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NPR chief executive quits over hidden camera video
AP ^ | March 9, 2011 | AP

Posted on 03/09/2011 7:42:34 AM PST by Scanian

(AP) -- NPR president and CEO Vivian Schiller resigned Wednesday in the wake of comments by a fellow executive that angered conservatives and renewed calls to end federal funding for public broadcasting.

The chairman of NPR's board of directors announced that he has accepted Schiller's resignation, effective immediately.

NPR media correspondent David Folkenflik said in a tweet that Schiller was forced out by the board.

On Tuesday, conservative activist James O'Keefe posted a hidden-camera video in which NPR executive Ron Schiller bashed the tea party movement as "racist" and "xenophobic" and said NPR would be better off without federal funding. Ron Schiller is not related to Vivian Schiller.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: democrats; dncradio; jamesokeefe; liberalmedia; npr; resignation; schiller
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To: Scanian

Ron and Viv was just doing what is considered “politically correct.” LOL.


41 posted on 03/09/2011 8:15:15 AM PST by oyez (The difference in genius and stupidity is that genius has limits.)
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To: Scanian

NPR is the same sort of news organization that would do the same thing and call it News, fact finding, investigative reporting. But the media will circle the wagons around NPR and say those people were out of line trying to trap NPR.


42 posted on 03/09/2011 8:15:48 AM PST by ReverendJames (Only A Painter Or A Liberal Can Change Black To White.)
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To: Scanian

Might also have something to do with her embarrassing appearance in front of the Press Club this week.


43 posted on 03/09/2011 8:16:08 AM PST by DManA
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To: Scanian

Another One Bites The Dust

Oh! Let’s go!
Steve walks warily down the street
With his brim pulled way down low
Ain’t no sound but the sound of his feet
Machine guns ready to go

Are you ready hey are you ready for this?
Are you hanging on the edge of your seat?
Out of the doorway the bullets rip
To the sound of the beat yeah

Another one bites the dust
Another one bites the dust
And another one gone and another one gone
Another one bites the dust hey
Hey I’m gonna get you too
Another one bites the dust

How do you think I’m going to get along
Without you when you’re gone
You took me for everything that I had
And kicked me out on my own

Are you happy are you satisfied?
How long can you stand the heat
Out of the doorway the bullets rip
To the sound of the beat look out

Another one bites the dust
Another one bites the dust
And another one gone and another one gone
Another one bites the dust hey
Hey I’m gonna get you too
Another one bites the dust

Hey
Oh take it - Bite the dust
Bite the dust hey
Hey Another one bites the dust
Another one bites the dust ow
Another one bites the dust he he
Another one bites the dust hay yay ya ya ya
Ooh shoota!

There are plenty of ways that you can hurt a man
And bring him to the ground
You can beat him
You can cheat him
You can treat him bad and leave him
When he’s down yeah
But I’m ready yes I’m ready for you
I’m standing on my own two feet
Out of the doorway the bullets rip
Repeating to the sound of the beat

Another one bites the dust
Another one bites the dust
And another one gone and another one gone
Another one bites the dust yeah
Hey I’m gonna get you too
Another one bites the dust
Shoota!

Yeah! Alright!


44 posted on 03/09/2011 8:18:21 AM PST by rochester_veteran ( http://RochesterConservative.com/forums/ Rochester NY's Conservative Forum)
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To: skimbell

No, he isn’t. Take a look at Breitbart’s websites (I get to the videos by googling Breitbart TV) and you will see that he is hurt and upset.


45 posted on 03/09/2011 8:19:12 AM PST by Piranha (Obama won like Bernie Madoff attracted investors: by lying about his values, policy and plans.)
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To: Scanian

“and said NPR would be better off without federal funding”

That’s all I see. It has been writ, let it be done.


46 posted on 03/09/2011 8:20:32 AM PST by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: armed and dangerous)
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To: eCSMaster
He smeared O’Keefe implying that his video was somewhat invalid because he’s conservative.

