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NPR host fired after acting as spokesperson for Occupy DC protest
By: Bill O'ReillyOctober 20, 2011
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The Atlantic: Lisa Simeone, the freelance host of public radio Soundprint and World of Opera, confirmed on Thursday that she had been dismissed from Soundprint after it was discovered she had been working as a spokeswoman for Occupy D.C. Simeone has been talking to the press on behalf of the offshoot of Occupy Wall Street since early October, but the news of her involvement only reached the public radio network's headquarters this week. She remains host of World of Opera.

Roll Call broke the story on Tuesday, and on Wednesday, right-leaning sites such as the Daily Caller and Andrew Breitbart's Big Journalism had picked it up as an issue. On Wednesday night, NPR posted to its own blog that, "We're in conversations with [local affiliate] WDAV about how they intend to handle this. We of course take this issue very seriously." Simeone told The Washington Post that she was fired over the phone on Wednesday after the NPR code of ethics was read to her. The section on political activities reads: "NPR journalists may not participate in marches and rallies involving causes or issues that NPR covers, nor should they sign petitions or otherwise lend their name to such causes, or contribute money to them."
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