Posted on 10/23/2010 12:55:57 AM PDT by JohnHuang2
I suspect their funding from music lovers will dry up because of the Juan Williams fiasco.
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Let's see ... Williams makes exactly the same sort of remark that _resident Obama made and that Jessee Jackson made, so NPR's "objectivity" is in the toilet. Accept a couple of million from one of the most partisan people on the face of the earth ... not an ounce of concern. It's all BS.
Ms. Vito, please answer the question: doesDefund NPR / PBS / CPB NOW!!!the defense'sNPR's case hold water?
Mona Lisa Vito: No!The defenseNPR is wrong!
Vinny Gambini: Are you sure?
Mona Lisa Vito: I'm positive.
They can’t even use the excuse that they are the primary outlet for classical music.
WCPE in Wake Forest NC is an excellent classical station which has nationwide affiliates, streams over the web and is totally listener funded. It does not receive nor does it ask for any government funding.
Only to get away with their crimes!
Tell me this, in a Sharia governed country, can a woman dress Western; no burkha or head scarf, wearing a miniskirt, makeup, etc? I often see Muslims with the men dressing Western but the women are all burkha'd up. Just look at street demonstrations from last year in Iran.
I wrote a long post the other night about how liberals defend Muslims even though Muslims despise them (for being pro-gay, etc.) because to oppose the Muslims would mean they’d be on the same side as Christians, and liberals can’t have that. Christianity is their ultimate enemy. (And I’m an atheist.)
The outrage is more than that. It’s the creeping Sharia and the attack on free speech plain and simple. He stated what most sane americans feel regarding the issue. Until the religion deals with the radicals who are actually doing what their “holy” book says that sense of unease and wariness will not go away. We should not have to silence our honest feelings on this matter any longer without fear of real retribution.
The fight back started with the muzzies wanting to build that damn victory mosque on the grave site of thousands of people. It continued with the outrage over the burning of the koran on 9/11 and other incidents that have shone a light on the deeds of these vermin in our midst.
Duh, that was the point. Juan, was troubled by people dressed up in 'garb' on planes. His view, NPR didn't like it.
I understand about the Muslim-on-Muslim violence, but I meant something American liberals care about. The M-on-M violence doesn’t bother them at all—they don’t care, they know Islam isn’t something they believe in. They care about Muslim terrorism only so far as it annoys the evil white invader, the capitalists, and blah blah blah, all of their Che Gueverra romantic fantasies about “revolution.”
They couldn’t care less about Muslims killing Muslims, or Muslims attacking the WTC or the Pentagon—they think we deserve it. When they attack Harvard or the New Yorker offices, or blow up the Starbucks where they get their cup of morning swill, THEN they’ll be calling on the military to blow up Mecca.
I wonder how many people here at FR understand your handle. We ain't getting any younger. :-}
Juan WIlliams wasn’t liberal enough. That says a lot about NPR.
So Public Broadcasting called Juan Williams, and explained that he will no longer be getting their money because they object to his views?
What if a few million of us called their toll-free numbers, the next time they have a “Pledge Drive”?
I am sure I can think of many examples, of how I disagree with them.
McVeigh was an islamist facilitator.
You’ve nailed it again, my man!!!
Just to be clear: I was not questioning the morality of Williams’ contract. I was just surprised at the value of it.
I definately remember that. Jesse Jackson has every right to say things like this. Obvoiously he has a huge credibility problem. While everyone says Juan Williams is a liberal, I never thought he had a credibility problem. I always found him quite honest and sometimes offered ideas about a certain issue I have no considered.
Garrison Keillor, Bill Moyers, Father and Son, Ken Burns, etc. actually make MILLIONS from NPR sweetheart syndication deals.
This is highly skilled partisan radio, though. Able to kill Republicans with voice as well as frequency modulation. Many moons ago as a Ute, tried to sell a package with Ms. Seymour of LA NPR. Picture of Fidel in the office, she with a modified Brooklyn accent you could cut with a knife, thought I sounded too "New England."
