Report: Ardent NPR Defenders Receive Soros Funding Too
- Posted on November 9, 2010 at 8:19am by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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The Daily Caller has done some investigative work and found that some of the most vocal supporters of the Juan Williams firing from NPR are part of organizations that receive Soros funding. Soros is a supporter of NPR, recently donating $1.8 million to the publicly-funded radio outlet.
Among the vocal NPR supporters receiving funding are:
- New America Foundation
- The Free Press
- New America Media
“NPR saw supporters come out of the woodwork to decry right-leaning calls for the radio company to be stripped of government financial support,” the DC’s Jeff Winkler writes. “Interestingly, many of those who voiced their opinion that NPR should keep its government provided cash happen to receive funds from the same source: liberal financier George Soros and his Open Society Institute.”
Read the entire article from the Daily Caller.
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Comments (55)
momsense
Posted on November 9, 2010 at 11:32amWhy isn’t this criminal in jail? Darryl Issa—how about a congressional investigation of this creep’s associations and tactics?
Report Post »RightPolitically
Posted on November 9, 2010 at 11:21amYet another reminder of how well organized LEFTIST COMMUNIST groups are. Pull ALL government funding from every and all media, left or right. Government HAS NO BUSINESS being in the business of funding “speech” of any kind or persuasion!
Report Post »wash1776
Posted on November 9, 2010 at 11:17amJust look for something destructive, evil, dirty, and self-serving and you will find Obama and his mafia behind it including Soros.
Report Post »RodT82721
Posted on November 9, 2010 at 11:05amCongress should turn over support to NPR and PBS to Soros and all his progressive cult. They seem to better funded then Congress anyway.
Report Post »JohnnyJT
Posted on November 9, 2010 at 10:31amNPR needs to be defunded.
Report Post »Derfel Cadarn
Posted on November 9, 2010 at 10:04amDoes this in any way surprise, anyone?
Report Post »spirited
Posted on November 9, 2010 at 10:00amIt is important that slanted ‘news’ be reported on
N(egatively) P(olarize) R(epublicans as racist, relentless, repressive, rich-reich).
>What is even more important?
Report Post »That there is a FOX
and (thankfully), a Glenn Beck;
to expose what some NPR backers’ (and who)…
are really up to.
GrumpyCat
Posted on November 9, 2010 at 9:45amNPR and CPB should not only be stripped of government funding but the government should auction their assets to recover whatever is left of the “investment.” Let Soros buy it outright.
The FCC should also cease favoritisms shown to “public” broadcasters.
Report Post »DoctorRon
Posted on November 9, 2010 at 9:38amEven if it is only “The Daily Caller,” I am glad SOME journalist is dooing investigative work. Where is ABC and CNN?
Report Post »starman70
Posted on November 9, 2010 at 10:14amABC, NBC, CBS, MSNBC, The Times Group of newspapers and most of the mainstream media are already in, “Spooky Dude’s” pocket. You will NEVER get the truth from any of these Communist outlets. Glenn Beck, WorldNetDaily, The Right Network, The Drudge Report and a handfull of other truth seekers are the only ones publishing the real truth behind the shenanigans going on in Washington and even around the world. The world’s powerful elite are playing us for puppets and we MUST keep informed in order to cut the strings or else we will all end up as serfs in a world wide dictatorship. Not only must we cut the strings but we all must fervently PRAY that GOD will protect this nation from the coming diasater.
Report Post »BurntHills
Posted on November 9, 2010 at 9:24amtonight, the Glenn Beck show on FoxNewsChannel.
defund the NPR, we do not want our taxes being used to socialist-indoctrinate the radio show’s ignorant illiterate listeners.
STOCK UP ON FOOD and BUY MORE AMMO.
Report Post »Joseff
Posted on November 9, 2010 at 9:23amHow do you boycott NPR, they have no sponsors. Nobody is listening to them anyway. That would be kinda like boycotting MSNBC.
Joe
Report Post »pattyto
Posted on November 9, 2010 at 9:41amGood one…
Report Post »wingedwolf
Posted on November 9, 2010 at 9:22amThis is no surprise. We really are now in a fight for our country’s right to not belong to the one world order. I hope all the people who have been making fun of me all these years are very proud of themselves. I also hope they are scrambling to find their butts with a map, but don’t come here. I won‘t be forgiving or helpful and I won’t waste my resources on people who did nothing for themselves.
Report Post »Hugh Williams
Posted on November 9, 2010 at 8:50amHe is the Puppet Master.
Report Post »Slayer
Posted on November 9, 2010 at 8:47amI am writing a letter to my rep and the leaders of the GOP as well – DEFUND! Not one more penny to the CPB.
Report Post »Rogue
Posted on November 9, 2010 at 10:18amIf you live in a state or district represented by one of the members of the Socialist Party Caucus,good luck. If you are unfortunate enough to be represented by any of these people, you have no say in the decision being made in your state. Check out the list and be aware – these people need to be replaced before it is too late. I was absolutely amazed that there are no fewer than 70 lawmakers openly sided with the Socialist Party of America: (not updated since the election, but most are still in office)
http://dougpowers.com/2010/08/14/socialist-party/
Report Post »We Are Not Alone
Posted on November 9, 2010 at 8:39amGlenn is pulling back the curtain on Soro’s starting tonite…… we need to pay attention so we know what we’re dealing with…..
God Bless America….
Report Post »Slobaphobe
Posted on November 9, 2010 at 8:37amShocked, I tell you. Shocked!
