Posted on 03/10/2011 4:25:38 PM PST by ColdOne
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.”
Liley, who was caught on the initial videotape laughing at the suggestion that NPR was sometimes called National Palestinian Radio, was placed on administrative leave with Ron Schiller on Tuesday afternoon. “Through unequivocal words and actions, NPR has renounced and condemned the secretly recorded statements of Ron Schiller and Betsy Liley. Mr. Schiller is no longer with NPR and Ms. Liley has been placed on administrative leave, pending an investigation of the matter,” the NPR statement continued.
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...
At this rate NPR will only be a shell organization with no employees. Defund it.
You’re kidding!
They’re going to step into the exact same trap that has been laid by every previous video series?
Tomorrow, there will be the full unedited tape which confirms beyond any doubt the NPR folks intended to launder money and aid terror.
We have the right to know if AlQaeda is funding PBS...
Listened to the entire video, (actually more of an audio), and I think Purdue University needs to be investigated for anonymous contributions as well.
’ making an anonymous gift that would remain invisible to tax authorities’===========
Yeah and Tim Geithner, John Kerry, Charles Rangel all pay their taxes too. Oh wait..
So, she got a paid vacation for her part.
"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."
This reminds me of a Saturday Night Live skit by Eddie Murphy made approximately 25 to 30 years ago.
In the skit, Eddie put on white make-up, then went out into the world doing his usual activities: went to a store, rode on a bus, etc.
When another black person was present, the interactions between white people and Eddie in whiteface were normal, New York City type interactions.
When there was no other black person present, just white people and Eddie in whiteface make-up (who the other white people accepted as white), it was a whole different world. A fun party broke out, no-one had to pay money to purchase anything, it was a wonderful, fun society that was kept secret from anyone who wasn’t white.
O’Keefe’s videos remind me of that skit. There is another fun, alternate, world that consists of leftists. It is kept secret from us conservative, tea party types. The leftists will show their real selves to anyone whom they accept as another leftist. Leftists employed by a publicly funded entity (Planned Parenthood, Acorn, NPR) will smilingly break the law to benefit themselves and their new, leftist friends (O’Keefe and crew).
When O’Keefe’s videos are released, the leftists deny that the behavior we witnessed is standard procedure. It was an exception, an aberration, the fault of one individual.
The leftists need to deny that their secret, fun world exists so that they can continue taking money from conservative, tea party folks to pay the bills to keep the leftists world afloat.
I remember that skit by him.
Great skit.
Great post.
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