NPR exec caught on tape calling Tea Partiers 'racist'
NPR officials scrambled Tuesday to contain damage caused by the release of a secretly recorded videotape that showed an executive calling Tea Party supporters "racist" and questioning his organization's reliance on federal funding.
Video from Project VeritasRon Schiller, NPR Foundation's senior vice president for fundraising, was recorded secretly on Feb. 22 by Republican filmmaker James O'Keefe, who is well known for his undercover stunts targeting various agencies.
Schiller is seen on a videotape during a luncheon with men who were posing as members of the fictitious Muslim Action Education Center.
Among Schiller's comments: Tea Partiers are "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."
Schiller (no relation to NPR CEO Vivian Schiller), also stated that NPR "would be better off in the long run without federal funding," a comment that is in conflict with the organization's position, NPR reported.
Some members of Congress called for a federal funding cutoff. Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., said the video proved that tax dollars should stop going to NPR.
"This video clearly highlights the fact that public broadcasting doesn't need taxpayer funding to thrive, and I hope that admission will lead to a bipartisan consensus to end these unnecessary federal subsidies," said Cantor in a statement.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41970138/ns/politics-more_politics?GT1=43001
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41970138/ns/politics-more_politics?GT1=43001
Nah, it will take more than this to convince me of that. lol but it's a start.
Nah, it will take more than this to convince me of that. lol but it's a start.
it was a hidden/secret taping
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As much as this pains me, his his secretly filmed rants against the Tea party makes him look quite foolish.
Looks like Tranny Boy is unaware that he's been hoisted on his own petard-----now THERE's a scary thought-----BRRRRRRR! 
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Which makes much more sense.
All is right with the world again. rofl
Put him and Pus together and you've got a nice tea party on the backyard card table.
All is right with the world again. rofl
Btw, if you "like" Tranny Boy, you should convey your affections to him via pm.
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Will it have icing?
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Schiller (no relation to NPR CEO Vivian Schiller), also stated that NPR "would be better off in the long run without federal funding," a comment that is in conflict with the organization's position, NPR reported.
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Calling tea baggers racist is like calling water wet.
Anyone that listens to NPR for fair and honest reporting probably also finds this discussion board a place to make friends.
This isn't news.
What do you say to THAT?
Shadow boxing with the Tea Party is like shooting fish in a barrel.
But what I want to know is your opinion on whether Schiller is an anti-Semitic Nazi MF for that statement, or if he was telling the truth?
Pick one. LMAO. Schiller dug himself a serious hole, and you can't dig him out but you can fall in with him.