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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And has very little Negro dialect. Unless he wants to.
NPR tried to make an example of him. And now he stands a good chance of making an example out NPR.
My guess is she'll soon get a promotion.
NPR executive Ron Schiller bashed the tea party movement as “racist” and “xenophobic”.
People who have absolutely no clue about what is happening should be required to wear a dunce cap for about 6 months if they are in BROADCASTING and do not know what is going on.
Despite his liberal agenda, you can't get away with spreading ignorant lies like that and not expect repercussions. The NPR people get their collective heads out of the 1968 sand and look around and try to notice what is going on in the real world.
I thought he got the boot also.
You’re right, he did. I was just saying that this particular article was a about Vivian.
Anyway, good riddance to lib trash. Next step: cut off all taxpayer funding to their former employers.
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