Who Knew NPR Execs Were So Well-Paid (Overpaid)?
By Tim Graham | January 10, 2011 | 07:39
Washington Post media reporter Paul Farhi was complete enough in his reporting on the internal NPR review of the Juan Williams firing on Saturday that he included financial numbers that NPR released on the bonuses of NPR CEO Vivian Schiller. The decision to cancel her bonus over that Fox-loathing fiasco was a six-figure decision:
According to tax records released by NPR on Friday, Schiller received a bonus of $112,500 in May 2010, about 17 months after she was hired by the Washington-based organization. This was in addition to a base salary of $450,000. The bonus was included in her hiring package, NPR said.
The preceding year, before Schiller's arrival, NPR paid out $1.22 million in salary, bonuses and deferred compensation to Schiller's predecessor, Kevin Klose, who retired that year. It paid another $1.22 million to Ken Stern, its president, who was forced out. Stern's compensation was swelled by a early buyout of his contract, according to NPR.
People at NPR said resigning may have preserved severance payments that [former senior VP Ellen] Weiss would have had to forgo had she been fired.
Farhi did not include an NPR critic from the left or right saying (as I would) "It's too bad NPR stations don't announce these salary and bonus figures when the less fortunate hand over 25 dollars to support their NPR station, only to give it to overcompensated executives the Democrats call 'the wealthy.'"
Previously: Those Soft-Voiced Anchors at NPR Make the Big Bucks
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Holy Cannoli!!!
Submitted by motherbelt on Mon, 01/10/2011 - 8:28am.
<picks jaw up off keyboard>
You are so right, Tim. That these people rail against CEO packages is hypocrisy on stilts!!
I hope every one of those folks who fork over $25, and even the "big spenders" who shell out $250 to get a lousy tote bag or CD set, see this and wake up and smell the coffee.
That does it. Time to defund NPR now!
Wake up Republicans!! Get some people on the floor of the house to rail against the FAT CAT CEO's of NPR!!
Fat cats indeed
Submitted by gwalt on Mon, 01/10/2011 - 9:00am.
Couple this over paid Communist with the NPR reporting on the shooting, and they should be defunded for good!"A lot of briefing for a 2 hr. special with Dan Rather. Saw the show & wonder why we bothered". Ronald Reagan
Two week requiem at least?
Submitted by okiehawk44 on Mon, 01/10/2011 - 9:23am.
The media will try to extend the horror in Tucson into a 2-wk "timeout" further neutering the election results of Nov. 2.
The Republicans have already stated they are putting off any vote on ObamaCare until "later."
So we just wait until we feel better? How again is that going to help those who were killed by a mentally ill man?
I HAVE STATED SINCE BEFORE NOVEMBER 2 -- THE REPUBLICANS SHOULD INTRODUCE AT LEAST 2 ITEMS PER DAY FOR CONSIDERATION -- A HEARING, A PROPOSED LEGISLATIVE REMEDY, A RECONSIDERATION OF LEGISLATION -- SOMETHING EVERY 12 HOURS FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT YEAR.
Start small if you must Boehner et al but START or the media will roll over you and so will the electorate. Trust me!
Simple: Defund NPR.
Submitted by Beukeboom on Mon, 01/10/2011 - 10:45am.
Simple: Defund NPR.
Class warfare
Submitted by almostacowboy on Mon, 01/10/2011 - 2:40pm.
That there are so many well-to-do Libs, who have made the most of and been benefited by capitalism, makes the Left's "class warfare" tactic all the more curious. Every time I hear some leftist millionaire spouting their progressive attack on "the rich" I just know they're thinking, "Oh, we mean "rich conservatives", not us".
Nothing hypocritical about that, is there?
NPR--your tax dollars at
Submitted by liberalsarefunny on Mon, 01/10/2011 - 3:46pm.
NPR--your tax dollars at work.
"work"? Is that they are
Submitted by Beukeboom on Mon, 01/10/2011 - 3:47pm.
"work"? Is that they are calling it now?
What is funny...
Submitted by Vic138 on Wed, 01/12/2011 - 9:50am.
Is that most of the people that work for npr do it for basically nothing. Don't understand the metality of the board of directors that think the ceo should get 'typical' ceo wages, but everyone else minimum wages.
If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem.