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On Mar 13, 5:53 pm, MJ <[email protected]> wrote: > As recently as 7-8 years ago TNA used to de-bunk bogus media exposes, such as > the notorious 1992 Dateline "exploding fuel tank" story > Now TNA uncritically retails similar scams conducted by GOP-aligned > "conservative" outfits. > Ironically, Glenn Beck's news aggregator "The Blaze" published a pretty good > discussion of "undercover" journalism by partisan > activists:http://www.theblaze.com/stories/ends-vs-means-the-ethics-of-undercover-journalism/ > Here's a more focused critique from George Weigel at Slate, who shows how a > key quote in the NPR/Muslim "sting" video was cropped by James O'Keefe and > his adult > handlers:http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/weigel/archive/2011/03/11/the-npr-stin-s-racist-tea-party-comment-was-taken-out-of-context.aspx > James O'Keefe isn't a journalist; he's a Beltway GOP-funded Johnny Knoxville, > only less entertaining. > -- William N. Grigg > xxxNPR Was Ready to Accept $5 Million From Fictitious Muslim Brotherhood > FrontWritten by R. Cort Kirkwood > Saturday, 12 March 2011 16:30 > National Public Radiowas eagerlyanticipating a $5 million donation from the > fictitiousMuslim Education Action Center, according to the latest secret > recording released byProject Veritas, which set up MEAC to sting NPR and in > turn caused the resignation of two top officials early this week.The second > recording, an audio of a phone call, demonstrates that NPR had not > "repeatedly refused" the donation, as an NPR spokesman said after Project > Veritas unleashed the first secret video, which showed NPR executives eating > lunch with the phony Muslims and calling members of the Tea Party racist. > Indeed,the audio featuresBetsy Liley, NPR's director of institutional giving, > explaining that NPR would happily keep the donation a secret and hide MEAC's > identify from auditors. > Liley also wrote emails,The Daily Caller reports, explaining the same > thing.The Trouble BeginsNPR has been in hot water all week because of > theoutrageous remarksfrom Ron Schiller, its former foundation president and > vice president of development, who was forced to resignalong withNPR CEO > Vivian Schiller (no relation). > The leftist network's troubles began on February 22, when Schiller and > Lileyate lunchwith "Ibrahim Kassam" and "Amir Malik," who represented MEAC. > The pair explained that MEAC was a front for the terrorist-connected Muslim > Brotherhood, which seeks global Islamic hegemony under Sharia law. MEAC > explicity states at its website that it too seeks to impose Sharia law > everywhere. None of this bothered Schiller and Liley. > Indeed, the more the phony Muslims spoke, the more Schiller and Liley > expressed their opinions of "Islamophobes."Said Schiller: > The current Republican Party, particularly the Tea Party, is fanatically > involved in people’s personal lives and very fundamental Christian I wouldn’t > even call it Christian. It’s this weird evangelical kind of move.... > [The Tea Party is not] just Islamaphobic, but really xenophobic, I mean > basically they are, they believe in sort of white, middle-America gun-toting. > I mean, it’s scary. They’re seriously racist, racist people. > When Malik complained that the Muslim Brotherhood is "demonized and looked > down on as horrible, terrible people,”Liley offeredan American history lesson: > Sadly, our history from the record … shows that we have done this before. We > put Japanese-Americans in camps in World War II. > And when Kassam jokes that Muslins called NPR "National Palestinian Radio," > the two executives laugh.Said Liley: "Oh really? That’s good. I like that." > Schiller also says that NPR can do without federal funding and would be > better off without it, which contradicted Vivian Schiller’s remarks at the > National Press Club on March 7, the day before the video was released. > Vivian Schillertold her audiencethat NPR does not have a liberal bias and > needs federal funds very badly. > Within about 12 hours after Project Veritas uploaded its video, both > Schillers had resigned from NPR, and Ron Schiller lost the job he had been > anticipating at the Aspen Institute.The NPR board forcedVivian Schiller out, > and not just because her underlings were clearly out of control in this case. > She was also responsible for the embarrassing fiasco involving Juan Williams, > who made the mistakeof tellingBill O'Reilly that Muslims on planes make him > nervous. Vivian Schilller permitted a subaltern to fire Williams, a respected > NPR veteran, over the phone. Schiller said he needed a psychiatrist.Legal > Counsel Was Drafting AgreementAfter the major NPR disaster, anNPR spokesman > explainedthat the leftist network would never have taken the Muslim moolah, > insisting, > The fraudulent organization represented in this video repeatedly pressed us > to accept a $5 million check, with no strings attached, which we repeatedly > refused to accept. > But this claim was quickly proven false in Project Veritas'latest audio, and > emails from Liley to MEAC show NPR not only wanted to accept the money but > also would have kept MEAC's donation anonymous in its records. > Even worse, Vivian Schiller knew about the coming donation and the plans to > keep it under wraps.Says Liley: > Vivian knows about our meeting as my email indicated I think for her to feel > for us to prep her appropriately for the next meeting, it would be great to > have some more information from you guys. But Ron and she talked, and I > shared notes from our meeting about kind of where you are in your interest, > and so I think for us to do kind of our due diligence, it would also be > helpful to get some of the background information [on the organization and on > its leadership]. > As well, Liley told Kassam that NPR will keep its auditors in the dark and > that legal counsel would write an agreement. > They have audited our programs at times and, I think, as part of that, they > can look at our audited financials. If you are concerned in any way about > that, that’s one reason you might want to be an anonymous donor. And, we > would certainly, if that was your interest, want to shield you from that.... > I let [NPR legal counsel] know. well, Vivian let her know about this.... > Typically we have some kind of written agreement, especially with gifts of > this size, even a simple letter just to lay out the terms so that both sides > understand what the support would be used for. So she's putting something > together that we could share with you tomorrow in draft form. … It's a simple > gift agreement … > Liley reconfirms these major points,The DC reports, in an email: > NPR can list MEAC as an anonymous donor in our database, which would mean we > would not disclose the organization’s name. We do not publish a list of > gifts, so it would not be an issue there. … > The audits of our governmental grants are conducted by the same firm we hire > to do our NPR financial audit. > I am awaiting a gift agreement from our legal counsel and will share it when > I have it. > The latest recording either meansthe NPR spokesmanwas ignorant of the deal or > was instructed by superiors to lie about it. Again, NPR did not "repeatedly > refuse" the donation.Funding in TroubleAccording toThe DC, the seriousness > with which some at NPR are taking the Schiller scandal comes through in a > letter that two dozen staff members, including veteran NPR talkersNina > TotenbergandCokie Roberts, sent to “listeners and supporters”: > We, and our colleagues at NPR News, strive every day to bring you the highest > quality news programs possible. So, like you, we were appalled by the > offensive comments made recently by NPR’s now former Senior Vice President > for Development. His words violated the basic principles by which we live and > work: accuracy and open-mindedness, fairness and respect. > Those comments have done real damage to NPR. > Indeed they have, particularly to theCorporation for Public Broadcasting, > whichnow facesthe loss of federal funds. CPB funds NPR. > While rhe House of Resprentatives ended funding for the Corporation for > Public Broadcasting last month, the Senate is consideringSen. Jim > DeMint'slegislationto doso. > Funding from CPB for some NPR affiliates is crucial. Of CPB's $430 million > budget this year,the Associated Press reports, $94 million went to 400 public > radio stations.https://www.facebook.com/?ref=logo -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
