employees there's one little problem here lisa simeoni is an n.p.r. employee she's the host of two shows which have nothing to do with politics one called sound current which is aired on an n.p.r. affiliate and world of opera which is produced by an n.p.r. affiliate so you would think that n.p.r. would simply brush the folk on diversity away she doesn't work for them she doesn't get paid by them and she hosts a show which deals strictly with culture with opera not with politics but you would have thought wrong because n.p.r. did exactly the opposite they fired off an e-mail to staffers saying if they of course take this issue very seriously we've really they're taking a freelancer a staffer at an n.p.r. affiliate who does not work for them is not paid by them participating in a protest very seriously why i think somebody actually put it best when she said what is n.p.r. afraid i'll do insert a seditious comment into a synopsis of madame butterfly now apparently they are and so is one of the stations who simeoni works for she was fired last night from

which we've covered on this show and simeoni was in fact participating in these protests and actually here's a clip of her expressing what exactly she was protesting for not war not slaughter not mayhem not destruction but life peace justice that's what we want that's what we're going to demand. now the implication of the stories put out there was that the host leases in the open he was participating in p.r. work all being an employee at n.p.r. something strictly forbidden for n.p.r. employees there's one little problem here lisa said the only isn't n.p.r. employees she's the host of two shows which have nothing to do with politics one called sound current which is aired on an n.p.r. affiliate and world of opera which is produced by an n.p.r. affiliate so you would think that god would simply brush the bow controversy away she doesn't work for them she doesn't get paid by them and she hosts a show which deals strictly with culture with opera not with politics but what about raw because n.p.r. did exactly the opposite and fired off an e-mail to staffers saying if they of course take th