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GOP: EMERGENCY, EMERGENCY, NPR Is Funded by the GOVERNMENT(edited)

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The GOP is at it again. Americans want jobs. The GOP promised jobs. But what is the GOP wasting time on? Defunding NPR. It's so important to them, that they called an emergency meeting on the issue. All of this despite the fact that O'Keefe's fake sting video has been debunked and called deceptive by Glenn Beck's The Blaze website editors.

Where are the jobs, Mr. Boehner? :roll:

GOP: EMERGENCY, EMERGENCY, NPR Is Funded by the GOVERNMENT -- Daily Intel

Today, House Republicans will call an emergency meeting of the Rules Committee to take on an issue of near-catastrophic importance: the $90 million in funding that annually goes toward supporting National Public Radio. The meeting will center upon Republican congressman Doug Lamborn's bill, rushed to the floor without traditional hearings due to its importance, that would bar the government from funding NPR and its affiliates. (The House already tried to de-fund the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which also supports PBS, but the Senate blocked this.) The White House and Senate have already agreed to eliminate $50 million in planned increased funding for the CPB, but Lamborn wants to focus directly on NPR in the light of conservative activist James O'Keefe's doctored "sting" video and permanently ban funding for the radio network. It's not likely his efforts will meet with success in the Senate and White House, who in this matter seem to have a different definition of the term emergency.
 
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Re: GOP Calls EMERGENCY Meeting To Defund NPR (Even Though The Video Has Been Debunke

They violated Juan Williams's 1st Amendment rights. That's reason enough, alone, to defund NPR.
 
Re: GOP Calls EMERGENCY Meeting To Defund NPR (Even Though The Video Has Been Debunke

I thought it was Obama and the Democrats that promised jobs, via the Magical Mystery Stimulus bill... (looks around) I don't see them. I don't see an end to the high unemployment rates either,. and we were told by Obama that wouldn't go above 8%.

You're chasing the wrong people, Sarge. Chase the lying Democrats.
 
Re: GOP Calls EMERGENCY Meeting To Defund NPR (Even Though The Video Has Been Debunke

They violated Juan Williams's 1st Amendment rights. That's reason enough, alone, to defund NPR.

You need to learn what the first amendment entails. Juan Williams was an NPR commentator. According to NPR, he violated his contract for saying what he said on FOX. That's not a first amendment issue. Try again. But thanks for showing what the GOP's beef with NPR is really about. It's not about the budget, it's about ideology.
 
Re: GOP Calls EMERGENCY Meeting To Defund NPR (Even Though The Video Has Been Debunke

I thought it was Obama and the Democrats that promised jobs, via the Magical Mystery Stimulus bill... (looks around) I don't see them. I don't see an end to the high unemployment rates either,. and we were told by Obama that wouldn't go above 8%.

You're chasing the wrong people, Sarge. Chase the lying Democrats.

Bohner and the GOP ran on jobs and the economy. Anybody with half a brain knows that. So, tell me, do you think the GOP's obsession with NPR, abortion, gays and Muslims is good for the economy?
 
Re: GOP Calls EMERGENCY Meeting To Defund NPR (Even Though The Video Has Been Debunke

The GOP is at it again. Americans want jobs. The GOP promised jobs. But what is the GOP wasting time on? Defunding NPR. It's so important to them, that they called an emergency meeting on the issue. All of this despite the fact that O'Keefe's fake sting video has been debunked and called deceptive by Glenn Beck's The Blaze website editors.

Where are the jobs, Mr. Boehner? :roll:

The GOP is doing ZERO on jobs. They have done NOTHING. Another reason why they suck. At least they are trying to break the unions though.
 
Re: GOP Calls EMERGENCY Meeting To Defund NPR (Even Though The Video Has Been Debunke

You need to learn what the first amendment entails. Juan Williams was an NPR commentator. According to NPR, he violated his contract for saying what he said on FOX. That's not a first amendment issue. Try again. But thanks for showing what the GOP's beef with NPR is really about. It's not about the budget, it's about ideology.

Any company that is supported by government funds can't, by law, infringe on the civil rights of an employee. If NPR wants to suppress the fre speech rights of one of their employees/contractors, they need to cease accepting government funds, immediately.
 
