Developing: NPR CEO ‘Forced Out’ Amid Undercover Video Scandal
- Posted on March 9, 2011 at 9:38am by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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Heads are rolling at NPR.
The publicly-funded news outlet just announced that its CEO, Vivian Schiller, has resigned. However, as news trickles out it appears more that she was ousted.
The moves comes amid an undercover video scandal yesterday that showed Senior Vice President for Development, Ron Schiller (no relation), criticizing the Tea Party as “racist.” Ron announced his own resignation yesterday.
However, NPR reporter David Folkenflik says Vivian did not as much resign as she was “forced out.” He offers more information in a corresponding tweet:
The full statement released by NPR Board of Directors Chairman Dave Edwards is understandably vague, mentioning nothing of the week’s controversy:
“It is with deep regret that I tell you that the NPR Board of Directors has accepted the resignation of Vivian Schiller as President and CEO of NPR, effective immediately.
“The Board accepted her resignation with understanding, genuine regret, and great respect for her leadership of NPR these past two years.
“Vivian brought vision and energy to this organization. She led NPR back from the enormous economic challenges of the previous two years. She was passionately committed to NPR’s mission, and to stations and NPR working collaboratively as a local-national news network.
“According to a CEO succession plan adopted by the Board in 2009, Joyce Slocum, SVP of Legal Affairs and General Counsel, has been appointed to the position of Interim CEO. The Board will immediately establish an Executive Transition Committee that will develop a timeframe and process for the recruitment and selection of new leadership.
“I recognize the magnitude of this news – and that it comes on top of what has been a traumatic period for NPR and the larger public radio community. The Board is committed to supporting NPR through this interim period and has confidence in NPR’s leadership team.”
Still, in updates posted by NPR blogger Mark Memmott, it‘s clear that Vivian’s departure was not a unilateral decision.
“The board had a wide-ranging conversation with Vivian last night,“ about recent events and ”how the organization needed to move forward,” Memmott quotes Edwards as saying. “The events that took place [particularly Ron Schiller's statements and Juan Williams' dismissal] became such a distraction to the organization that in the board‘s mind it hindered Vivian Schiller’s abilty to lead the organization going forward.”
Memmott again quoting Edwards says Vivian told the board members that they should have “the flexibility to do what [they] felt was important.“ She ”offered to step aside if that was the board’s will,” he said, “and the board ultimately decided that was in the best interest of the organization.”
Yesterday’s video was not the first time Vivian came under fire for her leadership. She was heavily criticized for the way she oversaw the firing of former NPR reporter Juan Williams last fall. In January — after an internal investigation — NPR‘s board withheld Vivian’s bonus as a result of the scandal.
“The Board has expressed confidence in Vivian Schiller’s leadership going forward,” the board said at the time. “She accepted responsibility as CEO and cooperated fully with the review process. The Board, however, expressed concern over her role in the termination process and has voted that she will not receive a 2010 bonus.”
The executive who directly fired Williams resigned at the time. Now, it seems, it was Vivian’s turn.
Vivian joined NPR in January 2009, and before that was senior vice president and general manager of NYTimes.com. She has also worked at Discovery Times Channel and CNN Productions.
Ron Schiller was initially set to take a job working with the Aspen Institute in Colorado. A spokesman for that organization, however, informed Yahoo’s The Cutline that that will no longer happen:
“Ron Schiller has informed us that, in light of the controversy surrounding his recent statements, he does not feel that it’s in the best interests of the Aspen Institute for him to come work here,” the spokesman said in a statement to The Cutline.
Additionally, Ron’s partner seen in the video, Betsy Liley, has been placed on administrative leave.
The controversy comes at a horrible time for NPR: this week, Capitol Hill politicians are discussing whether or not to defund the outlet and yesterday some anti-NPR politicians ramped up their rhetoric.
This is a breaking story. Updates will be added.
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LIBERALSBEDAMNED
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 10:16amhttp://www.thetrumpet.com/?q=8017.6661.133.0
Report Post »shandog
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 10:16amIf you think there was only one tape, you will be mistaken. History has shown these people have more than one incriminating piece of evidence when all is said and done. I’ll be they have her on tape parroting the same thinking. Bye, Bye Vivian!