Commie Qualifier Question of the Day: "So do you think Alger Hiss was a spy?" Or, "Rosenbergs: Guilty? Not Guilty?" Wonder why no one mentioned these two iconic topics to Kommie Kagan of the Kourt. Must have been dinner-table talk in that household.
Am old enough to remember the 1964 elections (was in high school) and the anti-Goldwater TV ad with the little girl and the daisy with the nuke going off in the background. That was the work of the mild mannered "Bill Moyer". Few remember that, but I still do.
I also remember "Landslide Lyndon" and his election fraud in Duvall County. It was know at the time that George Pharr delivered the election for Lyndon against Coke Stevenson by voting the graveyard and packing the ballot box. Dems are old pros at this type of crime.
I honestly think that the disease of liberalism causes the brain to block that which is OBVIOUS.
Vivian Schiller of The New York Times Web site will be the new president and chief executive officer of NPR, the NPR board of directors announced Tuesday.
Schiller, who is currently senior vice president and general manager of NYTimes.com, will take the reins at a challenging time for media organizations, as well as the economy as a whole. NPR media correspondent David Folkenflik discusses the pick with Madeleine Brand. "From my standpoint it seems like a very impressive pick," he says. "In her career, she's not only led NYTimes.com; she's led Discovery Times Channel on cable."
The Discovery Times multimedia experiment "didn't really play out," he says, but "it was very well thought of in terms of the journalism it did."
Before that, Schiller was senior vice president at CNN, where she oversaw long-form broadcasting, in particular documentary work. She seems to have the right blend of experience to lead NPR, Folkenflik says. She is "someone who is a business manager clearly, but who is steeped not only in the world of journalism but in the world of new journalism."
Schiller will be stepping into the NPR leadership role at a challenging time; as news organizations across the country have laid off employees in droves and newspaper revenues have plummeted, questions have been raised about the future of news. But Howard Stevenson, the chairman of NPR's board, is optimistic.
Folkenflik spoke with Stevenson shortly after the CEO announcement. "[Stevenson] said, 'Look, there are real challenges for all media right now.' " But ultimately, "He thinks NPR will be stronger than ever five years from now because there is an opportunity for NPR to retain listeners' interest ... [and] provide the service and value through news and information shows."
Beyond the difficulties faced by the news industry, there are challenges posed by the foundering economy as a whole. "As I pressed him about NPR's budget questions, he acknowledges that support from things like financial services companies and automakers, both of which at times have been underwriters for NPR … has significantly declined so he acknowledges there may be rough roads ahead," Folkenflik says.
Based on her reputation at the Times, it seems that Schiller has the understanding of the changing media landscape necessary to navigate these roads, Folkenflik says.
"People tell me at the Times that she really gets it there," he says. NPR has a different business model, however, from other news organizations, and its continued success comes with a different set of considerations. "One of the real riddles for NPR is finding a way to resolve offering NPR news content and news anyplace anywhere — the mobile imperative … and at the same times taking care of member stations."
Member stations, he points out, aren't affiliates; "they belong to us and we belong to them" and therefore it is in NPR's best interest to serve them well. Schiller will have to consider, for example, whether it makes sense to stream shows live on NPR's Web site, NPR.org, or whether that risks hurting member stations and their Web sites. "If we are to undermine their financial model — a lot of them raise a significant amount of their funds from pledge drives on Morning Edition or All Things Considered — that would weaken them."
It's a challenge that former CEO Ken Stern, who was pushed out in March, struggled with. Interviews with a group of public radio officials suggested that Stern failed to convince local stations — and especially their representatives on the board — that he saw a healthy role for them in the digital future.
Ultimately, it's about striking a balance, Folkenflik says. "What she sees is an opportunity to be the rare national news outlet that has deep roots in local bases," he says. "She thinks we are, in her words, the 'holy grail' of national-local. It will be fascinating to see how she untangles that Gordian knot."
SOURCE http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=96890393
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