Source: Racket News
by Matt Taibbi
“Amid a busy news day Monday, a familiar figure was named Chief Operating Officer of National Public Radio. Ryan Merkley, who directed the Aspen Institute’s Commission on Information Disorder and also appeared in the Twitter Files as Wikimedia’s liaison to ‘Industry Meetings’ with federal law enforcement, was elevated to the job by NPR president/Titania McGrath clone Katherine Maher. ‘Throughout his career Ryan has demonstrated a commitment to the public trust, leading organizations that prioritize universal access to the common good,’ Maher said Maher, perhaps best-known for describing the First Amendment as ‘the number one challenge’ that makes it ‘tricky’ to remove content. Merkley’s name figured in several high-profile efforts to control ‘disinformation’ through aggressive content moderation.” (01/14/25)
https://www.racket.news/p/head-of-infamous-information-disorder