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    Setting The Record Straight After A Live Interview

    An addendum for a rebroadcast was necessary, but not necessarily sufficient
    by Elizabeth Jensen Oct 04, 2019 5 minutes
    House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-CA., speaks to members of the press during a closed-door deposition of Former Special Envoy to Ukraine Kurt Volker led by the House Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill on October 3, 2019 in Washington, DC.

    The House impeachment inquiry into President Trump has meant a ratcheting up of partisan scrutiny of NPR journalists' work. Unlike some of the critics, I think that overall the coverage has been journalistically strong (more on that in an upcoming column).

    But the handling of misinformation in an interview on Wednesday's All Things Considered with Rep. Jim Banks, an Indiana Republican, raised journalistic concerns that I don't think are explained away as purely partisan posturing (although there has also been plenty of partisan pushback from both sides about the interview). And once again, the journalistic challenge resulted from a format choice: the decision to interview a politician on live radio.

    Live interviews have increased greatly on NPR's newsmagazines in recent years. As readers of this column well know, listeners (and

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