tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post178941347296584181..comments2023-10-24T11:23:31.580-04:00Comments on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion: NPR, R.I.P.William A. Jacobsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16433685588536441422noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-63538424024325719072011-03-09T18:47:51.949-05:002011-03-09T18:47:51.949-05:00The above is an argument I've had with several...The above is an argument I've had with several co-workers. <br />Are you so vain, you probably think this post is about you?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-41365744078363393152011-03-09T17:12:14.127-05:002011-03-09T17:12:14.127-05:00Trochlius-
I never said they'd asked the '...Trochlius- <br />I never said they'd asked the 'right' questions, just different questions. <br /><br />I actually don't think he should have been fired-- but I did think it was risky to give cover to racism toward Arabs as though they are all extremists and threatening. And that it isn't a stretch to think some views would be as offended by that as you are by his disparaging the Tea Party. <br /><br />I did find the CEO's statement shockingly incoherent-- strange that she wasn't better prepared. I don't know enough about the inner machinations of NPR to charge they were acting with malice. <br /><br />How do you embed links and use italics in your posts?Laurie Klemmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01844891762431132154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-73344353857335931012011-03-09T17:03:15.330-05:002011-03-09T17:03:15.330-05:00CaptainObvious: I am interested in what you're...CaptainObvious: I am interested in what you're saying, but I couldn't follow it completely. You were quoting things you believe that I am claiming, posing rhetorical questions, and giving answers you do and others you don't believe. And I don't understand some of your figures of speech. I want to let you have that free market argument with me. I need another version, sorry.Laurie Klemmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01844891762431132154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-28414136518436723462011-03-09T15:12:13.478-05:002011-03-09T15:12:13.478-05:00@laurie There almost seems to me to be a duality i...<b>@laurie</b> There almost seems to me to be a duality in your thinking, such as when you say things like you did in your statement, above, that liberals such as yourself do not trust "massive corporations" including media corporations and their sponsors, but that you will trust <b>NPR</b> because they at least ask the "right" questions.<br /><br />When recently departed <b>NPR</b> CEO Vivian Schiller chose to publicly attack Juan Williams, and accuse him of questionable ethics back in October (<a href="http://legalinsurrection.blogspot.com/2011/03/npr-ceo-vivian-schiller-resigns.html" rel="nofollow"> see the clip embedded by the Professor, at this post here</a> <em>before the election</em> -- merely because of his connection to <b>Fox News Channel</b> -- do you not think she was responding to pressure from at least some of the string-pullers on her Board, and they in turn from their leftwing supporters and sponsors? <br /><br />Did you not recognize at the time that she was displaying a cold-blooded willingness, perhaps even enthusiasm, for acting out the role of a thug for hire by doing that? She was not being a Polly Pureheart, or an intellectual, and <em>"asking the right questions."</em> <br /><br />It seems to me that she was quite willing to try to destroy a fellow liberal's career, simply because he had an audience on <b>FNC</b> as well, and he communicated with them in a way that her bosses saw only as an opportunity by which to undermine him.Trochilushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07661310034696479920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-21131116652217822372011-03-09T15:04:07.030-05:002011-03-09T15:04:07.030-05:00I always love having this argument with liberals w...I always love having this argument with liberals who don't quite understand how the free market works:<br /><br />Big corporations have too much power!<br /><br />Really what power do they have?<br /><br />Well, they can like, force us to do stuff, or buy products we don't want!<br /><br />Really? They can do that? They have mercenaries they'll send to your home if you don't buy the right lightbulbs?<br /><br />Well, no, they lobby the government to use its power to do that for them!<br /><br />So the problem is that they use government power?<br /><br />Yes! So we need to give the government more power to stop them!<br /><br />And you think that will help? Do you remember the last 2 sentences you spoke? Wouldn't it just be easier to buy from someone else and not support a corrupt business?<br /><br />Well yeah, but people can't be expected to make informed decisions because they can't get information!<br /><br />So, that intertubes thing... mostly useless?<br /><br />Well, people can't read the whole internet.. they might miss something.<br /><br />So search engines and social media, which tend to circulate stories generally found to be important?<br /><br />Oh, that's only useful for keeping tabs on lady gaga.<br /><br />So you're saying there's a demand for some kind of "Consumer Reports" or trusted ranking service which doesn't exist?<br /><br />Yeah, such a thing might as well not exist because there's no government program to oversee it and keep it "fair"!<br /><br />So who does this J.D. Powers guy think he is? Taking private money in exchange for offering a service for which there is a demand? No business could function on such a premise!<br /><br />Well if he takes private money, he can be corrupted!<br /><br />But if he takes government money he can't?<br /><br />Right, because only the government is good at DE-funding things which aren't working properly!<br /><br />So, selling a service which relies entirely on trust in his good name wouldn't discourage him from acting in untrustworthy ways?<br /><br />Not without being regulated by the government!<br /><br />What about having competitors that his consumers could choose to trust instead should he stray?<br /><br />They'd have to be regulated too, so that they all produce an identical service in perfect accordance with the government's priorities, else face sanctions and go out of business!<br /><br />Right... no possibility of corruption there... obviously government involvement in the private sector is always a good idea!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-70343574311488780362011-03-09T14:34:42.586-05:002011-03-09T14:34:42.586-05:00The other shoe has yet to drop on this story...
