Todd Tiahrt: “I must express my outrage at their unethical report on the anthrax mailings. On January 22, NPR broadcast a story…”

“I must express my outrage at their unethical report on the anthrax mailings. On January 22, NPR broadcast a story linking the Traditional Values Coalition to the anthrax mailings here on Capitol Hill. There are no facts and no sources to support this charge of the NPR broadcast. Though they have since issued a correction of the story, there was no apology. I am very concerned that their previously liberal bias has transformed into an all-out attack on conservative and Christian organizations. Four people died from the anthrax mailings, and it is very serious to accuse people of that crime without any supporting facts. Andrea Lafferty and Reverend Shelton of the Tradition Values Coalition are good friends and loving people. It is shocking that anybody could consider them capable of such a horrific act. NPR receives Federal funds, and therefore we in Congress have a responsibility to make sure that our constituents' taxpayer dollars are not misused for such malicious and unethical reporting.”