Reporter sues NPR and MoMA

A former National Public Radio reporter has sued the broadcast network and New York City’s Museum of Modern Art, saying the museum pressured NPR to issue a “false correction” for a story he did on a Nazi-looted painting, the New York Post reports.

David D’Arcy charges in his $5-million court action that the museum sought to retaliate against him after his 2004 story on NPR’s “All Things Considered” questioned the museum’s position in a dispute over the ownership of Egon Schiele’s “Portrait of Wally.”

He maintains that the museum lied to NPR, which led to NPR issuing a correction and terminating his employment, the Post said. It said NPR denied the charges, while the Museum of Modern Art declined comment.