Head of NPR resigns after tape fiasco...

[Baldy]

NPR chief executive quits over hidden camera video

"WASHINGTON – NPR president and CEO Vivian Schiller has resigned in the wake of comments by a fellow executive that angered conservatives and renewed calls to end federal funding for public broadcasting.

The chairman of NPR's board of directors announced Wednesday morning that he has accepted Schiller's resignation, effective immediately.

NPR media correspondent David Folkenflik said in a tweet that Schiller was forced out by the board.

A hidden-camera video of an NPR executive calling the tea party racist and saying the network would be better off without federal money has led to that executive's immediate resignation."

[YoUDeeMan]

[houndawg]

Without federal funding they could tell the truth.

[dbackjon]

As he should have.

[YoUDeeMan]

Actually, what is funny is that the left gets all happy and excited when a bigoted right wing person gets "justice", but they get their panties in a bunch when the same thing happens to a left winger.

Look at the responses in this and the other thread...the left wing sacks of jello are saying that their guy was only telling the truth.

Hmmmm...sounds exactly like what the whack jobs on the right say after their public mouths decide to trumpet their "truths", such as: "Blacks are ignorant and violent", "Indians are lazy", "Muslims are bent on taking over the world...and just waiting until they get a majority", and "Liberals are insecure, jealous twirps with small dicks no idea about how reality works".

But it's OK, because idiots on both sides believe they are punished for saying the truth.

[Ivytalk]

No Public Revenue for NPR!

Surely there are enough small-dicked, big-hearted liberals out there to keep it afloat!

[89Hen]

Without federal funding they could tell the truth.

[CitadelGrad]

As he should have.

She, actually.

[native]

No Public Revenue for NPR!

Surely there are enough small-dicked, big-hearted liberals out there to keep it afloat!

[dbackjon]

As he should have.

She, actually.

eh, didn't care enough to check

[OL FU]

It doesn't matter whether it is left or right, the federal government should not be subsidizing a news show, period.


The arts on public radio maybe. That is more a question of resource allocation. But news should be totally seperate from the government not matter how good or how bad.

[CitadelGrad]

It doesn't matter whether it is left or right, the federal government should not be subsidizing a news show, period.


The arts on public radio maybe. That is more a question of resource allocation. But news should be totally seperate from the government not matter how good or how bad.

The gubmint shouldn't be subsidizing the arts either. Every time some government cheese-deprived artists see another artist gnawing on the NEA gouda, they scream "Censorship"!

[Ivytalk]

It doesn't matter whether it is left or right, the federal government should not be subsidizing a news show, period.


The arts on public radio maybe. That is more a question of resource allocation. But news should be totally seperate from the government not matter how good or how bad.

The gubmint shouldn't be subsidizing the arts either. Every time some government cheese-deprived artists see another artist gnawing on the NEA gouda, they scream "Censorship"!

Nice metaphors, CitGrad! "Gnawing on the NEA gouda"! Priceless!

Alternative: "sniffing the NEA limburger"

[OL FU]

It doesn't matter whether it is left or right, the federal government should not be subsidizing a news show, period.


The arts on public radio maybe. That is more a question of resource allocation. But news should be totally seperate from the government not matter how good or how bad.

The gubmint shouldn't be subsidizing the arts either. Every time some government cheese-deprived artists see another artist gnawing on the NEA gouda, they scream "Censorship"!

I won't disagree but the arts have historically been subsidized by gubmints.And historically, the gubmints have also owned the press which is why they shouldn't be subsidizing one in a free country. I guess you could make the same argument for the arts. But I'll consider that a different issue. brie, gouda or cheddar aside