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He didn't say anything that should have gotten him fired.
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Everyone's walking on eggshells to be so damn politically correct it's scary.
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PC has literally KILLED the Pioneering American......it's the only way to let the sloven folks look equal......honestly,,,,since when did an apple become
an orange.....was that from Jim Jones kool-aide???????? yeah,,,,,,our brains WILL be dead soon......

dont think
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dont speak..............................


...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......

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Funding for NPR:

Federal, State, & Local Gov. 5.8%
Foundations 9.6%
CPB 10.1%
Other 7.6%
University 13.6%

FOUNDATIONS? You mean foundations like far-left whack job George Soros and his $1.8 million contribution to NPR earlier this week?

CPB? How much of their funding comes from taxpayers???

OTHER? How much of "other" is actually tax dollars?

UNIVERSITY? What percent of University funding comes from tax dollars?

It's time to de-fund NPR.  Their usefulness is way past it's prime.
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Put a fork in Savage. She's done.


"While Foreign Terrorists were plotting to murder and maim using homemade bombs in Boston, Democrap officials in Washington DC, Albany and here were busy watching ME and other law abiding American Citizens who are gun owners and taxpayers, in an effort to blame the nation's lack of security on US so that they could have a political scapegoat."
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JUAN WILLIAMS: I Was Fired for Telling the Truth
By Juan Williams
Published October 21, 2010 | FoxNews.com

Yesterday NPR fired me for telling the truth. The truth is that I worry when I am getting on an airplane and see people dressed in garb that identifies them first and foremost as Muslims.

This is not a bigoted statement. It is a statement of my feelings, my fears after the terrorist attacks of 9/11 by radical Muslims. In a debate with Bill O’Reilly I revealed my fears to set up the case for not making rash judgments about people of any faith. I pointed out that the Atlanta Olympic bomber --  as well as Timothy McVeigh and the people who protest against gay rights at military funerals -- are Christians but we journalists don’t identify them by their religion.

And I made it clear that all Americans have to be careful not to let fears lead to the violation of anyone’s constitutional rights, be it to build a mosque, carry the Koran or drive a New York cab without the fear of having your throat slashed. Bill and I argued after I said he has to take care in the way he talks about the 9/11 attacks so as not to provoke bigotry.

This was an honest, sensitive debate hosted by O’Reilly. At the start of the debate Bill invited me, challenged me to tell him where he was wrong for stating the fact that “Muslims killed us there,” in the 9/11 attacks. He made that initial statement on the ABC program, "The View," which caused some of the co-hosts to walk off the set. They did not return until O’Reilly apologized for not being clear that he did not mean the country was attacked by all Muslims but by extremist radical Muslims.

I took Bill’s challenge and began by saying that political correctness can cause people to become so paralyzed that they don’t deal with reality. And the fact is that it was a group of Muslims who attacked the U.S. I added that radicalism has continued to pose a threat to the United States and much of the world. That threat was expressed in court last week by the unsuccessful Times Square bomber who bragged that he was just one of the first engaged in a “Muslim War” against the United States. -- There is no doubt that there's a real war and people are trying to kill us. .......................>>>>....................>>>>................http://www.foxnews.com/opinion.....ly-ellen-weiss-bush/
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NPR Ombudsman Steps in to Referee Firing Controversy
By April Girouard
Created 2010-10-22 13:07

With listeners, pundits, and even some politicians saying National Public Radio made a bad call in firing news analyst Juan Williams, the news organization's ombudsman commented on Thursday night, saying that the firing was poorly handled, but necessary.

"Even though NPR handled this situation badly, the fact remains that NPR must uphold its journalistic standards," Alicia Shepard wrote in a blog post [1].

Williams, a Fox News contributor and 10-year NPR veteran, was fired from the popular public radio syndicate for making comments on "The O'Reilly Factor" about what he describes as his "visceral reaction" to airplane passengers in "Muslim garb." "I get worried. I get nervous," he said.

Shepard, as NPR's ombudsman, is described on her blog as "the public's representative to NPR, serving as an independent source regarding NPR's programming."

It's the second time the news organization has carefully qualified its treatment of Williams in public. NPR CEO Vivian Schiller said Williams' comments should have been "between him and his psychiatrist or his publicist," but later apologized.

"I don't know what their values are now with them attacking me as some kind of crazy person," Williams said on "Fox & Friends" Friday morning. "But I will tell you my values are: I'll tell you the truth if you ask me a question, and I don't care if it fits the left wing position or the right position." He cited his successful writing and reporting career as testament to his credibility. "I've been in tense situations throughout my life," he said. "I am not an erratic person."

Shepard said the "hastily made" announcement triggered a "public relations nightmare" that could have been avoided. "NPR could have waited until his contract ran out, or possibly suspended him pending a review," she writes.

NPR received more than 8,000 emails weighing in on the incident one way or the other, enough to crash their "Contact Us" website by noon Thursday, Shepard said..........................................>>>>...........................................>>>>>........................................http://politics.blogs.foxnews......oversy#ixzz136qDVg2y
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The Executive Director of NPR should see a psychiatrist. She don't know her principles from her principals.
     National Palestinian Radio will get their just desserts. Senator DeMint will pull their funding and tax exemptions.
     Senator DeMint {The Clemson Tiger} is just the remedy for the horrible Obama years.    
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Williams deserved to get fired.
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Of course he did. If he wasn't fired then there can be no further censorship and mind control.


