Local bishops do not have civil or canonical jurisdiction over The National Catholic Reporter, strange though that must seem to you!   Yes, both Bishop Helmsing and Bob Finn fought the NCR -- and both times the NCR  won, and for many good reasons.  The NCR genuinely supports Catholicism, and Helmsing and Finn arguably did not  -- they supported their own already tenuous interests in their own diocesan fiefdom.  Apparently, you are unaware that NCR is both a member of the Catholic Press and an award-winning publication.  And I now know better than trying to get you up to speed on those facts when your mind is already made up!  Best do your own research . . . .