{"id":1054,"date":"2005-03-21T02:59:23","date_gmt":"2005-03-21T10:59:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/2005\/03\/gulag_npr\/"},"modified":"2005-03-21T02:59:23","modified_gmt":"2005-03-21T10:59:23","slug":"gulag_npr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2005\/03\/gulag_npr.html","title":{"rendered":"GULAG NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tim Rutten’s media column<\/FONT><\/B><\/A> (in the Los
\nAngeles Times on Saturday) noted that “National Public Radio’s decision to sever its 21-year
\nconnection to [David D’arcy, below] one of its most experienced arts reporters” — purportedly
\nbecause he was unfair to the Museum of Modern Art — raises doubts “about how its news
\noperation sets and enforces journalistic standards.”
\n

<\/P>
\n

Trouble is, Rutten’s column about the D’Arcy\/NPR\/MoMA
\ncontroversy<\/FONT><\/B><\/A> is lodged behind the LAT’s Subscription Curtain. So here’s some
\nof what he wrote:<\/P>
\n


\n

According to D’Arcy, he was questioned in a telephone conference with
\nBarbara Rehm and William K. Marimow, both of whom are managing editors of NPR News. As
\nD’Arcy recalls it, Rehm told him, “‘there are real problems with your piece.’ I was asked why I
\ndidn’t confront Lauder directly over the Schiele case. ‘You made Ronald Lauder look like a
\nhypocrite,’ I was told. [Lauder is chairman of MoMA’s Board of Trustees.]<\/I> Bill Marimow
\nsaid, ‘You made these guys look like bad Jews,’ while Rehm hissed ‘shabby, shabby’ in the
\nbackground. Then they told me I had violated every rule of journalism…. I don’t think they
\naccused me of bombing the World Trade Center, but it may have been slipped in. They asked me
\nfor all sorts of off-the-record material. Then, they said, we’ll get back to
\nyou.”<\/BLOCKQUOTE>
\n

<\/P>
\n

When they did, it was to terminate his contract. With their lawyer listening in on the phone,
\nthey also told D’Arcy his editor, Tom Cole, a staffer at “All Things Considered,” was “suspended
\nwithout pay for one day and, Rehm, according to D’Arcy, told him that “Cole agreed with all the
\ncriticisms and had showed the appropriate remorse.”<\/P>
\n

Maybe NPR should change its letters to GULAG? How about GITMO? In any case, what did
\nRehm have to say when Rutten called her for comment on D’Arcy’s firing? Zilch. She didn’t return
\nhis calls. What did Marimow have to say? “We looked into this matter and we issued a correction
\nand that’s all I have to say.” In other words, more zilch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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