Andrew Klavan: PBS Exposed! Hidden Camera Rocks Sesame Street
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While the conversation between Big Bird and Elmo is satire by Klavan on the Culture?s Project Klavitas, the hidden cameras that recorded PBS executives caught real quotes demeaning to Middle America.
In a recent article posted on GCN, Radio Ink?s Eric Rhoads wrote:
a recent blog I shared my thoughts about NPR, which were written before the O?Keefe sting video. NPR exec Ron Schiller was offered $5 million by associates of filmmaker James O?Keefe, pretending to be members of a fictitious group they claimed was associated with the Muslim Brotherhood. In that video, Schiller says NPR doesn?t need its government funding. (You can almost hear him finishing the sentence in his mind with ?because we only need people like you to fund us, and we?ll promote your voice on our 900 stations.?)
This brief moment in time revealed the true colors of NPR management and their attitude about middle America. Schiller, who had already given notice of his resignation, departed immediately, and NPR President/CEO Vivian Schiller (no relation to Ron) was forced to resign as well. The story will no doubt result in a lot of offended Americans ending their donations to NPR. And of course it could also result in the complete and immediate defunding of NPR by the federal government.
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Pajamasmedia
While the conversation between Big Bird and Elmo is satire by Klavan on the Culture?s Project Klavitas, the hidden cameras that recorded PBS executives caught real quotes demeaning to Middle America.
In a recent article posted on GCN, Radio Ink?s Eric Rhoads wrote:
a recent blog I shared my thoughts about NPR, which were written before the O?Keefe sting video. NPR exec Ron Schiller was offered $5 million by associates of filmmaker James O?Keefe, pretending to be members of a fictitious group they claimed was associated with the Muslim Brotherhood. In that video, Schiller says NPR doesn?t need its government funding. (You can almost hear him finishing the sentence in his mind with ?because we only need people like you to fund us, and we?ll promote your voice on our 900 stations.?)
This brief moment in time revealed the true colors of NPR management and their attitude about middle America. Schiller, who had already given notice of his resignation, departed immediately, and NPR President/CEO Vivian Schiller (no relation to Ron) was forced to resign as well. The story will no doubt result in a lot of offended Americans ending their donations to NPR. And of course it could also result in the complete and immediate defunding of NPR by the federal government.
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