W...The other shoe has yet to drop on this story...<br /><br />We've seen the Louis Renault statements from NPR that they are shocked, SHOCKED! to see such goings on in their establishment. That this was an isolated incident. That this was just unserious pandering (as if that's a good thing!). That they always correct such behavior when it's not yanked into the national spotlight (and they have a bridge to sell us as well).<br /><br />O'Keefe was on Dr. Savage's somehow-able-to-broadcast-without-forced-taxation program last night and basically said that they have a lot more footage to roll out which contradicts all of the above... Right now he's just giving them the opportunity to come clean and be honest, but instead they've chosen to take that rope and hang themselves with all this feeble spinning.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-10410454753868234782011-03-09T13:31:45.581-05:002011-03-09T13:31:45.581-05:00@Jim at -- No, I don't think you should have t...@Jim at -- No, I don't think you should have to support that. You are right about apples to anvils. And after this, I doubt you'll have to.<br /><br />Here is why NPR seems important to liberals like myself. I don't believe that massive corporations (both media corporations and their corporate sponsors) always reflect important principles of the free market. There are massive barriers to entry: vertical monopolies and vastly greater access to capital, differential pricing, and information withheld from consumers. There has been collusion with the highest officials. And that's some low-hanging fruit. Why should we trust them? What is broken that this has taken place??<br /><br />But they are the sponsors, and their interests seem to come first in our foreign policy. They employ people, sure. But not an increasing number of Americans. Am I unconnected with them myself? No. I've worked for them and I have a 401K.<br /><br />Over the last decade (again Iraq comes to mind), it was very hard to get more of the story than came from sources that have since been discredited. NPR asked different questions. They didn't always answer them by the way, but at least they posed the questions. I'd guess that this is why they perceive themselves as more intellectual. ( It would be disingenuous to claim it was just this guy; Obviously, he wouldn't have risen to that position if he was at odds with upper management. ) And no, of course, no one should be forced to support it. And after this, I doubt you'll have to. <br />Will the Internet provide access to those other points of view now? Yes. <br /><br />With NPR I've had SOME media experience with other generations in my family and in the community that isn't completely vacuous. Sounds like they have the supporters to go on. I knew that the heiress to the McDonald's fortune gave them a fortune that must be an endowment. <br /><br />But no, no one should have to pay for something that mocks them or with which they deeply disagree. It's why I'd die hungry before I'd eat a Domino's Pizza. Now, maybe you'll never eat another BigMac.Laurie Klemmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01844891762431132154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-79365829709921669102011-03-09T10:45:21.328-05:002011-03-09T10:45:21.328-05:00Frank Koza: "That is against the 5th amendmen...Frank Koza: "That is against the 5th amendment principle to not be compelled to be a witness against oneself."<br /><br />Only if they were from the government. The public at large is free to turn your stupidity against you.ruralcounselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09193188081686431709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-87788816848461186332011-03-09T10:41:53.489-05:002011-03-09T10:41:53.489-05:00I'm surprised that anyone is surprised that th...I'm surprised that anyone is surprised that these kind of opinions run rampant at NPR. <br /><br />IMO, NPR has been a purveyor of very slightly left-leaning pablum (think Garrison Keillor), a bit of decent Christian Scence Monitor-like reporting intermixed with a small amount of very hard left "reporting", all packaged to look warm and fuzzy. I'd characterize their stock-in-trade as not usually denigrating the conservative viewss as much as it has been to ignore them and pretend they don't exist. I think their liberal listeners would rather ignore those they disagree with than be intellectually confronted by them. Note Laurie's desire to "listen to something stupid and wholesome". In other words, if it challenges my confortable preconceptions, you know, those ones that allow me to think myself all morally superior and smug than those "anti-intellectual" middle class clingers, I don't want to hear it. So NPR tends to just give a very select set of viewpoints that clips off the right half of the political spectrum. That's what they find sells. It's their niche. It's just totally wrong that taxes are used to subsidize it. After all, if all those erudite liberal listeners are so intellectual and bright, you'd think they make enough money to fund their own electromagnetic Valium.<br /><br />So really, why are you all surprised? It's a nice "gotcha" moment and all, but surely you knew all this for decades?ruralcounselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09193188081686431709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-81303934270502713132011-03-09T09:25:12.453-05:002011-03-09T09:25:12.453-05:00Breaking News
