Lawmakers said Ms. Maher, hired by NPR on March 25, also told them she needed additional time to prepare for the hearing, which was scheduled last week.
House mulls fixes to taxpayer-funded NPR's liberal slant
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Katherine Maher, the newly hired president and CEO of NPR, said in a statement that the hearing conflicts with a "previously scheduled and publicly posted all-day meeting" of the company's board of directors.
Katherine Maher, NPR head, a no-show at House hearing on bias at taxpayer-funded news outlet
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