Mike Pompeo's tantrum inspired a big boost in NPR donations

The Secretary of State may not be thanking NPR for his week atop the headlines, but NPR can definitely thank him for boosting their bottom line.

Mike Pompeo made news this week for berating NPR journalist Mary Louise Kelly following an interview about Iran on All Things Considered, the national current affairs show she anchors. Pompeo cut the Jan 25. interview short, after refusing to be drawn on questions about Ukraine (despite Kelly confirming that Pompeo's staff had been made aware Ukraine would be part of the discussion). He then invited her into another room and, Kelly said, proceeded to yell and swear at her, accused her of lying about Ukraine being on the agenda for the interview, asked the Cambridge European studies masters graduate to point out Ukraine on an unlabelled world map, and told her, "People will hear about this."  Read more...

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