NPR CEO Vivian Schiller Resigns
NPR...Breaking News<br />NPR CEO Vivian Schiller Resigns<br /><br /><a href="http://www.npr.org/" rel="nofollow">NPR</a>viatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09210255358385745222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-70596089544826378462011-03-09T02:37:25.754-05:002011-03-09T02:37:25.754-05:00@laurie
I'm really more intrigued by the susp...<b>@laurie</b><br /><br />I'm really more intrigued by the suspicious institutional reaction by <b>NPR</b> than whether Schiller's statement was offensive. <br /><br />Of course his statements were offensive! <br /><br />Several of his statements were deeply reprehensible, including his statements about Republicans in general, and calling Tea Party members <em>"racist, racist people."</em> Apparently once wasn't quite enough for him!<br /><br />But the real point is that, despite all the denials earlier, one suspects this is exactly how they think over at <b>NPR</b> . . . not just Ron Schiller, who later in the day Tuesday volunteered for a <em>"perp walk"</em> by agreeing that his resignation will be effective immediately, instead of on May 6th.<br /><br />Just try for a moment to get a handle on the credibility of a guy who says something like Schiller said in his statement, which was meant to supplement the <b>NPR</b> "news" report on Tuesday!<br /><br /><em>" . . . I made statements during the course of the meeting that are counter to NPR's values <b>and also not reflective of my own beliefs.</b><br />. . . . </em> (my <b>emphasis</b> added)<br /><br />In other words, what? <br /><br />He was admitting to having been a liar then? <br /><br />Or, is it that he got caught on tape saying what he really felt, and now he is willing to lie to try to cover it up?<br /><br />Finally, the blatherings of <b>Frank Koza</b>, above, to the contrary notwithstanding, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FM_Dk0ImLj0&feature=player_embedded" rel="nofollow">I'll take Juan Williams word for it</a> . . . <b>"This is how they really feel."</b>Trochilushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07661310034696479920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-38412906870696414012011-03-09T02:18:53.262-05:002011-03-09T02:18:53.262-05:00"But like I said, Iraq was a bad deal and my ..."But like I said, Iraq was a bad deal and my children's future was ransomed for it."<br /><br />You're comparing apples to anvils. Iraq was national policy. It was debated. It was voted and acted on by Congress and the President. This is Channel 9 spewing leftist propaganda at my expense.<br /><br />But just so we're clear, you support me being forced to pay for the infrastructure and the salaries of people who make their living mocking me and despising everything I stand for. People who consider me to be nothing more than a second-class citizen.<br /><br />And you don't have a problem with me being forced to pay for that.<br /><br />Got it.Jim athttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02271099587684174816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-58588864643867543442011-03-08T23:47:22.158-05:002011-03-08T23:47:22.158-05:00Interesting video, but I must say I do not agree w...Interesting video, but I must say I do not agree with and am appalled at these tactics. These two guys are NOT reporters. They are crooks effectively stealing Ron Schiller's and Betsy Liley's time under false and misleading pretenses to twist words (generally people consider their audience while speaking just as Gov Walker did in the sham phone call from the Koch impersonator) to implicate themselves. That is against the 5th amendment principle to not be compelled to be a witness against oneself. <br /><br />I have no association with or sympathies towards NPR, but I condemn the methodology involved in this event and do hope the individuals are prosecuted for their involvement in undertaking a dishonest sting operation. This type of activity to gather information is against any and all Libertarian principles of which I am aware.<br /><br />I do NOT agree with Schiller's characterization of the Tea Party, but I will give him a little benefit (but not much) of the doubt considering who he thinks he's talking to. His opinions concerning Juan Williams firing over 'losing his credibility' should probably now be equally applied to him as he's shown to have no credibility in being able to objectively operate in the NPR "objective" environment.<br /><br />I loved the sign in the beginning "Project funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act". Does anyone know what they were building there under the guise of "Downtown Business Improvement"?<br /><br />And for those who don't know, Socialist organizations to include trade and worker Unions have had a long standing relationship with supporting radical Muslims organizations engaging in terrorism. Many support Obama and Obama supports many of them.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tlq4nFMJiQQ" rel="nofollow">Beck's Matthews Mocked Conspiracy Confirmed: Communists, Socialists Working With Muslim Brotherhood</a> <br /><br /><a href="http://www.theblaze.com/stories/fact-not-beck-conspiracy-us-socialists-union-activists-investigated-by-fbi-for-providing-material-support-to-islamic-terrorist-international-marxist-groups-they-work-with/" rel="nofollow">US Socialists & Union Activists Investigated By FBI for Providing Material Support to Islamic Terrorist & International Marxist Groups They Work With</a><br /><br />What is strangely ironic is that while they denounce war, they appear to have no qualms with supporting terrorism. Simply amazing.Frank Kozahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05642206308922657591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-34727631329227046352011-03-08T22:31:18.762-05:002011-03-08T22:31:18.762-05:00Trochilus-