"While Foreign Terrorists were plotting to murder and maim using homemade bombs in Boston, Democrap officials in Washington DC, Albany and here were busy watching ME and other law abiding American Citizens who are gun owners and taxpayers, in an effort to blame the nation's lack of security on US so that they could have a political scapegoat."
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Everyone and anyone who believes in free speech and freedom of the press should be alarmed at this recent turn of events!! As far as Schiller......she's a CNN liberal socialist!!!



http://www.linkedin.com/in/vivianschiller
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ivian Schiller’s Experience

President and CEO
NPR
(Non-Profit; Broadcast Media industry)
January 2009 — Present (1 year 10 months)
Senior VP/General Manager
New York Times Digital
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; NYT; Online Media industry)
May 2006 — December 2008 (2 years 8 months)
Senior VP/General Manager, Discovery Times Channel
Discovery Channel
(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Broadcast Media industry)
2002 — 2006 (4 years )
Executive VP, CNN Productions
CNN
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; TWX; Broadcast Media industry)
1998 — 2002 (4 years )
VP, Development
Turner Entertainment
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; TWX; Broadcast Media industry)
1988 — 1998 (10 years )

Vivian Schiller’s Education

Middlebury College
MA , Russian , 1983 — 1985

Cornell University
BA , Russian , 1979 — 1983

Additional Information

Vivian Schiller’s Websites:
My Website
Vivian Schiller’s Groups:
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     NPR Digital Think



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One of Schiller's first assignments for Turner capitalized on her fluency in Russian. During frequent trips to the Soviet Union, she helped develop and negotiate movie and television collaborations between TBS and Soviet Television.

Prior to her television career, Schiller served as an interpreter and business consultant in the Soviet Union.


When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM
In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche


“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.”
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I find it interesting how democrats and progressives are becoming increasingly liberal...

And increasingly militantly intolerant of anyone who doesn't share their exact mold.

As Soros and his ilk further drive the party left, more and more will leave...  They'll become disillusioned and have an awakening...  Some will end up considering themselves independents.  Some will become republicans.

I watched the O'Reilly Factor tonight - and Juan was hosting since Bill was "out on assignment".  Juan may have interesting perspectives but he generally is a boring host when he does a guest host spot for O'Reilly.  

He was fired up tonight.  I just get the feeling after he was shafted like this, that he's going through a bit of an awakening.  (And not that he's going to wake up a conservative or anything, but I just get the feeling his eyes have been opened about the "liberal elites")
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Scary stuff..........


http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/billionaire_soros_pays_for_additional_4V4xVOHPfhPqjXueVQcFTJ
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Billionaire Soros pays for additional NPR reporters
Last Updated: 10:45 AM, October 22, 2010
Posted: 10:39 AM, October 22, 2010
Juan Williams may be gone from National Public Radio's lineup of commentators, but billionaire liberal icon George Soros has donated $1.8 million to hire 100 new reporters for 50 of its radio stations, FOXNews.com reported Friday.

The money will go to launch a project called Impact of Government, which Soros' Open Society Foundation says will "bring greater transparency and accountability to the workings of state capitals across the country."

The group, which describes its mission as building "tolerant democracies whose governments are accountable to their citizens," calls it a response to the decline in news coverage of state legislatures.

"A strong democracy requires a diverse, independent, and highly functioning watchdog press to help people hold the government and private sector accountable," Ann Beeson, executive director of U.S. Programs at the Open Society Foundations, said in a statement earlier this week.

Vivian Schiller, NPR president and CEO, said the boost puts the public radio stations in a better position than other news outlets to cover the impact of state government on local communities.

"Our network provides a perfect vehicle for cross-state, cross-region, and national analyses of the most critical issues facing our country," Schiller said in the statement.

Schiller is one of two NPR executives who announced Wednesday that the network was firing national analyst Juan Williams over remarks he made Monday on "The O'Reilly Factor" on Fox News.

In his appearance, Williams said he gets nervous when he flies on airplanes with individuals wearing "Muslim garb." During the segment on jihad and angst toward Muslims in America, Williams also warned against suggesting all Muslims are extremists.

NPR has said it will use the Open Society Foundation donation to solicit applications for "pilot projects" among member stations that will be selected in December and launched in March 2011.


When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM
In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche


“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.”
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I find it interesting how democrats and progressives are becoming increasingly liberal...

And increasingly militantly intolerant of anyone who doesn't share their exact mold.

As Soros and his ilk further drive the party left, more and more will leave...  They'll become disillusioned and have an awakening...  Some will end up considering themselves independents.  Some will become republicans.

I watched the O'Reilly Factor tonight - and Juan was hosting since Bill was "out on assignment".  Juan may have interesting perspectives but he generally is a boring host when he does a guest host spot for O'Reilly.  

He was fired up tonight.  I just get the feeling after he was shafted like this, that he's going through a bit of an awakening.  (And not that he's going to wake up a conservative or anything, but I just get the feeling his eyes have been opened about the "liberal elites")


Juan is a liberal who got the shaft from the liberals. This really isn't all about Juan. I see it as trying to take a baseball bat to FOX! That will clearly be a hard sell since it is the NUMBER #1 cable news network out there. Combine that with conservative talk radio, which has a huge audience, and the liberal socialists will have their hands full!

And I watched the Factor tonight and came away with your same assumptions.


When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM
In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche


“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.”
Adolph Hitler
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