Report Post »teachermitch32
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 10:10amNPR has been slanted, bias since it’s inception, and should never have been funded with taxpayer $$. Now that proof has come to light (man I love truth no matter which side gets it shined on) on their left leaning ways the heads are rolling. Not only that but they admit that they don’t need the federal funds.
What is the holdup regarding defunding them NOW? Why have announcements not been made already. And why in the world would Constitutional, fiscally responsible house members or committee members not pronoun that they are going to look into other left leaning (possibly even right leaning if they exist), public $$ supported organizations and institutions, as possible defunding targets.
We need to stop spending and save $$ NOW.
Report Post »momsense
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 10:07amThey can’t even be honest about their own actions or motiations. why are they playing these games with the taxpayer? Someone investigate, Please !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »flagbearer
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 10:07amGood! The hypocrites are finally getting their just rewards.
Report Post »drago
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 10:06amAs the song said, “boom boom, out go the light’s, time to turn them off for good on npr……
Report Post »GeorgieJo
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 10:06amMeeka on CuppaJoe this morning was discussing NPR
She essentially said THERE are more important storys than NPR
WRONG MEEKA-KINS
Public TAX dollars going for this left wing propaganda “news” organization is BIG news
DEFUND NPR NOW <—-may be my next bumper sticker
Report Post »spirited
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 10:22amMore important stories? Like what, Charlie Sheen?
>Sweeping under the rug may cause tripping or rug-rot.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 10:06amPoor, poor Vivian. Maybe she can get a job cleaning Juan William’s home.
Report Post »RLTW
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 10:05amOk this is what I read between the lines.
Report Post »“Vivian brought vision and energy to this progressive organization. She led NPR back from the enormous economic challenges by sucking the tax payers of money regardless of their ideology. She was passionately committed to NPR’s mission of communist propaganda, and to stations and NPR working collaboratively with democrats, progressives, socialist and dirty communists as a national news network.
TakeOurCountryBack
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 10:24amThanks for taking the time to translate the statement from progressive-half truth….to regular language that everyone can understand.
Report Post »cookcountypatriot
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 10:03amim sure they all clicked their heels as propaganda minister shiller exited the building…lol
Report Post »MiCurmudgeon
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 10:02amGood riddance. Maybe Juan can apply for the job.
Report Post »Bigliardi
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 10:01amAll I can say is “it’s about time…” She should have resigned a couple of months ago when her underling both fired and made those stupid comments about Juan Williams…Anyway, this just proves what everyone already knew….That NPR is rotten to the core, and liberal through and through….
Report Post »TSUNAMI-22
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 10:01am….and communist.
Report Post »sleazyhippo
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 10:01amLike many good republicans, this gentleman has honor enough to resign when outed. He is not acting like Slick Willie!
Report Post »Ken
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 10:00amDoesn’t matter…y’all are still gonna get de-funded!!!
Report Post »jerry1945
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 9:53amKeep up the pressure. Results will come.
Report Post »jjoy
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 9:58amResults should have been here already… What are the rinos waiting for???… Com’on Tea Party… now is not the time to sit back and relax…
Report Post »jjoy
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 9:52amI can’t “figger” out why the repub controlled house of representatives is still funding npr and pbs… Guess they are caving to the dims as usual…
Report Post »betterthantv
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 11:27amI fear you are correct. I was briefly hopeful of Boehner and Cantor. Sadly the are falling in line with “the machine”. Looks like we will have to ensure an even bigger “shellacking” come November 2012!
Report Post »OneFunR6
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 2:47pmI live in Cantor‘s district and I didn’t vote for him,….
I voted for the TEA-party candidate, and I don’t even remember his name…..
Doesn’t matter,…….
Republicans?? Who needs them!
I will NOT vote for another one, ever again, not even for President.
Report Post »rds1945
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 9:52amSad that a single faction can take over a “public” entity.
Report Post »Unbelievable
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 9:50amGood… However they still need to be defunded!! Out taxpayer money should not be subsidizing a left-wing media outlet. Matter of fact our taxpayer money shouldn’t be subsidizing ANY (right,left or center) media outlets.
Report Post »smithclar3nc3
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 10:20amExactly, the defunding of NPR is much more about our country‘s debt than it is about NPR’S ideology.
