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Shocking: How Faulty Science Lands Innocent People Behind Bars as Accused Child Murderers

A.C. Thompson, Chisun Lee, Joe Shapiro, Sandra Bartlett, ProPublica. June 28, 2011.

Medical examiners and coroners have repeatedly mishandled cases of infant and child deaths, helping to put innocent people behind bars.

What's Behind the GOP's War Against NPR?

Lauren Kelley, AlterNet. December 17, 2010.

The '90s culture wars are back, with Republicans once again quibbling over a few million dollars in federal grants for public radio.

Zinn-ophobia at NPR

Eric Alterman, The Nation. February 12, 2010.

When William F. Buckley died, the conservative got kid-glove treatment by NPR. When the progressive Howard Zinn passed, a right-wing crank was brought in to bash him.