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The GOP is doing ZERO on jobs. They have done NOTHING. Another reason why they suck. At least they are trying to break the unions though.

The government can't create jobs. The less time the government spends on trying to create jobs, the better.
 
Re: GOP Calls EMERGENCY Meeting To Defund NPR (Even Though The Video Has Been Debunke

You need to learn what the first amendment entails. Juan Williams was an NPR commentator. According to NPR, he violated his contract for saying what he said on FOX. That's not a first amendment issue. Try again. But thanks for showing what the GOP's beef with NPR is really about. It's not about the budget, it's about ideology.
What Won't Get You Fired From NPR - Hit & Run : Reason Magazine

Wishing AIDS on your political enemies and their children. Check out this clip
 
The Civilian Conservation Corp had done a lot of good from what I understand. During hard times they had found things for people to do in this great nation of ours. Besides giving the people that had been out of work a feeling of purpose they managed to fixed up our country for us. Maybe a high speed rail or something neat could be had out of a similar deal today. Money is not everything IMO.

Some would say the difference between a man and a derelict is a job.

Peace.
 
Re: GOP Calls EMERGENCY Meeting To Defund NPR (Even Though The Video Has Been Debunke

The GOP is doing ZERO on jobs. They have done NOTHING. Another reason why they suck. At least they are trying to break the unions though.

It's not the gov'ts job to create jobs. That's the job of the free market economy. The right took over the house based on people wanting the gov't to stop trying to create jobs. Quit spending a trillion dollars and doing nothing. Just stop. The CEO's job ain't to clean the bathrooms and the gov'ts job ain't to create jobs.
 
Re: GOP Calls EMERGENCY Meeting To Defund NPR (Even Though The Video Has Been Debunke

Any company that is supported by government funds can't, by law, infringe on the civil rights of an employee. If NPR wants to suppress the fre speech rights of one of their employees/contractors, they need to cease accepting government funds, immediately.

First, NPR is not supported by the gov't. They receive approximately 2% from the Center for Public Broadcasting, who get some support from gov't. Get your facts straight.

Second, again, there is no first amendment issue involved in Juan Williams' firing. Juan Williams signed a contract. According to NPR, he violated his contract. Employers have the right to enforce contracts. Nothing to do with the Constitution. You're really grasping at straws. Either that or you're entirely ignorant of what constitutes a first amendment violation.
 
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It's not the gov'ts job to create jobs. That's the job of the free market economy. The right took over the house based on people wanting the gov't to stop trying to create jobs. Quit spending a trillion dollars and doing nothing. Just stop. The CEO's job ain't to clean the bathrooms and the gov'ts job ain't to create jobs.

What? BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Voters elected the GOP because they want the gov't to stop trying to create jobs? What the **** are you talking about? FAIL of the century. Unbe-****ing-lievable.
 
Re: GOP Calls EMERGENCY Meeting To Defund NPR (Even Though The Video Has Been Debunke

First, NPR is not supported by the gov't. They receive approximately 2% from the Center for Public Broadcasting, who get some support from gov't. Get your facts straight.

Second, again, there is no first amendment issue involved in Juan Williams' firing. Juan Williams signed a contract. According to NPR, he violated his contract. Employers have the right to enforce contracts. Nothing to do with the Constitution. You're really grasping at straws. Either that or you're entirely ignorant of what constitutes a first amendment violation.

So what's the big deal? They'll be just fine without the funds.
The median income for NPR listeners is $87,000. They also have several donors who donate 1 million at a time. Listeners can just fork over more.
 
Re: GOP Calls EMERGENCY Meeting To Defund NPR (Even Though The Video Has Been Debunke

What? BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Voters elected the GOP because they want the gov't to stop trying to create jobs? What the **** are you talking about? FAIL of the century. Unbe-****ing-lievable.

We elected them to get out of the way so the free market could work. That's the same as saying STOP spending to create jobs. It doesn't work.
 
The GOP is at it again. Americans want jobs. The GOP promised jobs. But what is the GOP wasting time on? Defunding NPR. It's so important to them, that they called an emergency meeting on the issue. All of this despite the fact that O'Keefe's fake sting video has been debunked and called deceptive by Glenn Beck's The Blaze website editors.

