran editor who sounded the alarm about the organization’s liberal groupthink. During a conversation Wednesday at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Maher was asked about “viewpoint diversity,” a topic NPR’s senior …