NPR has a resolution for 2026: Stop quoting University of Richmond law professor Carl Tobias.

Tobias “appears 77 times on NPR’s website, and seems to be a dial-a-quote for NPR and numerous other media outlets on a very wide range of topics,” NPR’s standards chief, Tony Cavin, reportedly complained in an email sent to staff. That email — subject reading “GUIDANCE: Don’t I know you from somewhere?” — was shared with Semafor. (RELATED: NPR’s President Claimed With A Straight Face Her Outlet Wasn’t Biased. Here’s 5 Times NPR Was Shamelessly Political) 

Tobias’ “hobby seems to be getting himself quoted about anything and everything in news stories,” the email reads. “He is often quoted by wire services and as a result his name is likely familiar even to readers of The South China Morning Post in Hong Kong.” 

Tobias’ name may be familiar to loyal readers of the Daily Caller, too. He’s been quoted no less than five times by the Daily Caller News Foundation, most recently in 2019, usually on matters

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