Where are the jobs, Mr. Boehner? :roll:

If there were an far right wing radio station that was publicy funded, of cause your'd want that defunded.
 
Re: GOP Calls EMERGENCY Meeting To Defund NPR (Even Though The Video Has Been Debunke

They violated Juan Williams's 1st Amendment rights. That's reason enough, alone, to defund NPR.

No, they didn't. Please show how they did.
 
Re: GOP Calls EMERGENCY Meeting To Defund NPR (Even Though The Video Has Been Debunke

Any company that is supported by government funds can't, by law, infringe on the civil rights of an employee. If NPR wants to suppress the fre speech rights of one of their employees/contractors, they need to cease accepting government funds, immediately.

You clearly have no idea how mission statements and contracts in the media world work. If you did you would have realized that what you're saying is that private media companies can violate a person's civil rights(which they can't) but the government can't. Being funded in part by the government does not mean they can't fire you because of your opinions. NPR has a mission statement which Juan Williams clearly violated. Furthermore he violated the terms of his contract. The legal implications of that contract clearly are not in violation of civil rights as I'm sure somebody would have already pointed it out. So what you have is nothing more than a false argument.
 
Re: GOP Calls EMERGENCY Meeting To Defund NPR (Even Though The Video Has Been Debunke

You clearly have no idea how mission statements and contracts in the media world work. If you did you would have realized that what you're saying is that private media companies can violate a person's civil rights(which they can't) but the government can't. Being funded in part by the government does not mean they can't fire you because of your opinions. NPR has a mission statement which Juan Williams clearly violated. Furthermore he violated the terms of his contract. The legal implications of that contract clearly are not in violation of civil rights as I'm sure somebody would have already pointed it out. So what you have is nothing more than a false argument.

You might have a point except for this.
What Won't Get You Fired From NPR - Hit & Run : Reason Magazine
She wasn't fired but then she didn't say those things on Fox. NPR didn't like Williams being a Fox contributer. It's that simple. George Soros hates Fox and he had just given NPR 1.8 million that very week.
 
Re: GOP Calls EMERGENCY Meeting To Defund NPR (Even Though The Video Has Been Debunke

You need to learn what the first amendment entails. Juan Williams was an NPR commentator. According to NPR, he violated his contract for saying what he said on FOX. That's not a first amendment issue. Try again. But thanks for showing what the GOP's beef with NPR is really about. It's not about the budget, it's about ideology.

It's not even about that!

NPR is to liberal media what talk radio is to Conservatives. Thus, for the GOP it's about removing or severely limiting the range of a Liberal information source that's funded in-part by the federal government. It's the counter attack to what the GOP claims the FEC is trying to do in implementing the Fairness Doctrine...mussle Conservative talk radio.

That's what this along with union busting is all about....silencing and/or keeping the liberal base as silent or as uninformed as possible so that their voice can :spin: their propaganda the loudest and most often.

That's what this is really all about. Frankly, I'm surprised no one else has figured this out yet.
 
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It's not even about that!

NPR is to liberal media what talk radio is to Conservatives. Thus, for the GOP it's about removing or severely limiting the range of a Liberal information source that's funded in-part by the federal government. It's the counter attack to what the GOP claims the FEC is trying to do in implementing the Fairness Doctrine...mussle Conservative talk radio.

That's what this along with union busting is all about....silencing and/or keeping the liberal base as silent or as unimformed as possible so that their voice can :spin: their propaganda the loudest and most often.

That's what this is really all about. Frankly, I'm surprised no one else has figured this out yet.

Thanks :)..
 
