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NPR Report on Editing Ethics in Expose Video Features Blaze Analysis

Over the weekend I spoke with NPR’s David Folkenflik about our analysis of the Project Veritas video that revealed egregious statements by NPR executives.  His report aired today on “Morning Edition.”

NPR:

Footage posted online last week by conservative activist James O‘Keefe III captured NPR’s chief fundraising official, Ron Schiller, disparaging conservatives and the Tea Party and saying NPR would be better off without federal funding.

Fueled in part by the attention given the video by the conservative Daily Caller website, an 11 1/2-minute version of O‘Keefe’s hidden camera video ricocheted around the blogosphere Tuesday.

It mortified NPR, which swiftly repudiated Schiller’s remarks and in short order triggered his ouster along with that of his boss, NPR CEO Vivian Schiller, who is no relation to Ron Schiller.

A closer review of those tapes, however, shows that many of Ron Schiller’s most provocative remarks were presented in a misleading way.

To read the rest of the transcript and to listen to the audio report with my comments click here.

Further reaction from NPR’s Mark Memmott can be found here.

Comments (50)

  • Harry Rourke
    Posted on March 20, 2011 at 2:24am

    I have one concern. Looking through the history of the Beck/Okeefe/Breitbart relationship here..I’ve noticed a fair contingent of former Breitbart cohorts are now staffed over here..and Glen appears to have thrown Okeefe under the bus on this one. Given the fact that Okeefe/Beck really uprooted ACORN back in the day..Why? Maybe I’m being naive or am reading it wrong…but I sense a sort of ‘softening’ in Glenn’s stance with the leftie media as well. Don’t pounce on me…I’m still a Beckster. Just questioning with boldness..as it were.

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  • RED-DAWN
    Posted on March 16, 2011 at 9:10am

    Hmmm, kind of reminds me of another story today. Sniper takes out two, with one shot…..
    I don’t care how they were taken out, I only care that they are GONE…..

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  • Susan Harkins
    Posted on March 15, 2011 at 4:51pm

    “National Public” Radio?
    “Federal Reserve” Bank?

    We seriously need to do some “United States Teaparty” defunding of these “Anti-American” business fronts.

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  • Space Cadet
    Posted on March 15, 2011 at 2:21pm

    And, why do all articles, radio, TV, etc. keep mentioning that the Schillers are not related? No one cares!! Stop already!

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  • leahasevedo
    Posted on March 15, 2011 at 10:09am

    watch the whole video and you can see that there was plenty of things to discredit npr besides the bad editing. npr is still everything they were before this video and in this video even with the bad editing the story still stands. beck just pointed out that it would have been damning without editing. beck was not bashing okeefe, he was simply letting okeefe know that you don’t have to edit things when the left speaks. their own words are damning enough.

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  • LittleBigMouth
    Posted on March 15, 2011 at 7:12am

    We let this happen to NPR. The same way we let it happen Columbia. When nit wits take over this is what you get. Cut funding both public and private. They need to learn that we don’t want European Socialism. What else can be said?

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  • EverTheSkeptic
    Posted on March 15, 2011 at 6:05am

    I still say this whole thing is just another staged Beck fraud. There was no journalism involved in any way, shape or form. O’Keefe has no credibility as anything other than a professional “gotcha!” guy (who lies and deceives his way through life), so he makes one legitimate video, deliberately edits it with bias and malice aforethought, hands the two tapes over to Beck and says “here’s your gift of pretending to be a real news outlet – knock yourself out!” and voila! The lamestream media eats it up. Come on – how long did you think it would take before the public could see through this charade?

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  • justice
    Posted on March 15, 2011 at 5:42am

    It did not matter about the story to begin with, before the story even came out. NPR needs to be de-funded using our tax paying dollars. Let Spooky dude and Unions feed their frenzy. They can run their business as Private sector do!. Period, end of story.

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  • angelfire1712
    Posted on March 15, 2011 at 5:21am

    Just to add this…we let Fox News reporters during the presidential election elude to the fact that it’d be okay if someone took a pot shot at Barack Obama. I was surprised the FCC didn’t fine them for that. I‘m not sure why some of you are obsessing on the Schillers in the video feed and arguing if they’re related or not..what difference would that make anyway? Ron was expressing his personal view off the record and he was quoting someone elses comment..and for this NPR should be seen as imbalanced and not Fox News? I’m just not sure where you all are coming from>?