I just read the transcipt you posted....Trochilus- <br /><br />I just read the transcipt you posted. I agree, it is offensive. It's good he was fired.Laurie Klemmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01844891762431132154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-40080042147664585432011-03-08T22:26:39.309-05:002011-03-08T22:26:39.309-05:00@ Retire05:
Denmark's 3 stations are at a nat...@ Retire05:<br /><br />Denmark's 3 stations are at a national level. US local stations aren't making it no matter what the programming--and being bought up by Sirius, Comcast, Radio One...the staffs slashed and the programming automated. <br /><br />Public Radio is national, multi-generational, mostly innocuous where someone isn't trying to sell me something. Refreshing. I don't hear a lot of religion on NPR, at least they haven't discussed mine. The guy was pandering to get their 5 Million. And he was (at times)arrogant. Why take it personally? <br /><br />Do I think people should have to support things they don't agree with? I don't agree with most things taxes support. I can think of a very expensive war that meets that description. But I was surprised to hear in the tape that only ONE PERCENT of their funding comes from the govt. Not much. And I heard him say they would be better off without it, so they didn't have to hear the constant criticism. And that's OK by me. <br /><br />Why go to the trouble to be so nasty? No, I was never paid by OFA. I like Obama. They wanted to promote the health care bill that had already passed. I thought that was a waste of time. (Obviously, they anticipated what is going on now.) The guy said... why don't you go help the Democratic Party (i.e. go away). So, you have something in common with a young OFA staffer in Iowa. (Most people in the room were 2-3X older than him-- so when you toddle down to the senior center you might find some of the others aren't as 'conservative' as you think.) <br /><br />I've never made any secret that I don't agree with all of the posts here. (I agree with some.) Yes, I'm a Dem but I would prefer to live in a country where we were all independent. I found this site, I found it interesting, I come back to see what people say. <br /><br />But you, having intelligence superior to my own (not that I care) and being so much better informed (having explored other viewpoints and all) are having a hard time because I've written things you don't like? <br />________<br /><br />@Trochilus-<br />Actually, I just came up with it because I was bored, but now it's like a drug. I checked it multiple times a day. Soon, I'll have to stop, (take heart), but I am having fun, and I just read a great article that Ella8 directed me to. <br /><br />@ LukeHandCool- It's becasue tehre are so many of everything that having shared is a rarity. Why not lobby NPR to be more inclusive? <br /><br />@JimAt - I get it. But like I said, Iraq was a bad deal and my children's future was ransomed for it. (Which is nothing, I realize to having lost them there.) My point: we don't always get to choose.Laurie Klemmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01844891762431132154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-73396011362492571282011-03-08T22:16:24.946-05:002011-03-08T22:16:24.946-05:00Trochilus, I remember reading (about a year ago) h...Trochilus, I remember reading (about a year ago) how OFA "volunteers" were doing two things: calling in to disrupt conservative talk shows and posting their stupid stuff on blogs they considered also conservative.<br /><br />It's astroturfing. Pure and simple, and I doubt if Laurie will be honest about it. So I doubt she will answer your question.<br /><br />It is all designed to make people think that the majority of Americans support Obama in his endeavor to make us into his Saul Alinsky styled socialist utopia.retire05https://www.blogger.com/profile/04192090871824415437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-61314641744651406042011-03-08T21:21:08.659-05:002011-03-08T21:21:08.659-05:00@Laurie,
