National “Public” Radio is staunchly taking sides in the debate over “book bans” of explicit sexual material in public libraries. On Saturday night’s horribly named show All Things Considered, Boston-based NPR reporter Tovia Smith filed a 12-and-a-half minute story warning “The battle over books comes at a cost.” Librarians have been smeared as evil people and their lives have been put in danger by nasty right-wingers.
