Posted on 10/20/2011 8:25:26 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
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NPR, a code of ethics? Who knew?
Sometimes in their zeal, radical comrades can’t hold their cover. There are plenty of comrades at NPR that have more self control.
They ALWAYS slip seditious comments into productions of “Madame Butterfly”! The opera cries out for anti-American comments! LOL.
What a silly thing for her to say. Now if she had been talking about “La Boheme”, she would have a case. HA HA HA!
Time to start NPROAPU, The NPR On Air Personalities Union, to stop those evil corporations, er, government funded radio stations, from firing you for not doing your job.
She's the lovely gal that said she would “laugh loudly like a maniac and watch his eyes bug out” if she were to see conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh suffering a heart attack.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/07/22/producer-npr-affiliate-apologizes-hateful-remarks-rush-limbaugh/ I guess wishing death upon a conservative is ethical...Oh well..."
Actually she's retiring at the end of 2011. Intriguingly, she dumped the Twitter that got her in trouble; but if some clever FReeper wanted to say goodbye and good riddance, she's merely switched to @sspitzSaMo.
This is so unfair. It’s not like she worked for Fox News or anything.
Of course not...NPR is a publicly-supported institution whose hypocrisy was on display for the world to see when they fired Juan Williams. She should not have been fired if she did not break the law. Period.
Now she can appeal to whomever...
Not guilty. However, she looks like a nurse on Scrubs sitcom.
NPR said: “First, WDAV, the classical radio station that produces World of Opera, has stated that Lisa will remain host of World of Opera. Owing to the confusion surrounding the story, NPR noted: “It has been reported that NPR had a role in the decision made by the management of the public radio program Soundprint to end its relationship with Lisa Simeone as the program’s host. This is not true. Soundprint is an independent public radio program that is not produced by NPR. NPR had no contact with the management of the program prior to their decision. We learned about it after the fact, through media reports.”
Now, I am confused. Before this "explanation," I wasn't. LOL.
She is not a pretty gal, is she?
"Simeone says she was fired Wednesday in a phone call during which NPR's code of ethics was read to her." Simeone is angry that her free-speech rights are being trampled... "I find it puzzling that NPR objects to my exercising my rights as an American citizen -- the right to free speech, the right to peaceable assembly -- on my own time in my own life. I'm not an NPR employee. I'm a freelancer. NPR doesn't pay me. I'm also not a news reporter. I don't cover politics. I've never brought a whiff of my political activities into the work I've done for NPR World of Opera. What is NPR afraid I'll do -- insert a seditious comment into a synopsis of Madame Butterfly?As AppyPappy sez above, if you don't get paid, you didn't get fired.
"This sudden concern with my political activities is also surprising in light of the fact that Mara Liaason reports on politics for NPR yet appears as a commentator on FoxTV, Scott Simon hosts an NPR news show yet writes political op-eds for national newspapers, Cokie Roberts reports on politics for NPR yet accepts large speaking fees from businesses. Does NPR also send out 'Communications Alerts' about their activities?"
If they were unbiased, they would have kicked Nina Tottenberg to the curb. Among others.
The OSW protestors make the 70s demonstrators look like rocket scientists.
This generation is not so bright.
Most of them were kids during the "BJ" Clinton era.
We're reaping the whirlwind.
Thanks La Enchiladita for the heads up.
Yes, NPR has the right to terminate their relationship.
The ‘optics’ of this event are poor at best, typical for a government funded agency.
Ms Simeone does not appear to be to be wrapped too tight.
Lisa Simeone: Why I Will Be There
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0SHahAgbQs
Would you prefer NPR cut down the Arts programming and up the explicitly political content?
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