NPR CEO steps down

[Perd Hapley]

NPR exec. caught on tape, saying that Tea Party is racist.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110309/ap_on_en_ot/us_npr_tea_party_criticism

Is it too wildly optimisic, to hope that NPR could really be de-funded in the near future?

[cassandra and sara's daddy]

hey he said they would be better off lets help em out

[SADShooter]

...and admitted that they can be weaned off public money.

I watch a fair amount of PBS programming, and there's an NPR spinoff music station in DFW that's really neat. But I fail to see how they both shouldn't be expected to compete in the current media marketplace. The effort and time they expend on pledge drives and praising donors could be used to drum up sponsorships the way everyone else does.

[gunsmith]

...and admitted that they can be weaned off public money.

I watch a fair amount of PBS programming, and there's an NPR spinoff music station in DFW that's really neat. But I fail to see how they both shouldn't be expected to compete in the current media marketplace. The effort and time they expend on pledge drives and praising donors could be used to drum up sponsorships the way everyone else does.

I've heard there music shows before, quite good. I am however sick and tired of the drivel propaganda they puke on people.

Is it too wildly optimistic, to hope that NPR could really be de-funded in the near future?

I certainly hope its de-funded.

[MicroBalrog]

Sean Gabb, relevant once more:


http://www.seangabb.co.uk/flcomm/flc047.htm

Nor do I think privatisation a good idea. As said, the BBC is a great broadcasting organisation. Freed from state control, it might easily grow larger and richer and more powerful. This would not necessarily diminish its control by the Enemy Class—look at CNN and the other American networks. Therefore, it must be destroyed, its copyrights transferred to a successor company for licensing to other broadcasters.

[Headless Thompson Gunner]

[gunsmith]

^^^^^^^
priceless!! Thanks HTG!!

[Angel Eyes]

From the comments:

"NPR is college radio without the professionalism or production quality."

Ouch.

[gunsmith]

From the comments:

"NPR is college radio without the professionalism or production quality."

Ouch.

Thanks! another nugget for facebook!

[Monkeyleg]

I listened to the audio from O'Keefe's undercover video. The NPR exec had some choice words about Jews that the Yahoo News article didn't mention. Something along the lines of Jews running all of the newspapers and controlling the news.

[stevelyn]

Well........Bye.

[Jamie B]

Well........Bye.

Tombstone fan!? 

[TechMan]

Well don't let the door hit ya, where the good Lord split ya.

Answer me this:  Why are people still oblivious to the fact that a large majority of people in America have video capabilities on their phones and know how to use it.

[cassandra and sara's daddy]

folks in power get to feeling above it all. the rules don't apply to them  till someone breaks it off in em

[KD5NRH]

The video showed two conservative activists posing as members of a fake Muslim group at a lunch meeting with NPR's top fundraiser, Ron Schiller, who is not related to Vivian Schiller and who also resigned. The men offered NPR a $5 million donation and engaged in a wide-ranging discussion about tea party Republicans, pro-Israel bias in the media and anti-intellectualism.

Hmm...I'm certainly far from being a "top fundraiser," but I do know enough to wonder how a group I can't find out anything about has $5M to donate to me just out of the blue.  If I met with them at all, I'd be watching my words and watching my back.

[Zardozimo Oprah Bannedalas]

Hmm...I'm certainly far from being a "top fundraiser," but I do know enough to wonder how a group I can't find out anything about has $5M to donate to me just out of the blue.  If I met with them at all, I'd be watching my words and watching my back.

They set up a website and did other background stuff to establish the group.

[KD5NRH]

They set up a website and did other background stuff to establish the group.

With that sort of an offer, I'd still be looking at things like when the domain was registered, whether archive.org has any history of it, whether well-known similar organizations (CAIR, etc.) know anything about them.  A $5M offer from left field just reeks of a setup.

Of course, any of you are welcome to prove me wrong with a $5M campaign contribution.  I will, however, need name, address, employer and job title with that.

[CSM Kersh]

What?  No more cowboy poetry?   

[Balog]

With that sort of an offer, I'd still be looking at things like when the domain was registered, whether archive.org has any history of it, whether well-known similar organizations (CAIR, etc.) know anything about them.  A $5M offer from left field just reeks of a setup.

Of course, any of you are welcome to prove me wrong with a $5M campaign contribution.  I will, however, need name, address, employer and job title with that.

The difference there being you aren't a high ranking exec with a publicly funded radio station.

[KD5NRH]

The difference there being you aren't a high ranking exec with a publicly funded radio station.

You have the opportunity to change that.  (Though I'm not sure how to report an entire radio station as a campaign contribution.)