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  • angelfire1712
    Posted on March 15, 2011 at 5:16am

    Well, I’m pretty baffled at the response is here. I‘ve listened to NPR and they’re a great news source, other than the mass media, that bring both republicans, democrats, independents and tea party supporters on and give the public during open mike to ask them questions up front. I know of no other place that does this. As far as the video feed that Mr. O’Keef put out there…yes, when you doctor up a video to suit your purpose then there’s something wrong. All of you say you are interested in the truth, to have balanced reporting but it doesn’t sound like it. I‘ve read that ’The Blaze’ is supported by Glenn Beck. He’s a multimillionaire…doesn‘t it bother you that you’re being influenced by ‘the right’? I stand by NPR…I think many people think that NPR is a smug station only meant for the ‘elite’ but surprisingly..many people from doctors, lawyers to garbage collectors, truckers, housekeepers, etc…it runs the entire gammet of listeners. They aren’t out to brainwash people and incite riots as our Mr. Beck seems to be. So I am a little confused as to why people are upset with NPR. I haven’t read anything on this blog yet that seems like an intelligent answer.

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    • Jim from Maine
      Posted on March 15, 2011 at 7:27am

      Including yours of course. You try and sound so balanced and reasoned, but we can see through the hyperbole and ad homonem attacks and realize what you are trying to achieve … grade ?? ….failure.

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    • Ken from Louisiana
      Posted on March 17, 2011 at 12:21am

      Angel, You made perfect sense..up until the part where you accused Mr. Beck of wanting to incite a riot or brainwash people. I think that that did not add to your argument.
      Mr Jim, Honestly I would like you to expound on what Angel was trying to achieve. I respect you. I like your use of the words “hyperbole and ad homonem attacks”. You are a man of intelligence.
      I’m just a poor construction worker in Louisiana, but I do enjoy NPR. I’m going to put my money where my mouth is (although I’m not sure how we can work this out). I would like you to listen to NPR for a day or two (or you can go to their website). I would like you to find me an article that is mean-spirited, one-sided, or in some other way bashes the conservative movement. I might go so far as to have you find me one that presses a liberal agenda without giving the conservative agenda a fair response. If you can find me an article like that I will send you $100. Post a link to that article to my attention on this website and I’ll contact you back.

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  • Protege
    Posted on March 15, 2011 at 3:55am

    While it’s been a wile since I saw the actual law, wasn’t there a congressional law passed back in the dawning days of radio that made it plain in reference to the constitution that the Federal Government shall spend no monies on public airwaves except in the cause of emergencies? It’s a vague memory from my time studying the legal precedence of propaganda use during WWII and how that had to be waived in a special session for the duration of the conflict. Someone with better access to congressional records or a better memory may be able to help me out here.

    If my memory is indeed correct, doesn’t funding NPR violate that law?

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  • Jabber
    Posted on March 15, 2011 at 2:24am

    Broker0101 is a useful idiot.

    He provides contrast to sanity and intelligence here.
    He always willingly provides evidence of how desperate and biased progressives are.
    He allows us to serve a village somewhere while we mind their idiot for them.
    He keeps us young by hurling playground insults at us like “I know you are but what am I?”
    He boosts thread-post-counts and “unique” visitor stats on The Blaze ever higher.

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  • miles from nowhere
    Posted on March 15, 2011 at 1:02am

    The whole world got to see what a bunch of worthless liberal junkies look and sound like when they are exposed on NPR for the racist the left truely is when they are not in front of the public camera. Broker and Mao are no different, just low life scumbags that want everyone to be like them.

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  • Stoic one
    Posted on March 15, 2011 at 12:44am

    no fed money….then say what you want npr

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    • starman70
      Posted on March 15, 2011 at 10:15am

      Another waste of Federal dollars. Who listens to NPR anyway?

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  • UlyssesP
    Posted on March 15, 2011 at 12:11am

    Walk the line, walk the line, walk the line…the work is never done.

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  • Ghandi was a Republican
    Posted on March 15, 2011 at 12:08am

    He could have been wearing American flags and dropping a payload of pork scud missiles at OBLs cave openings, and he still said what he said- unmistakably.

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  • trmkc
    Posted on March 15, 2011 at 12:00am

    Yet again liberals are crying foul when their own words are used against them. Boo hoo! Buck up. Not one dime should go to NPR unless it is a balanced format. Taxpayers should not be hold hostage to bankrolling a totally leftist format. It is entertaining to see the leftist shuffle when they have been exposed for what they really are.

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  • Carbine1
    Posted on March 14, 2011 at 11:46pm

    Kick their ass and take No Names. [[ALL]] of them.

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  • Carbine1
    Posted on March 14, 2011 at 11:42pm

    listening to Ron on the fox news sounds to me like He is still pretty Liberal. He is a Liberal you know with $2,000,000 A YEAR SALARY. I am sorry folks Liberalism is a cancer that needs to be dismantled and eliminated.