I must say I do admire your candor, when...<b>@Laurie</b>,<br /><br />I must say I do admire your candor, when you conceded, as you did, above:<br /><br /><em>"I was actually fired as an OFA volunteer. So, no, I am not an OFA blogger. (I had too many questions and the young organizer found this disruptive.) I don't hold this against Obama."</em><br /><br />Just out of curiosity, during the period of time, however brief, that you were operating as an OFA volunteer, were you assigned to post here on <b>Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion</b>? <br /><br />How does it work?Trochilushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07661310034696479920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-82165173984699971012011-03-08T21:19:44.082-05:002011-03-08T21:19:44.082-05:00Liberals don't acknowledge viewpoints differen...Liberals don't acknowledge viewpoints different from their own as being real, automatically tossing them in the "so unserious as to be dismissed without consideration" category. <br /><br />Look at their constant refrain during the healthcare debate- "We're proposing all these things, considering all options except for DOING NOTHING, which is what those nasty Republicans believe in." Of course, that wasn't the case at all. Republicans, most notably Paul Ryan, made lots of proposals- but for liberals, any proposal to do something other than what they wanted to do was immediately put out of mind, becoming a proposal of "doing nothing."<br /><br />Laurie is typical in this. When she says that NPR presents all views, she means that they present all views she is prepared to acknowledge as real. Differ from her too greatly, and you don't even count.andcarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08553066729896129307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-47926631218213922432011-03-08T21:15:45.602-05:002011-03-08T21:15:45.602-05:00laurie said,
"So maybe we need another few N...laurie said,<br /><br />"So maybe we need another few NPRs... but not less. IMHO"<br /><br />I was being sarcastic when I said, at 1:18, that maybe we need a second NPR.<br /><br />I hope I didn't plant some seed.LukeHandCoolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14050153852654024997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-19921744012688626372011-03-08T21:12:50.451-05:002011-03-08T21:12:50.451-05:00@laurie:
That's nice that NPR makes you feel ...@laurie:<br /><br />That's nice that NPR makes you feel good. But in an age of the internet and hundreds of cable channels, satellite radio stations, etc., I have no interest in being forced to pay, through my tax dollars, for a media outlet that, reflected quite well in that little video, looks down upon Christians and tea party activists (they finally met activists they don't like); that sees moral equivalence between our Israeli allies and people who strap bombs to children and saw off heads; and that seems to staffed by people who agree with the old canard that Jews control the media.<br /><br />There are now untold numbers of radio stations, TV stations, interactive web sites, etc., where you can find the quaintness you so desire. Just don't ask me to subsidize it. You might have had a somewhat arguable argument 20 or 30 years ago. But in today's media-saturated world, you don't.LukeHandCoolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14050153852654024997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-25197598931637930412011-03-08T21:01:33.211-05:002011-03-08T21:01:33.211-05:00@Shelly Quite honestly, I doubt there is a person ...<b>@Shelly</b> Quite honestly, I doubt there is a person on this thread who would object to the idea of a publicly-funded broadcasting station being inclusive and appealing to a diverse audience.<br /><br />Moreover, I suspect few of the commenters on this thread have any real objections to a good deal of the programming on <b>NPR</b> or <b>PBS</b>, for that matter.<br /><br />It is, as you generally suggest, a matter primarily of political and social judgments, those informing key portions of their productions – including their news programming -- that so thoroughly irks many of us. And, it's also much broader than just anti-Tea Party or anti-Evangelical bias. Interesting that you mention the Canadian view of public broadcasting. We don't want that!<br /><br />Furthermore, I would add that it has been this way with both <b>NPR</b> and <b>PBS</b> for many decades, and that the inherent bias has persisted, in spite of numerous intelligently articulated objections by public figures and thoughtful social commentators over time. <br /><br />Until now, the insiders concluded that in the long run they could get away with it through deceit. And they did. But it should also be very obvious from the window of insight that this tape reveals, that the "insider" community at <b>NPR</b> (and I’d add at <b>PBS</b>) is rife with hyper-partisan political bias. The obvious suspicion raised is that those who run those places are a very narrow-minded and prejudiced group of people. Moreover, it is clear they have a social and political agenda that they are driving with regard to certain linchpin subjects, ones that are wholly improper, given the public funding charge of theirs.<br /><br />In fact, if you read the press account that <b>NPR</b> itself published regarding this tape, they readily admit the problem, <em>but only insofar</em> as related to this tape, saying they were <em>"appalled by the statements made by Ron Schiller in the video, which are contrary to what NPR stands for."