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NPR chief executive quits over hidden camera video

j-mac said:
I like the shotgun effect. In addition to FOXNews, I also watch MSNBC, LINK TV, And listen on XM to Patriot, XM LEFT, FoxNewsTalk, C-SPAN, and what ever I find interesting. But you'd think from some in here that I only listen to Rush, Hannity, and FOX. It should also be noted that although the WSJ is definately right leaning in their OP ED pages, their hard news comes just like any other outlet, from a liberal lean.


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Well, I respect that. Personally I try not to presume which news sources people use because I don't know them or what they listen to/read/watch, and I think people who presume to know where other people get their news are themselves engaging in prejudice. And yes, I totally agree that the "Is that what Fox News told you?" comments need to stop because they're stupid and unproductive.
 
StillBallin75 said:
Well, I respect that. Personally I try not to presume which news sources people use because I don't know them or what they listen to/read/watch, and I think people who presume to know where other people get their news are themselves engaging in prejudice. And yes, I totally agree that the "Is that what Fox News told you?" comments need to stop because they're stupid and unproductive.
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Well, it's really because I lived for 20 years in Bel Air that we get along so good....heheh


j-mac
 
j-mac said:
Well, it's really because I lived for 20 years in Bel Air that we get along so good....heheh


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heh, I'm from MoCo, but I have a few friends that are from that area since I'm in college right now (UMD College Park, go Terps!). Honestly I identify more with the DC Metro area than the rest of Maryland, but I still think we're an awesome state :) This is slightly off-topic/personal but did you serve in the 101st? If so, much respect to you.
 
pbrauer said:
So, to you the result justifies the means? Where is your proof NPR is liberal biased, conservative like NPR as well as liberals. I can't prove it, but I would say NPR is probably the least biased of the networks. I think some conservatives don't like NPR because they don't like the truth, so they turn on the FNC.
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Is this a joke? ...time to put that drink down.
 
According to audience approval-disapproval, NPR is probably about as nonpartisan as it gets when it comes to bias in major media outlets, outside of the WSJ.
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Unfortunately public perception of media bias is not the method by which bias is measured. Sources used, think tanks referred to and analysis of language used is the only way. Of the studies I've read NPR has a barely registrable liberal bias. Less so than major networks. Networks tend to carry a slight liberal bias after unpopular right wing presidents. Go figure.
 
SE102 said:
Unfortunately public perception of media bias is not the method by which bias is measured. Sources used, think tanks referred to and analysis of language used is the only way. Of the studies I've read NPR has a barely registrable liberal bias. Less so than major networks. Networks tend to carry a slight liberal bias after unpopular right wing presidents. Go figure.
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Not to mention definitions of liberal/conservative right/left are subjective.
 
Deuce said:
No, you don't understand. O'Keefe didn't "expose" ACORN. He edited footage to create an apparent crime where there was none. ACORN employees did not help a "prostitute" set up a brothel for underage girls. I'm shocked people still aren't aware of this. The house the "pimp" (who was actually pitched as her boyfriend and wore a dress shirt and tie, not the pimp outfit) and prostitute were supposedly trying to get a loan for was pitched as an escape from prostitution for said underage girls. Additionally, the "tax evasion" advice given was to... always pay taxes on any income. Not really sure what defiinition of "evasion" you guys use, but that doesn't fit mine.

Thing is, when evidence of this is shown, conservatives still don't believe it. It's really amazing.
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Seriously, as my above post illustrates, ANYTHING can be edited to give a false impression.

The failure of O'Keefe and his ilk to provide raw, unedited footage proves his intent to deceive.

Even if the footage was too long for a "practical" piece, the raw footage should be made available. All of it.

He tried the same thing at PBS and FAILED. Did he post that video? Of course not.
 
Glad to see her go.

NPR should be renamed (LLN) Liberal Radio Network and have to rely on donations alone without any Federal money.

The same goes for PBS, the last time they had good shows other than documentaries and Sesame Street, was in the 70s when they had Monty Python on. That was entertainment.
 
Betsy Liley, the other NPR executive at the infamous video taped lunch with Ron Schiller at Café Milano, is the target of a second video released by James O’Keefe’s Project Vertas today.

The video shows Liley telling a member of the fake Muslim charity that NPR could, by accepting the proposed $5 million gift anonymously, shield the charity from a government audit of NPR's books.

“[The government has] audited our program, at times, and they have, I think as part of that, they have looked at our audited financials,” she tells the undercover activist by phone. “If you were concerned in any way about that, that’s one reason that you may want to be an anonymous donor. And we would certainly, if that was your interest, want to shield you from that.”

UPDATE: NPR released a statement condemning Liley’s statements in the video.

“The statement made by Betsy Liley in the audio tapes released today regarding the possibility of making an anonymous gift that would remain invisible to tax authorities is factually inaccurate and not reflective of NPR’s gift practices. All donations – anonymous and named – are fully reported to the IRS. NPR complies with all financial, tax and disclosure regulations.”
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O?Keefe releases another NPR video - On Media - POLITICO.com
 
StillBallin75 said:
heh, I'm from MoCo, but I have a few friends that are from that area since I'm in college right now (UMD College Park, go Terps!). Honestly I identify more with the DC Metro area than the rest of Maryland, but I still think we're an awesome state :) This is slightly off-topic/personal but did you serve in the 101st? If so, much respect to you.
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I was born and raised till I was 13 in Annapolis and my step father grew up in College Park. Every year in elementary school I used to go to DC on field trips... I never appreciated the history that surrounded me in Maryland when I lived there, but I sure do now.
 
Grim17 said:
I was born and raised till I was 13 in Annapolis and my step father grew up in College Park. Every year in elementary school I used to go to DC on field trips... I never appreciated the history that surrounded me in Maryland when I lived there, but I sure do now.
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Where do you live now?
 
StillBallin75 said:
Where do you live now?
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Most of the time I live in Arizona, the Phoenix area, but spend several months a year in a beach front resort town in Northern Mexico, where I have a small computer repair/accessories business... In fact, that's where I am now, and tomorrow the town is going to be invaded by 10's of thousands of college students who are on spring break, so I will be working the front door at the most popular club in town. A friend of mine is the owner, so I come down here and help him out every year.
 
Grim17 said:
Most of the time I live in Arizona, the Phoenix area, but spend several months a year in a beach front resort town in Northern Mexico, where I have a small computer repair/accessories business... In fact, that's where I am now, and tomorrow the town is going to be invaded by 10's of thousands of college students who are on spring break, so I will be working the front door at the most popular club in town. A friend of mine is the owner, so I come down here and help him out every year.
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Ah, well, I was going to comment on the agonizing state of DC area sports...but you probably don't have to go through that anymore.
 
npr discussed taking 5 mil and working to keep it secret from its auditors

that's corrupt as it gets

surprised?

the heavily edited video this time is forty four and a half minutes long

problem is it's posted on breitbart---LOL!

d-e-f-u-n-d

big bird needs a CLEAN nest
 
j-mac said:
You know there is a problem there at NPR when Juan Williams is too conservative for ya....Anyway, Good riddance.


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Based on the article quote, you know the board was only concerned about the comment regarding the NPR funding. :roll:
 
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