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  • CHANGE IT BACK
    Posted on March 14, 2011 at 11:39pm

    ,,,“if their lips are moving”…

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  • Exrepublisheep
    Posted on March 14, 2011 at 11:39pm

    Easy Glenn, doing the correct thing may lead you to sprain your arm as you pat yourself on the back.

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  • GBGB
    Posted on March 14, 2011 at 11:34pm

    @Broke………LOL Guess you must be one of the ‘addicts’ you speak of. You sure spend a lot of time here!

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  • Psychic_Warrior
    Posted on March 14, 2011 at 11:34pm

    Hey NPR, it’s called journalism.

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  • Augie4
    Posted on March 14, 2011 at 11:29pm

    Don’t bother us with the facts. Just roll the video, because pictures don’t lie.

    Do they?

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    • GdavidH
      Posted on March 14, 2011 at 11:41pm

      Depends on the political persuasion of the analyst

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    • Hobbs57
      Posted on March 15, 2011 at 1:36am

      I agree, but my hats off to the Blaze. If they do as the Left always does, we will be nothing more than a bunch of biased bigots and closet racist who discredit women as the Left is and does.

      I am in college right now at the ripe age of 35. I listen to the “crap” that comes out of these indoctrinated children who obviously only get their news from comedy central or MSNBC or CNN or The New York TImes or ….. lol Should I go on ?? When they say stuff in class like , “oh yeah, isn’t that governor trying to take away our rights by passing some kind of anti-union bill or something” or referring to the Arizona law as an anti-immigrant law. As the professor agree‘s with them and egg’s them on, the other kids say what is that ???.. another kid says“ it is a law that arrests you for looking hispancic”…before I can even correct them, the professor is saying that is right…
      You see , these are the tactics of the left. As Glenn says, truth has no agenda. Truth will prevail hold the test of time. These b^stards will even report falsely, ON PURPOSE at times, and not even bother to correct themselves. IF you must only tell half-truths in order to push your agenda, the you are LYING, PERIOD !!

      Good job Blaze…. This should go a long way with the Public. Let the people decide, even if I hate to be wrong, I would rather be wrong in the face of the truth than being right and living a LIE.

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  • Showtime
    Posted on March 14, 2011 at 11:19pm

    NPR needed to be mortified. And The Blaze needed to be lauded.

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    • MiketheTrucker
      Posted on March 14, 2011 at 11:22pm

      The left never stops lying.

      Gee, I wonder why Ron AND his wife are no longer working for NPR(National Progressive Radio)?

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    • Showtime
      Posted on March 14, 2011 at 11:33pm

      Mike, every story about NPR mentioning the two Schillers say that they are of no relation. That doesn‘t clarify that they haven’t been related (as husband and wife or in-laws, perhaps?) in the past.

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    • Showtime
      Posted on March 14, 2011 at 11:35pm

      @broker0101
      Posted on March 14, 2011 at 11:25pm
      And you, SHOW desperately need some outdoors-time. Invite your fellow couple dozen Beck-Bot-Blaze-Addicts here to join you.
      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      Are you stalking me?

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    • cheezwhiz
      Posted on March 14, 2011 at 11:35pm

      Sorry Blaze, I‘d rather stick with Patterico’s analysis on this matter .

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    • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
      Posted on March 14, 2011 at 11:35pm

      NPR needs to be crucified and shut down period. The Blaze has shown just how far a lot of the big time ‘journalists’ have actually fallen; not many, just the most obvious ones. I still hold there are many small town and local news journalists who have the same desire and drive for the truth of stories and integrity of journalism, the Blaze shows that a restoration is now underway and they are no longer alone in the night.

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    • drbage
      Posted on March 14, 2011 at 11:37pm

      I thought he was going to eventually get Clintonian and ask someone to define the word, “is.”

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    • marine249
      Posted on March 14, 2011 at 11:41pm

      BROKER
      you need a lot more time out of the basement.
      take sgt ed, madcow and the rest of msnbc
      with you. the sunlight will get some of the sh#t
      out of your head and maybe you will be able to see the light.

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    • Quagaar Warrior
      Posted on March 14, 2011 at 11:44pm

      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      @ Showtime and everyone else,
      .
      We must pity poor little Broker0101.
      He, she or whatever is still suffering from a Nov. 2010 election day hangover. We must remember that people like him, her or whatever are still in denial and need our patience and understanding during these difficult times. We can only pity him, her or whatever further because the 2012 elections are not only going to give him, her or whatever a hangover, it’s going to put him, her or whatever into a coma!
      LOVE IT!!!
      .
      P.S. I’m the one who reported him, her or whatever in the AFLAC news report. They pulled him, her or whatever and he, she or whatever is extremely welcome!!!
      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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    • NoRoomForSocialismHere
      Posted on March 15, 2011 at 12:05am

      @broker0101
      Posted on March 14, 2011 at 11:25pm
      broken-record you should not tell people what you think others need until you finish a physicians school and a rehabilitation stay with Charlie Sheen.
      Now lift up your dress stop your whining you little socialist pervert and say bye to your radical-activist job at NPR. How much does Geo. Sorryos pay you or are you in the D.C. Red House

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    • HippoNips
      Posted on March 15, 2011 at 12:07am

      If NPR doesn’t get defunded , we can blame The Blaze and their ridiculous 8 editing points in the video.
      It’s not a wonder why no other pointed to these 8, they are NOT valid issues. That’s why no one else bothered.

