NPR told anchor not to attend Pride event — then | Gossip Wire

NPR urged its longtime host, Ari Shapiro, one of its most seen homosexual workers, not to attend a Pride event – and later reversed the choice after the e-mail leaked to many newsroom staffers and media shops, in accordance to a report.

The public broadcaster’s obvious switch-up on company LGBTQ occasions come because the Trump administration cracks down on variety, equity and inclusion insurance policies, and as Republicans are combating to revoke some of NPR’s funding.

“The steerage in our ethics handbook is to ‘keep away from appearances at personal industry or company…