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NPR Sting Video Was Edited to Accentuate Negative
By Politics Daily Staff - Politics DailyA surreptitious video depicting an NPR fundraiser criticizing Republicans and tea party activists during a meeting with phony Muslim donors was edited, leaving out important context for the controversial remarks. The sting, conducted by conservative video-maker James O'Keefe, led to the removal last week of NPR chief executive Vivian Schiller, who was not one of those shown in the video but took responsibility for her subordinates' loose talk -- including a comment asserting that the tea party movement is "scary" and "seriously racist." But an analysis of the full, two-hour video -- a much ...
NPR's Schiller & Schiller: Many Political Missteps on the Road to Resigning
By Jill Lawrence - Politics DailyIn retrospect it seems inevitable. Take a hostile political environment, a red-hot spotlight and relatively inexperienced leadership, mix well, and you get tumult at NPR. Political naivete and tin ears are the threads running through the saga of Vivian Schiller, forced out as NPR's CEO on Wednesday, and Ron Schiller, no relation, who quit as NPR's top fundraiser on Tuesday. Vivian Schiller is widely credited for dramatic improvements in NPR's web presence and mobile applications, and she is a strong defender of NPR's journalism. But there's no ignoring the multiple embarrassments that are ...
NPR President Resigns Amid Video Sting Fallout [VIDEO]
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NPR CEO Vivian Schiller's Ouster May Be Last Straw for Taxpayer Funding
By Andrea Stone - AOL NewsWASHINGTON -- Republicans set on eliminating taxpayer funding of public broadcasting would be hard-pressed to write a better script than the recent comedy of errors that reached a dramatic climax today with NPR CEO Vivian Schiller's resignation. The public radio network survived efforts by conservative lawmakers in 1995 and 2005 to cut funding for what they have charged is an elitist mouthpiece for the left. But in the wake of a video sting by a right-wing provocateur that fit perfectly into that image, and in the midst of a debate on Capitol Hill to shrink the federal deficit, NPR's future ...
Vivian Schiller: 5 Facts on NPR's Departing CEO
By Torie Bosch - AOL NewsNPR usually just reports the news. But today NPR itself is the hot topic. CEO Vivian Schiller has resigned after NPR was caught up in a sting executed by James O'Keefe, the conservative activist who has made his name by using undercover videos to expose what he considers to be liberal institutions. In a new video, NPR fundraising executive Ronald Schiller (no relation to the now-departed CEO) spoke disdainfully of the Republican Party and the tea party. After her resignation was announced, Vivian Schiller told The New York Times that though she had nothing to do with Ronald Schiller's ...
James O'Keefe Strikes Again, Stinging NPR Exec [VIDEO]
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NPR Caught in James O'Keefe Sting; So What's the Fallout? [VIDEO]
By Steven Hoffer - AOL NewsSmile for the camera. Soon-to-be-departing NPR executive Ron Schiller is the latest victim of hidden-camera wielding conservative activist James O'Keefe. Schiller, who thought he was sitting down with two Muslim philanthropists and potential donors, was caught on film making choice statements, including "tea party people" are "seriously racist, racist people," and NPR "would be better off in the long run without federal funding," a statement directly opposing the organization's official position. You can watch the video, here: Schiller was actually planning his departure from NPR ...
Stung: NPR Execs Caught in Candid Chat With Would-be Muslim Donors
By Politics Daily Staff - Politics DailyA video made surreptitiously by a conservative sting artist shows phony, would-be Muslim donors meeting with two NPR fundraisers who are caught on the tape making candid, awkward comments about the Republican Party -- and also talking bluntly about the ouster of commentator Juan Williams. The sting operation, produced by conservative activist James O'Keefe, shows NPR fundraisers Ron Schiller (who has since announced his departure from NPR) and Betsy Liley at lunch with two men masquerading as wealthy Muslim donors. That the NPR people appear to tell the supposed contributors what they want to ...
Lila Rose: 5 Facts on the Woman Behind the Planned Parenthood Hoax [VIDEOS]
By Mary Phillips-Sandy - AOL NewsWho orchestrated the latest Planned Parenthood hoax, in which people pretending to be sex traffickers sought advice from clinic staff? Her name is Lila Rose, and she's well known on both sides of the abortion debate. Although she's only 22 years old, she's been a high-profile member of anti-abortion circles for at least seven years. Surge Desk has the facts about the young woman who founded Live Action, the group that made the Planned Parenthood video. 1. She thinks abortions "should be performed in public" Rose voiced this opinion at the 2009 Values Voter Summit, where she was an invited ...
Planned Parenthood Hoax [VIDEO]
By Mary Phillips-Sandy - AOL NewsLast month a Planned Parenthood in New Jersey called the FBI to report its hunch that anti-abortion operatives were visiting the clinic and posing as sex traffickers in order to entrap clinic staff. Today that hunch was proved correct. An anti-abortion group called Live Action has posted video of its scam, in which group members pretend to be a prostitute and a pimp seeking information about STD testing for underage Asian girls. Watch: If posing as a pimp while shooting undercover video sounds familiar, that's because it's the same technique conservative activist James O'Keefe used in ...
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