Report Post »Lloyd Drako
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 10:45am@SmithClar3NC3:
Report Post »NPR is some pretty low-hanging fruit.
If it were about the debt, why not go after Medicare, defense and Social Security?
Blackhawk1
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 10:58amLloyd Drako
In case you don’t know about a little document called the constitution Defense is the ONLY thing that must be PROVIDED by the Federal Government.
Report Post »smithclar3nc3
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 12:15pmHey lloyd cuts have to start somewhere logic would dictate you cut all UNNECESSARY programs first. NPR,PBS, and the national endowment for the arts.Then you move on to useless and over reaching government agencies THAT NEED TO BE REMOVED OR AT LEAST REIGNED IN FINANCIALLY AND BUREAUCRATICLY FCC,EPA,DOE,FDA,DOE,and at least two of the 5 major federal law agencies I personally would say the AFT,AND NSA. And yes social security and medicare needs cuts as well and those cuts should start with the people who pay nothing into them and are collecting it. More over there should also be an income limit on who can collect it. If some is getting 100,000 dollars a year from a retirement fund they should get a Social Security check.
Report Post »And then theres the most Unconstitutional agency in Washington the IRS needs to have it progressive income tax division total abolished and replace with a simple VAT on purchases.
Point is that doing nothing is only making the problem worst. If a doctor said you had cancer would that was treatable would you put off your treatment as the cancer worsen or would you start treatment ASAP.
Lloyd Drako
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 1:42pmBlackhawk1:
Did I say defense should be eliminated? Can’t you read?
SmithClar3NC3:
Report Post »If I had cancer, I would not want my doctor to start treating it by removing hangnails and nostril hair, which are about what NPR amounts to. For the record, I also thnk DOE and AFT (I think you meant ATF) should be eliminated, and that VAT is a good idea.
OneFunR6
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 2:43pmLloyd Drako –
“@SmithClar3NC3:
NPR is some pretty low-hanging fruit.
If it were about the debt, why not go after Medicare, defense and Social Security?”
WE SOON WILL…………..
And if you think that ALL or even most of those things can be fully funded….
then you simply can’t add and subtract….
What is it about $14,000,000,000,000 [in Gov. debt] that you don’t understand?????
If you, like me and many others, are now under 65 y/o… we ain’t gonna be getting’ a thing…..
SMITHCLAR3NC3 is right!
Cut it ALL, except for [all] defense, well, yes some defense, just not all
Report Post »ALL ELSE, is rightly the domain/issue for the STATES to deal with….
SimpleTruths
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 3:00pmAn entire year of funding for NPR is spent in Afghanistan every 20 minutes. Now that you had your laugh, let’s get serious about where the real cuts need to be made.
Report Post »Lloyd Drako
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 3:46pm$14,000,000,000,000–yes, a huge number, had to check twice to make sure I had the right number of zeros!
FIRST, cut where the spending is spreading most cancerously: Medicare. NEXT cut where the biggest amount of waste is (not the biggest proportion, the biggest absolute amount) and that is defense. THEN Social Security where the retirement age should be raised, and the income cap on premiums should be lifted. FINALLY, minor cosmetic items like NPR. Otherwise, I have to conclude that you are not serious about reducing deficits and reining in the national debt.
Report Post »Jesse
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 9:46amLOL! Of all the weeks for Glenn to take a vacation! He’s going to have allot of catching up to do!
Report Post »Lucy Larue
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 5:56pmYou’re dead on!
Report Post »SND97
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 9:46amWow what a shock!! Why the shock you ask? (1) she was fired, thats a shock.
Report Post »OneFunR6
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 11:32amWhy, yes, …
YES IT IS!
Report Post »TRONINTHEMORNING
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 9:44amPraise the Lord and let the defunding begin! I’m having soooo much fun on my radio show saying goodbye to both Schillers! Join me if you are so inclined! http://www.1530kcmn.com
Report Post »Melanie
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 10:13amHear, hear. I agree.
