美国国家公共电台 NPR Report Detailing Harassment At NPR Cites 'High Level Of Distrust' Of Management

 

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST:

We're going to take the next few minutes to talk about our own organization. NPR's board of directors has released an outside report that looks at a sexual harassment¹ scandal involving NPR's former top news executive Mike Oreskes. He was senior vice² president for news, and the report details how questions about his conduct were raised repeatedly, even before he joined the network. The review also found a perception of a culture at NPR that favors men. NPR media correspondent David Folkenflik is covering this story and joins us from our studios in New York. Hi, David.

DAVID FOLKENFLIK, BYLINE³: Hey, Ari.

SHAPIRO: What did the report find Oreskes did?

FOLKENFLIK: Well, it sort of fleshed out some of the details of what had been alleged⁴ previously⁵. He had made multiple - there are multiple instances of him reaching out to women inside NPR, some of our journalists, and steering⁶ conversations into a deeply, profoundly and upsettingly personal level, in one instance at least a complaint where he explicitly⁷ talked about sexual matters. He was rebuked⁸ about that formally by NPR's chief lawyer Jonathan Hart back in October of 2015. And from that point, management thought, hey, that issue hasn't recurred⁹. But there were other instances in which he was reproached.

He was reproached for using NPR expense filings to try to be compensated¹⁰ for meals and drinks that they thought were social, nonbusiness in nature. And it turned out a number of cases involved women outside NPR. And they didn't sort of put those two halves together that, in fact, he might be continuing his behavior, leveraging¹¹ his position at the head of NPR for women who might be seeking career advancement¹². This is an oversight¹³ that has really rankled¹⁴ a number of people inside the network.

SHAPIRO: NPR's leaders have been criticized for the way that they handled complaints about Oreskes. What does the report say about that?

FOLKENFLIK: Well, they said that they didn't make the connections. In fact, NPR CEO Jarl Mohn had said previously after forcing the resignation of Michael Oreskes back on November 1 that he failed to connect the dots. And they showed all the dots that were there. In fact, one dot occurred when questions were raised about his behavior during the hiring process in which he had behaved toward women at a conference.

And there were a number of data points, points from almost 20 years ago involving a time when he was at The New York Times to more recently that one could create a more complete picture and say, why is this guy still helping¹⁵ to lead our newsroom?

SHAPIRO: That's what NPR CEO Jarl Mohn said before. What did he say today now that the report has come out?

FOLKENFLIK: Well, he's apologized before, he reiterated¹⁶ that. He said, you know, I can't undo¹⁷ what's passed. But in a note to staff early this evening, he said that he will do everything he can to not repeat the mistakes of the past, to make a - forge a better culture and to be very transparent¹⁸ in how he does it. And indeed, NPR has taken a number of steps in recent weeks, the last couple of months, to really change the way in which things are done here and in which things are perceived here.

SHAPIRO: NPR's board is meeting tonight. What has the reaction been from them and what do you expect is in store?

FOLKENFLIK: Well, they certainly say that they're disappointed, that indeed they acknowledge that this was not a successful effort to rein¹⁹ in the misconduct by the former head news chief. And at the same time, they say they have faith in Jarl Mohn and in his leadership. They say that they can see constructive²⁰ steps taken to move forward, that they are poised²¹ tonight to vote on a series of policies and initiatives. And they also see, on Mohn's part and on the part of others, effort to keep faith and acknowledge that mistakes were made, to own it. In the words of NPR's board chairman.

And that they think that this will be an opportunity to forge a better culture. One of the things that the board members stressed to me in talking - I spoke²² with Wonya Lucas, who was the head of a special committee for the board in looking at issues of harassment and culture - was the question of the culture, the question of how women perceive their station is and their status is here at the network even beyond the question of sexual harassment.

The board members feel there's a real opportunity to reverse that sensibility.

SHAPIRO: NPR media correspondent David Folkenflik - thank you, David.

FOLKENFLIK: You bet.

