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NEWS: 14 veteran journalists at the Voice of America send letter of protest against Trump's appointee as parent agency's CEO, Michael Pack, saying he is harming US aims and imperiling its reporters / more

My story:
npr.org/2020/08/31/907…
Pack's comments and decisions "endanger the personal security of VOA reporters at home and abroad, as well as threatening to harm U.S. national security objectives," the letter to VOA Acting Director Elez Biberaj reads. / more
The protest came after a long line of sweeping changes and purges at the federally funded networks overseen by Pack. But it was triggered by interview Pack gave to conservative site the Federalist.

"It's a great pace to put a foreign spy," Pack said/ MORE
"My job really is to drain the swamp, to root out corruption and to deal with these issues of bias, not to tell journalists what to report," Pack told Federalist.

Pack had forced out several contractors and rebuked editors over an Urdu-language report on Biden. /more
My full story for NPR:
npr.org/2020/08/31/907…
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Pittsburgh PG executive editor Keith Burris re ⁦@alexisjreports⁩:

“No fair person could make the case that our actions were race-based. We will not apologize for upholding professional standards in journalism or attempting to eliminate bias.” /MORE
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2/ Burris says Johnson was barred from coverage because her tweet betrayed bias.

Does not address case of white colleague warned about tweet disparaging man accused of looting was allowed to keep writing about protests until union pointed out disparity - as NPR reported Monday /
3/ Burris confirmed tgat 80 Post-Gazette journalists, including Michael Santiago, were also sidelined from covering protests for retweeting @alexisjreports’ original offending tweet in solidarity with her.

It compares looters to those who trashed area after concert tailgate.
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Secretary Pompeo asserts (without evidence) that NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly lied twice - saying their interview was only to focus on Iran and that post-interview exchange was to be off record.

A point about each: /con’t
In interview, transcript shows Pompeo did not contradict @NPRKelly when she noted she confirmed w his aides she’d ask about Ukraine too. (Aide was in room.)

Don’t take my word - here’s State Dep’t transcript:
state.gov/secretary-mich…

/con’t
Also, Kelly told listeners she was then asked to speak w Pompeo without colleagues or recorder - but that no one sought to place off record. And she said she would not have accepted that. Her account:
npr.org/transcripts/79…

/con’t
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NEWS: Astros assistant GM Brandon Taubman was targeting a female reporter wearing a purple bracelet on domestic violence.

She has tweeted frequently on DV; he complained about her tweets offering info on DV hotlines when Roberto Osuna appeared in Astros games in 2018. My story:
This account is based on interviews with three witnesses to Saturday's incident and another four interviews. Osuna was considered damaged goods when his contract was obtained in a trade from the Toronto Blue Jays - in financial terms, a distressed asset acquired at a discount.
In a statement late this afternoon, Taubman offered an apology of sorts, saying he was exuberant in defense of Osuna, a star reliever who had given up a two-run home run; Taubman protested he was "progressive" and misunderstood.
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