Report Post »royalstar
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 11:43amThat woman that was with the metrosexual schiller needs to go also. She was right in there with him in the sting. Defunding must happen immediately. I don’t support left wing hacks and our tax dollars should never support any public media left, right or balanced. They should have to compete in the market place just like all private business. If they are for real they wouldn’t have any problems being successful in the capitalist system.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 9:44amFor Grandmaof5 (when you see this)
NPR must have gone into a mind freeze of their own over the scandals being unravelled with them; hope the weather stays warm for you, and thanks for looking at the bobcat. My pictures may be a while slower in coming out, the arm and shoulder are still in a sling, and will be for some time from what the doc has said. Mom is doing okay, my friend Terri is extactic, she is down 30 pounds on her diet.
Sounds also NPR is going on a diet as well; considering there has been a desolation of brain power to begin with, now the body is dying off.
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 10:41amSNOW, hope the arm continues to improve, along with mom and Teri. Have a terrific day and I will check back. Have you ever thought of doing a biographical section to your art site?
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 11:08amGrandmaof5
I have thought of it, the main sight where my gallery is located, which is artinphoenix.com has only so much space for each artist; unlike other sights for blogs in general, there is a part for local artists in phoenix to tell what there gallery is about, and it has limits as well.
I will send a e-mail to the people who maintain it suggesting room for a small biography though, that indeed is a excellent suggestion.
I will try to post more of my earlier works over the next few weeks so everyone can see just how my art looked in the beginning, with my cat girls…you will probably enjoy the laugh at the way they looked then.
Report Post »White Devil
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 4:37pmKeep it to yourself, that is not what this site is for.
Report Post »MidAmerican
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 9:44amSpeaks for itself. No comment needed.
Report Post »TexasProgressive
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 10:36amgood comment
Report Post »Strictlybusiness
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 10:55amThere is plenty to be said here, and plenty that should be said here. THE DE-THRONGING of as many of these FAR LEFT WAKED OUT – Publicly/ and privately financed socialist/COMMY outlets is FANTASTIC, and a long LONG time coming……. GOD BLESS THE U.S.A
Report Post »pavnvet
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 10:57amMaybe one…There IS a God.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 9:39amAnd once again NPR changes the tune of their public spin dance while trying to find a way from having their tails sued off while being slapped across the face for getting caught and cheating at the same time.
Nothing new.
Report Post »BuckOfama
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 9:43amHa Ha…….
cessna152
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 9:46amHitler had publicly funded radio… Nuff said!
Report Post »Obama Bin Lying
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 9:49amTypical of Liberal Radio…Cut/Cower and run
AzDebi
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 9:49amChalk up another “ONE” for the ol’ “Gipper!”
Lord, Lord…how it DOES feel GOOD to win, doesn’t it?
Report Post »Gold Coin & Economic News
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 9:51amWow, it looks like they’re cleaning house at NPR. Now just cut off the public money and they’ll fade away into the sunset.
Report Post »nothingbuthetruth
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 9:51amwhat about the women that was there? yucking in up. She contributed.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 9:55amI can hardly wait for the day when I can hear this message about NPR:
“Dear listeners, here at NPR we are broke and can no longer pay the bills…the building and all of our gear is being reposessed or foreclosed on right now by the marshalls, and the power is being cut off right…(click, silence)”
A cheer goes up around the world.
Common sense now reigns again.
Report Post »sissykatz
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 9:59amWasn’t this the witch that “fired” juan? I am so glad to see another one gone. Maybe they won’t need the “funding” after all. They are not going to have any employees left to pay. Yeah!!!!
Report Post »Marcobob69
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 10:04amI’ll bet Juan Williams is smiling ear to ear……..! What a shmuck this person is! It’s about time some of these liberal “money pit(s)” started getting investigated for their practices, now if we can only get Ben Bernanke and the Fed hauled before Congress for an audit, the ball would REALLY start rolling!!! It’s gotta be some kind of CRIME the way this government WASTES $$$, and I applaud Congress for actually acting on it! Now let’s see how effective their investigations will be.
Report Post »Miami
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 10:05amI‘ll wait and see if there’s any real change in their message or just more liberal propaganda…
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 10:09amWow, I wish I had asked for her removal before this morning, although it is amusing to see her go down in flames from her incompetence. Now it is time to DEFUND NPR!
Report Post »Melanie
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 10:10amDefund!! Sensible people can find so many things to cut from the budget. Why can’t our elected officials?
