Posted on 10/21/2010 3:09:13 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd
WBUR has received more than 30 calls and a slew of e-mails from listeners to complain about the firing of NPR news analyst Juan Williams, and three people have received refunds for their donations.
That number might not sound like a lot, but it is meaningful — rarely do people make good on threats to cancel their support.
Member stations around the country — many of them in the middle of fundraising this week — live on the front lines. We get credit and, in this case, blame for NPR’s decisions. Many listeners don’t understand the distinction between the member station (WBUR) and the network (NPR).
WBUR, of course, played no part in the decision to fire Williams.
NPR has created a special website for member stations with talking points, contact information for media and listener inquiries and a link to NPR’s ethics guidelines.
NPR says it is so inundated with complaints, the NPR.org “Contact Us” page has crashed.
yeah, I know jw already works there.
jaun, at best, is unwatchable
and fox is becoming more and more annoying [except for Glenn and Sean]
Bill O’s show tonight is hitting it out of the park. Soros will be wiped in a few minutes by Bill O.
I went to DU and read several posts on the subject. Most were of the ‘good riddance to bad rubbish’ nature, but a surprising number criticized the move. A big argument erupted over whether you can be ‘racist’ against a group [Muslims] that includes all races. Fun to watch, really.
“. . .We get credit and, in this case, blame for NPR’s decisions. Many listeners don’t understand the distinction between the member station (WBUR) and the network (NPR).”
The best way to attack a national broadcaster is to go after its local affiliates. You attack the local affiliate by complaining to its sponsors.
good thing they got the Soros money - looks like they're gonna need it.
This should all put a chill on any other attacks to get rid of people on FOX - per orders from Soros - the blow back is great!
And here poor Juan thought he was bulletproof.
Bwah-ha-ha-ha....”
I always think he sounds pretty reasonable on FOX...
Interesting angle. The conservative right could actually pull a race card for once. Imagine that!
Also, we should contact Patricia Harrison, who is the head of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and tell her to fire NPRs Schiller
pharrison@cpb.org
202-725-6763
Absolutely brilliant!!
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