Yeah, it's only OK when lib outlets like 60 Minutes, Dateline, and 20/20 do hidden camera undercover investigations and then win major awards and lavish praise for their exposes.

47 posted on 03/09/2011 8:24:28 AM PST by Virginia Ridgerunner (Sarah Palin has crossed the Rubicon!)
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To: skimbell

Juan has been vindicated again. Bet he’s way happier at fox. Those intellectuals(cough) are a grim bunch to be around. Seems like they are always mad, gripping and grumping. The only time they are happy is when they are cutting somebody else down. Hmmmmm, sounds very much like an inferiority complex to me.


48 posted on 03/09/2011 8:24:49 AM PST by MsLady (Be the kind of woman that when you get up in the morning, the devil says, "Oh crap, she's UP !!")
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To: oyez

Do you know what they called it before they came up with the term “political correctness”?

Internally, they called it what it really is:

CULTURAL MARXISM


49 posted on 03/09/2011 8:24:49 AM PST by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter knows whom he's working for)
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To: Carry_Okie

What about the female NPR staffer who was at the luncheon? She made some pretty nasty comments..


50 posted on 03/09/2011 8:27:17 AM PST by ken5050 (Admin Moderators rule!!!!)
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To: Scanian

Vivian Schiller ... PWNED!


51 posted on 03/09/2011 8:31:28 AM PST by Trajan88 (www.bullittclub.com)
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To: Scanian
Far too many conservatives, including some freepers, are falling in love with American's new premier victim, that dashing clod, Don Juan Williams.

Remember, the enemy of our enemies is not necessarily our friend.

Fox did not give this glib lib a million buck$ a year contract to spread conservative truths on its network. He's there to spout socialist and leftist cultural propaganda so that Fox looks "fair and balanced".

Plus, one could say about Williams what Joe Biden said when explaining Obama......"he's articulate, bright, clean and a good-lookin' guy".

But, he's still an enemy of the Republic, cuddly as he is.

Leni

52 posted on 03/09/2011 8:34:22 AM PST by MinuteGal (OK, BO'R...NAME the "far-rightists" you always morally equate to the far-leftists. Name names, NOW!)
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There’s NO WAY Federal monies should fund the tripe that NPR spews-out. Betcha the other Board members are lib jackazz fools, too.


53 posted on 03/09/2011 8:36:01 AM PST by NoRedTape
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To: Scanian

Flashback: NPR Fires a Top Black Manager (NPR CEO hates black people...)

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2612031/posts?page=1


54 posted on 03/09/2011 8:40:59 AM PST by jimbo123
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To: bigbob

Is he the same guy who took down Acorn with his undercover reporting?


55 posted on 03/09/2011 8:42:57 AM PST by 4rcane
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To: Scanian
This article has left me "gender confused." Is "Vivian" a "he" and did it resign?

Only libs are smart enough to manage so many genders.

56 posted on 03/09/2011 8:53:44 AM PST by nonsporting
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To: ken5050
What about the female NPR staffer who was at the luncheon?

Betsy Liley was placed on administrative leave while NPR investigates (but the way heads are rolling, she may be out the door before I post this).

57 posted on 03/09/2011 8:55:54 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife (Allhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2122429/posts)
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To: Scanian

What about the other babe?

She was not guilty by association, she was guilty for actual slurs and comments unbecoming an NPR manager . Her head must also roll.


58 posted on 03/09/2011 9:12:14 AM PST by bert (K.E. N.P. N.C. D.E. +12 ....( History is a process, not an event ))
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To: nonsporting

There were trwo Schiller’s, a Ron and a Vivian and they are both out.


59 posted on 03/09/2011 9:14:38 AM PST by Scanian
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To: MrB
Do you know what they called it before they came up with the term “political correctness”?

Censorship.

60 posted on 03/09/2011 9:15:19 AM PST by oyez (The difference in genius and stupidity is that genius has limits.)
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