NPR boss once called the First Amendment a ‘challenge’ and ‘reverence for the truth’ a distraction [Video]

Controversial videos of Katherine Maher discussing her views on “the truth” and the First Amendment have resurfaced as the new NPR CEO continues to face online backlash and scrutiny.

At the Atlantic Council’s 360/Open Summit in June 2021, Maher, then the CEO of Wikimedia which oversees Wikipedia, discussed efforts to push back against disinformation and the “challenge” of the First Amendment. She took over at NPR last month.

“The number one challenge here that we see is, of course, the First Amendment in the United States. [It] is a fairly robust protection of rights and that is a protection of rights both for platforms, which I actually think is very important that platforms have those rights to be able to regulate what kind of content they want on their sites,” Maher said.

She added, “But it also means that it is a little bit tricky to really address some of the real challenges of where does …