</em> <br /><br />Oh sure! <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5E3CSizTNQ" rel="nofollow"><em>"Shocked, shocked"</em> they were</a>, in this, their first risible attempt at covering up what is obviously a pervasive problem within their organization! Why, for example, did they not immediately fire Betsy Livey, too? Their reaction was nothing but hypocritical damage control, and everyone knows it! <br /><br />Finally, I can tell you that both <b>NPR</b> and <b>PBS</b> have harbored this snooty, elitist attitude for decades. Having been required to "spend' my money, through the tax system, to support their obnoxious, anti-Republican, anti-conservative agenda over the years, has been an ongoing source of irritation. And I'm not alone. So I’m personally gratified to see that they finally got caught red-handed, and I will do everything I can to put pressure on my representatives to cut them off at the pass. And, I'm definitely not alone on that one!!<br /><br />I do not mind have public broadcasting outlets that are willing to stay out of the political thicket, though at a time when budget constraints are front and center, it looks like they are going to be the victims of their own bad timing. <br /><br />They’ve now gone so far over the line that is high time to cut the organization loose from the public tether for good. Let some other, non-political model come up in its place, or let them go out entirely on their own, without public assistance at all. And then they can harbor their elitist attitudes, spouting whatever nonsense they damn well please! <br /><br />At this point, a thorough house cleaning and fumigation is absolutely necessary.<br /><br />Oh. And you folks over at <b>NPR</b>? Watch the swinging doors on the way out!Trochilushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07661310034696479920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-23365079525139359942011-03-08T20:59:31.013-05:002011-03-08T20:59:31.013-05:00Laurie - what part of 'don't force me to p...Laurie - what part of 'don't force me to pay for it' don't you understand?Jim athttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02271099587684174816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-71636955307979634202011-03-08T20:54:20.965-05:002011-03-08T20:54:20.965-05:00Did NPR really say that...Amazing what Hollywood c...Did NPR really say that...Amazing what Hollywood can do with virtual actors.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12395106924462958812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-29560529475537898582011-03-08T20:20:29.485-05:002011-03-08T20:20:29.485-05:00Laurie, so you "volunteered" for OFA. H...Laurie, so you "volunteered" for OFA. How can you "fire" a volunteer? Are you saying you got paid to work for OFA? And doesn't it make you kinda sad to know that you can be so easily pegged by me? Hang up your troll hat. You suck at it.<br /><br />But I would have thought you would be a good fit for OFA. You don't seem exceptionally bright, and that is the kind of person David Axelrod wants to fill OFA with. You also seem painfully uninformed, just the kind of person that Axelrod recruited to elect the worst president this nation has seen since Woodrow Wilson.<br /><br />Are you really so clueless that you think only Denmark has radio that has someone on about raising pigs? You lead a sheltered life, I will say that. So read very slowly, and maybe you will understand what I am telling you:<br /><br />almost all areas have local radio stations. Those stations give local news, report on hog futures, has programs where the local Ag agent is on for an hour, provides local talent, and let's locals call in to discuss a multiple of items. And guess what? None of those stations are funded by the federal government. They are funded with sponsors like Tractor Supply, the local Wal-Mart or grocery store. And if they could not get enough in ad revenue, they would have gone out of business a long time ago. So NPR, with Elmo, can fully fund itself.<br /><br />Now, toddle on over to HuffingtonPost or DailyKos and tell them how mean conservatives are. Their standards for responses are much lower than they are on this blog.retire05https://www.blogger.com/profile/04192090871824415437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-32569510494024498642011-03-08T20:13:42.411-05:002011-03-08T20:13:42.411-05:00I'm embarassed to say I have donated to NPR in...I'm embarassed to say I have donated to NPR in the past. And after seeing this tape, I regret ever giving them a cent. They are not "unbiased" as they claim. And then they use my tax dollars to attack my beliefs, shape my beliefs by omitting information or presenting stories such a biased way.<br /><br />Since I can say as an independent voter they are by no stretch of the imagination "nonpartisan", they need to be cut from the public dole, they can be privately funded, sink or swim on their own!@<br />If they were truely nonpartisan, I would support giving them public money, but since its pretty clear they are not nonpartisan, they can sink or swim like every other media outlet.<br /><br />I saw this story on Fox and on some blogs, I doubt any leftleaning media, which is pretty much all of them, will cover this. Its amusing to see how much they cover up not realising people can look up this material on the internet and wonder why the heck these "main"stream media outlet won't cover these storiesTimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13642408857495033895noreply@blogger.com