"... modem examples like Martin Luther King or Ghandi"
For sure they were great communicators. But ... ;)
For sure they were great communicators. But ... ;)
(And, just to be clear, it was NPR who got it wrong, not the poster above.)
In any case, is that rule one applies to names? That it's okay to mangle the true spelling as long as the pronunciation remains the same?
A man as impressive and significant as Gandhi, and people can't be arsed to get his name right?