Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger is urging NPR to purge its CEO, former Wikimedia chief Katherine Maher, for her past comments being critical of a 'free and open' internet.
Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger took aim at his successor, Katherine Maher, whose past comments about free speech have resurfaced since taking over the now scandal-plagued NPR as its CEO and president. City Journal's Christopher Rufo has been unearthing comments Maher had made during her tenure as executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation.
NPR WHISTLEBLOWER URI BERLINER RESIGNS: ‘I CANNOT WORK IN A NEWSROOM WHERE I AM DISPARAGED’ Sanger told Rufo if NPR wants to commit to objectivity and free speech principles, 'they would let her go right away.' 'I don’t expect them to do that. They don’t listen to people like us. They don’t care what we think,' Sanger said. 'But nevertheless, this is an important story because it shows just how cynical it is.
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