Report Post »benrush
Posted on November 9, 2010 at 8:37amIsn’t it a testament to the bankruptcy of the left that the best form of funding for them must be done through force?
Report Post »Rickfromillinois
Posted on November 9, 2010 at 8:36amIt’s way past time to stop government funding of NPR. For decades it has been a platform for left winger ideas and left winger ideas only. The whole idea of the government having a network that distributes the “truth” in news and politics according to the government is troubling whether it leans left or right.
Report Post »It should have never been funded in the first place and it is time to stop it now.
starman70
Posted on November 9, 2010 at 10:00amAMEN!!!!!!! All you have to do is listen to Radio Moscow, English Radio Cuba and etc. Then you will know what government control of all the news can really do to distort the news.
Report Post »v.o.t.e.
Posted on November 9, 2010 at 8:31amSpooky dude
Report Post »DagneyT
Posted on November 9, 2010 at 8:30amYou can’t see or hear something anti-anything conservative these days that spooky dude doesn’t have his fingers in! He’s everywhere behind the scenes trying to bring our country down, with complicity from Dirty Harry Reid, Nasty Pelosie, and the BO who lives in OUR White House!
Report Post »GeorgeWashingtonslept here
Posted on November 9, 2010 at 8:28amGee, who would have guessed!
Report Post »ILFarmer
Posted on November 9, 2010 at 3:09pmI like the non-journalistic programs on NPR, mostly the weekend stuff. And until recently were more neutral than liberal. Unfortunately since Soros began to take the spotlight, I’ve become disappointed in NPR. I hope things can be brought back under control.
I don’t like how they get government funding then spend 2 weeks a year (hear about it longer) doing fundraisers and make people feel guilty.
Report Post »RightUnite
Posted on November 9, 2010 at 8:28amSurprise! Surprise!! NOT!
Report Post »drbage
Posted on November 9, 2010 at 8:27amAll part of the plan to have everyone’s eyes focused on the “crisis,” while they insert more of their devious plans in the system. Seems like a lot of the more open minded employees of the Soros funded media(yes, they do keep one or two around to show how balanced they are) are struggling mightily to keep their jobs–think of Mara Liasson’s comparison of Obama to Churchill. Really?
Report Post »Independent Tess
Posted on November 9, 2010 at 8:26amNo big surprise here. My “cynical quotient” goes up again.
Report Post »Beckofile
Posted on November 9, 2010 at 9:45amWhy is that every public or tax funded program is broke, exploited, and increasingly liberalised. We are funding the ruin of our own country and Soros is just throwing down a little insurance money on our epic fall. Cut government in your first day by at least 50%. This is all that will help. Get rid of the easily exploited union and public programs.
Report Post »Hondaman
Posted on November 9, 2010 at 8:24amImagine that.
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {mix art}
Posted on November 9, 2010 at 8:38amNo suprise. Soros has his dirty fingers into so many things it is no suprise.
Report Post »HouseNegro
Posted on November 9, 2010 at 8:43amBoycot npr
Report Post »john seven eighteen
Posted on November 9, 2010 at 8:43amEveryone already knew this, but it is good to have proof.
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {mix art}
Posted on November 9, 2010 at 9:00amHere is something else, Soros giving a 100 million dollar donation to expand the Human Rights Watch (which for someone bent on destroying us in america, is irony in the purest form.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/07/business/07gift.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/sep/07/george-soros-100-million-human-rights-watch
Check them out.
Report Post »Smoovious
Posted on November 9, 2010 at 9:29amalright, there is no story here, nothing to see, move along…
(didn’t we all pretty much already know that before it was reported?)
Report Post »pattyto
Posted on November 9, 2010 at 9:39amThere is no reason for tax payer support for NPR or PBS. There are enough cable/satilite stations to fill the viewers needs. If private funds want to support them, so be it. I quit giving to either one years ago when I found out how left wing they were and never gave a dime to support republicans only dems.
Report Post »independentvoteril
Posted on November 9, 2010 at 10:16amso far we have found out where Old George has funneled his money into these organizations.. my guess he will either bury his funneling or move to bartering or gold.. We have to have groups that keep up with Old George and his crafty moves.. this man is playing a bait and switch..the BEST thing for the country is for the LORD to take him home.. and he DOESN‘T’ have a will
Report Post »citizenx
Posted on November 9, 2010 at 11:20amI defend NPR… only an idiot wouldn’t. I don’t receive funding from anyone… I am just an avid listener.
Ellie
Posted on November 9, 2010 at 11:54amThe idea that a “publicly” funded news outlet has any chance of being unbiased is totally absurd.
If NPR were a commercial station and an advertiser disagreed with the content then they may pull their ads but there would be plenty of other advertisers to fill the void.
How many individuals have millions in spare cash to throw away on NPR?
Because NPR can’t expect anyone to fill the funding hole left if they upset George Soros (or any other large, still living, contributor) NPR is in effect required to produce content that will keep them in George’s good graces making them far more likely to produce biased content.
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Report Post »Rowgue
Posted on November 9, 2010 at 12:29pmBoycott NPR? LOL. Everyone has been since the day it went on the air. The only listeners they have are the other hosts when it’s not their turn to be on the air.
Report Post »seanpatriot
Posted on November 9, 2010 at 12:32pmcitizenx, you’re an avid idiot
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on November 9, 2010 at 1:41pmRats come out of the woodwork too, imagine. Isn’t there some kind of conflict there with “Spooky Dude”, his minions and NPR?
Report Post »Spookytruck
Posted on November 9, 2010 at 2:27pmDe-fund NPR NOW!
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