NPR Exec. Ellen Weiss resigns over handling of Juan Williams firing

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Originally Posted by mlassoff

I know its disappointing that the truth most often has a liberal bias.

Nothing personal but that's by FAR the most ignorant and insane thing I've EVER read on City Data or any other political website for that matter.

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Originally Posted by texdav

I thnik that the firinbg showed that it is indeed a liberal slanted view on NPR. While zi don't want any media closed down ;I do think its time for NPR and its associated stations to stop getting federal money .

Yes, they should be able to compete in the marketplace without a government subsidy....shouldn't they?

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Originally Posted by sanrene

Yes, they should be able to compete in the marketplace without a government subsidy....shouldn't they?

Oh well. I look at it like this...you have to help subsidize NPR, and i have to keep subsidizing the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Sounds like a fair deal to me.

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NPR defunding calls heat up in first week of new Congress | The Daily Caller - Breaking News, Opinion, Research, and Entertainment

Congressman Doug Lamborn, Colorado Republican, reintroduced two bills that would slash taxpayer funding from NPR to zero. Lamborn said that while he likes “much of NPR’s programming, the fact is, it is luxury we cannot afford to subsidize.”