Report Post »Miami
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 10:16amSnow
I rather hear;
We here at NPR have to apologize, for the last twenty years we’ve brought you leftwing propaganda and have been misleading you as to the reality of the Marxist influences with in the liberal movement. Joe McCarthy was right, Communist have long infiltrated all levels of our society with the intent to subvert and undermine our Capitalist system. Creating and fomenting social unrest at all levels…
Now that would be music to the freedom’s ear.
El Jefe
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 10:17amThey’ll get a job lying for some other leftist organization in another galaxy…
Report Post »jakartaman
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 10:17amPull the $$$ plug ASAP – They are the PC cheerleaders we don’t need anymore!
Report Post »DisillusionedDaily
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 10:19amIt couldn’t happen to a nicer bunch of people. Defund NPR, PBS, the National Endowment for the Arts and Planned Parenthood now!
Report Post »Drippy Fawcett
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 10:20amO’Keefe deserves a Pulitzer!
Report Post »CatB
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 10:27amSmoke and mirrors .. this “attitude” is NPR PBS operations as usual
DEFUND NOW!
Report Post »Lloyd Drako
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 10:32am@Cessna152:
Report Post »Thanks to a decision made by Herbert Hoover in 1922, the US did not have NPR until 1970, but almost all European countries had publicly funded radio in the 1930s, so there is little point to the argumentum ad Hitlerum.
TexasProgressive
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 10:36amhey Cessna…do you have a plane? You know, Hitler had a plane…nuff said
Report Post »CatB
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 10:40am@ progressive … my father had a plane .. what’s your point?
Report Post »Dale
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 10:45amLloyd Drako;
Your point being?
Report Post »Strictlybusiness
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 10:46amAHHHHHHhhhhhhhh How SWEET it is !!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »fertlmind
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 10:49amGive ME that job,…
Report Post »ya wanna see change you can believe in?
I’d clean house and model them after FOX
NPR,…. AS FAIR AND BALLANCED AS FOX
Blackhawk1
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 10:51amCatB
Progressives never have a valid point.
Report Post »CultureWarriors
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 10:54amDefund them? Yes, but that’s not enough. We need them to refund all them money they stole from tax payers. When a group takes money from people who don’t have a choice (i.e. tax money & unions). And then uses it to support one party, that’s a crime. These people are criminals. There is no other way to put it. We need to drain the swamp.
Report Post »TheLascone
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 11:00amIt’s about time …..
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exdem
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 11:00amI bet they all end up as employees of Spooky dude and his orgs.
Report Post »PA PATRIOT
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 11:03amSNOW,
Did you ever really think that the Brass at NPR could be anything but blatantly progressive, smug, overbearing, and extremely liberal?
It reminds me of Bill Clinton and his lack of respect for authority when facing a grand jury.
“Clinton‘s rationalization to the grand jury about why he wasn’t lying when he said to his top aides that with respect to Monica Lewinsky, “there’s nothing going on between us.” How can this be?
Clinton’s Answer
“It depends on what the meaning of the word ‘is’ is. If the–if he–if ‘is’ means is and never has been, that is not–that is one thing. If it means there is none, that was a completely true statement….Now, if someone had asked me on that day, are you having any kind of sexual relations with Ms. Lewinsky, that is, asked me a question in the present tense, I would have said no. And it would have been completely true.”
There was never a doubt in my mind about NPR
Report Post »It is a sickness.
This must have ABC a bit confused.
Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 11:04am@Miami
Good point, that would be better than mine.
Report Post »AriBenTZion
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 11:05amI would like to volunteer to pay for a proctologist to assist Mr. Ron Schiller remove his b big fat head from the inside of his C U L O.
I’m just trying to be helpful – that’s all.
Report Post »Kisha
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 11:09amTheir just biting off one of their own to make it seem like their liberal views arn’t exactly what the CEO said!
No matter their viewpoint. They need to be OFF public funding. Period!
Report Post »HillBillySam1
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 11:16amMaybe she can spend more time with her therapist….or her priest…..or her publicist……..you know, the same advice she gave Juan Williams when she fired him…….I just hope that MSNBC hires her……I can’t envision a worst fate for anyone than that…….
Report Post »CultureWarriors
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 11:16amNah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah Hey, hey, hey ….