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    • NoRoomForSocialismHere
      Posted on March 15, 2011 at 12:12am

      @broker0101
      Posted on March 14, 2011 at 11:25pm
      broken-record you should not tell people what you think others need until you finish a physicians school and a rehabilitation stay with Charlie Sheen.
      Now lift up your dress stop your whining you little socialist pervert and say bye to your radical-activist job at NPR. How much does Geo. Sorryos pay you

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    • joseph Fawcett
      Posted on March 15, 2011 at 12:13am

      I have listened to NPR, I had to turn it off because it was so bias to the left that it was sickening. I wasn’t surprised when I heard the story, even if it was presented in a miss leading context. I believe that NPR has a progressive agenda and uses the public airwaves to promote it. I won’t listen to them and have not for many years.

      http://www.josephfawcettart.com western artist

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    • walkwithme1966
      Posted on March 15, 2011 at 12:14am

      Yes, I was even surprised about the Blaze – good job!! http://wp.me/pYLB7-JM

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    • Showtime
      Posted on March 15, 2011 at 12:29am

      @NoRoomForSocialismHere
      Posted on March 15, 2011 at 12:05am
      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      I reported him in this one, but he’s still sitting there.
      I don’t mind nutty remarks; I just don’t like his sick attitude.
      I think he’s jealous because his comment was not the first, and that was the only thing he could think of to say, and he had to say it to me in order not to be pushed down the page.

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    • Punky
      Posted on March 15, 2011 at 12:41am

      @ Showtime; Re: Broker101′s comment: I could use some outdoor time too; when is the BBQ?

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    • A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
      Posted on March 15, 2011 at 1:15am

      Will you all stop reporting Broker0101, please? You can‘t just report people because they’re annoying or rude.

      And it‘s not like his comments aren’t meant to convey something relevant – he means to ridicule us for positions we hold.

      So just address his underlying objections. That’s the best way to deal with ridicule.

      But reporting him and using bravado isn’t helping.

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    • Kurty C Wipe
      Posted on March 15, 2011 at 1:29am

      Oh good, Broker is back, again, listen to one of the great salesman ever.“Its the economy stupid” James Carville.
      “Ideologies aren’t all that important. What’s important is psychology.

      The Democratic constituency is just like a herd of cows. All you have to do is lay out enough silage and they come running. That’s why I became an operative working with Democrats. With Democrats all you have to do is make a lot of noise, lay out the hay, and be ready to use the ole cattle prod in case a few want to bolt the herd.

      Eighty percent of the people who call themselves Democrats don’t have a clue as to political reality.
      What amazes me is that you could take a group of people who are hard workers and convince them that they should support social programs that were the exact opposite of their own personal convictions. Put a little fear here and there and you can get people to vote any way you want.

      The voter is basically dumb and lazy. The reason I became a Democratic operative instead of a Republican was because there were more Democrats that didn’t have a clue than there were Republicans.

      Truth is relative. Truth is what you can make the voter believe is the truth. If you’re smart enough, truth is what you make the voter think it is. That‘s why I’m a Democrat. I can make the Democratic voters think whatever I want them to.”
      What tax bracket are you in Broker? Part of the 47% that don’t pay federal income taxes?

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    • PA PATRIOT
      Posted on March 15, 2011 at 7:59am

      SHOW,
      You assumption is most likely to be correct,
      Broker could be a psycho stalker,
      He shows a consistency of hiding in the shadows, a pattern of sorts..
      Chew and Screw, Gun and Run, Talk and DIssappear?
      He/She will never show up to respond.
      Broker does not exist in my mind.
      A mans / womans word is only as good as his/her response to another.
      Worthless

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    • PrfctlyFrank
      Posted on March 15, 2011 at 12:17pm

      The easiest enemy to overcome is the predictable one, that you know everything about.. Believe it or not, there is value in the posts Broker, Encinom, and their ilk post here as it exposes exactly where they’re coming from, which would be seminars.. They are predictable, and defenseless(as in no way to defend their point of view We need to hear from them, and ignore the ignorance..

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