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United States Code: Title 47,396. Corporation for Public Broadcasting | LII / Legal Information Institute

TITLE 47 > CHAPTER 5 > SUBCHAPTER III > Part IV > subpart d > § 396
§ 396. Corporation for Public Broadcasting

(a) Congressional declaration of policy
The Congress hereby finds and declares that—
(1) it is in the public interest to encourage the growth and development of public radio and television broadcasting, including the use of such media for instructional, educational, and cultural purposes;
(2) it is in the public interest to encourage the growth and development of nonbroadcast telecommunications technologies for the delivery of public telecommunications services;
(3) expansion and development of public telecommunications and of diversity of its programming depend on freedom, imagination, and initiative on both local and national levels;
(4) the encouragement and support of public telecommunications, while matters of importance for private and local development, are also of appropriate and important concern to the Federal Government;
(5) it furthers the general welfare to encourage public telecommunications services which will be responsive to the interests of people both in particular localities and throughout the United States, which will constitute an expression of diversity and excellence, and which will constitute a source of alternative telecommunications services for all the citizens of the Nation;
(6) it is in the public interest to encourage the development of programming that involves creative risks and that addresses the needs of unserved and underserved audiences, particularly children and minorities;
(7) it is necessary and appropriate for the Federal Government to complement, assist, and support a national policy that will most effectively make public telecommunications services available to all citizens of the United States;
(8) public television and radio stations and public telecommunications services constitute valuable local community resources for utilizing electronic media to address national concerns and solve local problems through community programs and outreach programs;
(9) it is in the public interest for the Federal Government to ensure that all citizens of the United States have access to public telecommunications services through all appropriate available telecommunications distribution technologies; and
(10) a private corporation should be created to facilitate the development of public telecommunications and to afford maximum protection from extraneous interference and control.

Maybe that .08 cents or so every year being put back in my pocket is going to help my bottom line some, But on the other hand I would rather have more choices rather than less choices when it comes to media outlets.
 
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For what? Linking the word "liberal" to NPR? Notice I said "NPR is to liberal media". I didn't state that NPR was a news source exclusively tailor to a liberal listening audience. There is a difference, i.e., FoxNews and most talk radio shows today especially here in the South.

IMO, except for FoxNews, all news from mainstream media sources is liberal. It has to be in order to appear as neutral and non-bias as possible. Sure, an article will put a political slant here or there, but that has more to do with the writter/editor not necessarily the media source itself.

To put it simple, I find NPR's "All Things Considered" to be the most informative news segments on radio today. If I really want to know the nuts and bolts of a news story, get deep inside the issues, the best source for such non-bias, straigh-forward news, IMHO, is NPR, bar-none!

Still, I thank you, Barbbtx for keeping mum on the GOP's true objective when it comes to NPR. The fact that you nor any other Republican/Conservative have argued against my accessment on the matter just illustrates my point clearly.
 
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Thanks :)..

The main point here being that NPR has no particular obligation to employ someone who publicly states things they don't like. Next time you're at work, stand outside the front and start directing customers to another business. Then claim a first amendment violation when you get canned. See how that turns out. :)

Hell, these companes don't even have an obligation to tell the truth. Fox News fought a court battle in FL over this very thing. They fired two employees who refused to lie on the air about a story, and they filed a suit under whistleblower protection. Fox fought the lawsuit on the grounds that lying is not illegal and that under the first amendment they have the right to do so.

They were right. The court ruled that the FCC's policy against distortion is merely a "policy" and not a "rule, regulation, or law," and therefore Fox hadn't done anything illegal and that whistleblower protection therefore did not apply. Infuriating as it is, it's a proper ruling. The 1st amendment does give Fox News, or NPR, the right to lie, distort, and spin the news however the hell they like. An employee refusing to do so does not have any right to continued employment.

I just wish some "news" organizations wouldn't be so blatant and constant with it. ;)
 
Re: GOP Calls EMERGENCY Meeting To Defund NPR (Even Though The Video Has Been Debunke

It's not even about that!

NPR is to liberal media what talk radio is to Conservatives. Thus, for the GOP it's about removing or severely limiting the range of a Liberal information source that's funded in-part by the federal government. It's the counter attack to what the GOP claims the FEC is trying to do in implementing the Fairness Doctrine...mussle Conservative talk radio.

That's what this along with union busting is all about....silencing and/or keeping the liberal base as silent or as uninformed as possible so that their voice can :spin: their propaganda the loudest and most often.

That's what this is really all about. Frankly, I'm surprised no one else has figured this out yet.

The left is pretty good at silencing itself. Remember Air America?
 
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