Report Post »TheBattleAxe
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 11:24am@Fertlmind
I hope your kidding about Fox being ‘fair and balanced.‘ Shouldn’t you all be disparaging Fox for providing only one political viewpoint like NPR?
Report Post »OneFunR6
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 11:27am“She was passionately committed to NPR’s mission,…”
N. P. R. [National-Socialist Propaganda Re-Education]
A PROUD Member of the NEW National Socialist Fascist Dictatorship
[coming soon, to a country near US....]
Report Post »betterthantv
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 11:29am@ THE BATTLEAXE Only one point of view at FOX? Then why is it every time I turn on FOX I have to listen to the mindless rantings of Alan Colmes or Ellis Henniken? Think before you type.
Report Post »TheBattleAxe
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 11:41amSeeing as every time I mistakenly glance at Fox News it always seems to be espousing Beck’s inane rants that should make even the most small-minded American laugh or just conservative talking point #32, I think it’s fair that I say Fox is a conservative network. Colmes and Henniken are just there as vain attempts to make Fox’s slogan correct.
Report Post »OneFunR6
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 11:42am“The controversy comes at a horrible time for NPR:…”
Really?
“… this week, Capitol Hill politicians are discussing whether or not to defund the outlet,…”
Seems just PERFECT, to ME!
Report Post »ltb
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 11:52amWhy doesn‘t James O’Keefe have a show on Fox yet? Here’s an idea – a weekly series called “Exposed,” where undercover reporters expose the hypocrisy, lies and corruption of so-called Liberals; it could be a cross between “Punked” and “Candid Camera.” If you use my idea Fox, send me an email so I can help out. Thanks.
Report Post »cessna152
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 11:57amTexasProgressive
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 10:36am
hey Cessna…do you have a plane? You know, Hitler had a plane…nuff said
___________________________________________________________________________________
Hey Progressive,
Report Post »Lefty Propaganda funded with taxpayer money to advance a government agenda….Yeah, that is what limited government is all about, right? If NPR was Conservative run and a Christian organization you would be ok with that… right? Nuff said….
Showtime
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 12:06pmNothing quite like pooping in your own nest and falling back into it!
Vivian and Ron Shiller are not kin (as they are saying), but that doesn‘t mean that they haven’t been kin at one time or another. I just find it odd that people with a name like Shiller and holding high positions in the same organization would not be kin at some point in time.
Report Post »restorehope
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 12:20pmInstead of jumping ship, this particular rat was pushed overboard. That’s what happens when libs get cornered…..they turn on each other. I think the NPR ship is taking on water and floundering. There is absolutely no credible positive spin that they can put on this fiasco.
Report Post »ConsiderThis
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 12:30pmIt‘s absolutely insane that taxpayer dollars are funding this arm of the Democratic’s spin machine!
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 12:43pmWonder if the “average Joe” is asking himself, “Have I been fed propaganda all these years? Hmmmmm.”
“Wake up, Li’l Suzie, wake up!”
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 12:47pm@sissykatz
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 9:59am
Wasn’t this the witch that “fired” juan? I am so glad to see another one gone. Maybe they won’t need the “funding” after all. They are not going to have any employees left to pay. Yeah!!!!
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Hi, SissyKatz!
Yes, she’s the one who fired Juan. (Fox News, DO NOT HIRE her!)
I’m wondering what Juan is thinking about this . At least Vivian Shiller knows how it feels to have the same thing done to her that she did to Juan. (Gotta love karma!)
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Posted on March 9, 2011 at 12:48pmYou know what they say — the more you stir sh!!, the worse it smells!
Report Post »nothingbuthetruth
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 1:02pmDEFUND…DEFUND…DEFUND. They said it themselves, they dont need our money. Like i want one dime going to a group that is anti Jewish and anit-American. They are fine dining and we are struggeling each week. We are cashing in our retirement funds to pay our taxes and these boneheads are living it up with their noses in the air. DEFUND IT NOW!!!
Report Post »Miami
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 1:19pmShowtime
Not a chance in hell if she goes anywhere it’s MSNbc,
Report Post »pajamash
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 1:42pmWhat a Minute: take that photo from the main page. Cut the hair shorter. Make the hair dark. Put on the funky thick rimmed glasses and who do you have? Racheal Maddow!!!!
