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NPR Drops Opera Program over Host’s Activism

HeadlineOct 24, 2011

More developments have occurred in the controversy surrounding a public radio host who lost one of her jobs over her political activism. Lisa Simeone was dismissed at the show “Soundprint” after National Public Radio officials raised concern over her participation in the “October 2011” protests in Washington, D.C. NPR now says it will no longer distribute Simeone’s other broadcast, “World of Opera.” The program’s producer, North Carolina’s WDAV, says it plans to keep Simeone as host and that her political involvement has no bearing on her role in the broadcast. In a correction to a headline from Friday, “Soundprint” is distributed independently, not by NPR, but runs on public radio stations around the country.

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