Further Analysis Finds Deceptive Editing In
Sting Tape, As NPR Gains An Unlikely Defender
From the Huffington Post news wire:
Last week, a Project Veritas "sting" operation directed at National Public Radio cost some NPR executives their jobs. Beginning with Senior Vice President for Fundraising Ron Schiller, who was depicted on tape disparaging the Tea Party movement and suggesting that NPR should move away from federal funding (a position with arguable merit, but probably very unpopular at NPR), the fallout eventually cost NPR CEO Vivian Schiller her job as well.
That's sort of the NPR way: when one of the humans under their employ gets in trouble for expressing their opinions, everyone starts panicking and people start getting fired. Further analysis of the original video, however, demonstrates the wisdom of the old maxim, "act in haste, repent in leisure."
Glenn Beck-branded website The Blaze may seem an unlikely defender of NPR, but when the site's editor, Scott Baker, and video production specialist, Pam Key, examined the raw footage, they found "questionable editing and tactics" and reported them all out.
More here.
Okay, these are the same people who did the ACORN pimp tape, which resulted in the federal defunding of the group, and its eventual dissolution. These are the same people who got that African-American USDA worker fired for presumably making anti-white statements. Same with the Planned Parenthood thing, which hasn't yet killed the women's health organization, but has created momentum in Congress to yank its federal funding, too. And now NPR.
In every case, these organizations are either liberal, or perceived as liberal, institutions. But more importantly, in every case, every case, the tapes were doctored to portray their victims in the worst light possible. That is, this group, Veritas, is totally full of shit. Indeed, they're lying right-wing scum bags.
So I understand completely what Veritas is about. They're utterly unethical people with an ideological axe to grind, who think it's nothing to destroy lives and careers in order to line their caps with feathers and make liberals look bad. And, strangely, they're succeeding. What I don't understand is why anybody, anybody at all, listens to anything they have to say. Fool me once and all that. Their "stings" have been unmasked as bullshit four fucking times!!!!! Four times! But politicians and the press continue to take them seriously. I thought the whole WMD herd mentality back in '02-'03 was nuts, but this just takes the cake.
I'm really starting to think that our leaders aren't simply crazy: they're stupid, too. I mean, just drooling flibgiberty idiotic. How can you be taken for a ride like this four times in a row? Stupid, stupid, stupid.
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Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Posted by Ron at 1:25 AM
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