Report Post »alvino
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 2:04pmNote to Harvard Hicks, Yale YaZoo’s, and any other university elite handicapped individuals: While you and your fellow students/professors have glorified yourselves in your insulated fake-world castles of hypothetical knowledge, the rest of us… and most people in general (those without ego problems) have been getting an ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION in the real world; that would be the world of learning to be useful citizens and generally nice people. You know… “folks” (got-cha!).
This message comes to you from an Engineer with a Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, and I’ve seen how you university guys all get so full of yourselves and lost in yourselves first hand, having spent 13 years in university research myself. Don’t assume that your degree makes you any better than those with real-life educations in the real world. In fact, in ways that matter YOUR UNIVERSITY EDUCATION IS A SERIOUS HANDICAP UNLESS YOU REMEMBER TO BECOME HUMBLE. This takes extra effort. I suggest you make the effort.
Report Post »hud
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 2:26pmGive you 8 to 5 odds these folks will land cushy jobs in 90 days, if they haven’t already done so.
Report Post »avenger
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 2:57pmboo hooo…the libs caught with their panties down….
Report Post »sonora_mom
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 3:19pmGeorge Soros will probably find another place for these people to work. I love these undercover videos. I think O’Keefe is a true patriot. O’Keefe is willing to put his own life on the line to show the world how sleezy these organizations really are. I think he is a hero for exposing these organizations that get money from taxpayers. I hope more will be brave to do what O’Keefe is doing. If NPR is such an important news organization, they will be able to stay on the air by getting money through private donations and advertising. It doesn’t feel right that the government would subsidize the news.
Report Post »Divothead
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 4:24pmRon Schiller’s comments in the video were examples of the deeply held sentiment at NPR – GUARANTEED!
Report Post »Toastery
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 5:52pmDefund the NPR! Let Soros give them money. At least then they will fly their true colors.
Report Post »Templar Knight
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 6:07pmDoes anyone not see the real reason why she resigned?
I bet you 10 – 1 that it’s due to the fact that she was also caught on a future video. Normally when these videos pop up there are more than one that are released over a period of time. The ones who created the video even made their own website which costs time and money so obviously a lot more videos were done on NPR before hand and Vivian here was probably in one and she knows it.
Report Post »Enuff Zenuff
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 7:43pm.
I’ve always preferred news-format radio to music stations, so 30 years ago (early 1980′s), in the dark days before Rush Limbaugh, I tried listening to NPR – because their commercial-free format promised to waste less of my listening time. They actually do have their own forms of ‘commercial’ messages but it’s subtler and briefer.
After a year or two I realized I was spending at least 30 minutes/hour listening to yet more stories about AIDS, gays & lesbians, and the communist Sandinistas in Nicaragua – all for the sake of avoiding 20 minutes/hour of commercials. Their progressive agenda was so ’round the clock’ constant; I began to wonder if the only way I could avoid getting AIDS was to send money to support gay communists. So, I returned to commercial-format radio stations and haven’t missed NPR since.
Thank God that Rush Limbaugh came along in the late 1980′s to make sitting through all the commercials worthwhile because he at least had something to say worth waiting for.
As someone who strives to be fair and balanced, I can honestly say I gave NPR a fair shot at gaining me as a listener, and had they been more balanced in their programming, I’d be sending them money to keep them on the air, but they were so clearly in the tank for the progressive agenda that they must be weaned from the taxpayer’s teat and required to stand or fall on their own. That doesn’t make me a homophobic, gun-toting, anti-science, ignorant Christian zealot as NPR obviously thinks, – it just means I want to be presented with balanced reporting of the news. Just give me the facts and I’ll make up my own mind.
If NPR’s Progressive format cannot survive without taxpayer support then so be it… Good riddance to a bunch of crybaby elitist snobs.
Report Post »Enuff Zenuff
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 7:56pm.
Report Post »Since a “shill” is a pretender or a decoy used to dishonestly get others to participate in something, I’m going to add both these NPR “SCHILLERS” to my list of people whose last names also defined their careers – like baseball pro Cecil FIELDER and former White House spokesperson Larry SPEAKES.