1 harassment   

n.骚扰，扰乱，烦恼，烦乱

参考例句：

• She often got telephone harassment at night these days.这些天她经常在夜晚受到电话骚扰。
• The company prohibits any form of harassment.公司禁止任何形式的骚扰行为。

2 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

3 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

4 alleged   

a.被指控的，嫌疑的

参考例句：

• It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
• alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为

5 previously   

adv.以前，先前（地）

参考例句：

• The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
• Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。

6 steering   

n.操舵装置

参考例句：

• He beat his hands on the steering wheel in frustration. 他沮丧地用手打了几下方向盘。
• Steering according to the wind, he also framed his words more amicably. 他真会看风使舵，口吻也马上变得温和了。

7 explicitly   

ad.明确地，显然地

参考例句：

• The plan does not explicitly endorse the private ownership of land. 该计划没有明确地支持土地私有制。
• SARA amended section 113 to provide explicitly for a right to contribution. 《最高基金修正与再授权法案》修正了第123条，清楚地规定了分配权。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法

8 rebuked   

责难或指责( rebuke的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The company was publicly rebuked for having neglected safety procedures. 公司因忽略了安全规程而受到公开批评。
• The teacher rebuked the boy for throwing paper on the floor. 老师指责这个男孩将纸丢在地板上。

9 recurred   

再发生，复发( recur的过去式和过去分词 )； 治愈

参考例句：

• Old memories constantly recurred to him. 往事经常浮现在他的脑海里。
• She always winced when he recurred to the subject of his poems. 每逢他一提到他的诗作的时候，她总是有点畏缩。

10 compensated   

补偿，报酬( compensate的过去式和过去分词 )； 给（某人）赔偿（或赔款）

参考例句：

• The marvelous acting compensated for the play's weak script. 本剧的精彩表演弥补了剧本的不足。
• I compensated his loss with money. 我赔偿他经济损失。

11 leveraging   

促使…改变( leverage的现在分词 )； [美国英语]杠杆式投机，（使）举债经营，（使）利用贷款进行投机

参考例句：

• De-leveraging is a painful process: it has barely begun. 去杠杆化是个痛苦的过程：它才刚刚开始。
• Archimedes said, saying: Give me a fulcrum, I can leveraging the Earth. 阿基米德说过一句话：给我一个支点，我可以撬动地球。

12 advancement   

n.前进，促进，提升

参考例句：

• His new contribution to the advancement of physiology was well appreciated.他对生理学发展的新贡献获得高度赞赏。
• The aim of a university should be the advancement of learning.大学的目标应是促进学术。

13 oversight   

n.勘漏，失察，疏忽

参考例句：

• I consider this a gross oversight on your part.我把这件事看作是你的一大疏忽。
• Your essay was not marked through an oversight on my part.由于我的疏忽你的文章没有打分。

14 rankled   

v.（使）痛苦不已，（使）怨恨不已( rankle的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Her comments still rankled. 她的评价仍然让人耿耿于怀。
• The insult rankled in his mind. 这种侮辱使他心里难受。 来自《简明英汉词典》

15 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

16 reiterated   

反复地说，重申( reiterate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• "Well, I want to know about it,'she reiterated. “嗯，我一定要知道你的休假日期，"她重复说。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
• Some twenty-two years later President Polk reiterated and elaborated upon these principles. 大约二十二年之后，波尔克总统重申这些原则并且刻意阐释一番。

17 undo   

vt.解开，松开；取消，撤销

参考例句：

• His pride will undo him some day.他的傲慢总有一天会毁了他。
• I managed secretly to undo a corner of the parcel.我悄悄地设法解开了包裹的一角。

18 transparent   

adj.明显的，无疑的；透明的

参考例句：

• The water is so transparent that we can see the fishes swimming.水清澈透明，可以看到鱼儿游来游去。
• The window glass is transparent.窗玻璃是透明的。

19 rein   

n.疆绳，统治，支配；vt.以僵绳控制，统治

参考例句：

• The horse answered to the slightest pull on the rein.只要缰绳轻轻一拉,马就作出反应。
• He never drew rein for a moment till he reached the river.他一刻不停地一直跑到河边。

20 constructive   

adj.建设的，建设性的

参考例句：

• We welcome constructive criticism.我们乐意接受有建设性的批评。
• He is beginning to deal with his anger in a constructive way.他开始用建设性的方法处理自己的怒气。

21 poised   

a.摆好姿势不动的

参考例句：

• The hawk poised in mid-air ready to swoop. 老鹰在半空中盘旋，准备俯冲。
• Tina was tense, her hand poised over the telephone. 蒂娜心情紧张，手悬在电话机上。

22 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。