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| Agent Matt | Posted: Oct 22, 2010 - 11:57 |
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 Genuine American Monster Level: 70 CS Original | Republican Senator Jim DeMint has confirmed that he will introduce legislation to cut federal funding from NPR after they fired analyst Juan Williams for making insensitive comments about Muslims on Fox. The Right's war on NPR has begun in earnest! Tonight on The O'Reilly Factor, Bill O'Reilly followed his Fox colleague Mike Huckabee in calling for "an immediate suspension of all public money going to NPR" because of Williams' firing. He also added, "We understand [South Carolina] Senator Jim Demint will introduce legislation to defund that enterprise. No taxpayer money should be going to an outfit that abuses free speech." (CNN has confirmed DeMint's intention.) So, now Republicans will likely make a huge stink about stripping funds from a radio network best-known for afternoon chats between obscure jazz musicians and a hippie lady who could be the head research librarian at Cat Fanciers University, story time for emotionally stunted 30-somethings hosted by a skinny twee dude, story time for unfulfilled 40-somethings hosted by a chubby midwestern dude, and "The World's Most Annoying Radio Show, Ever" (known in some markets as "Car Talk"). But NPR says government funding makes up only two percent of its budget. So if public funding is cut NPR will still exist--only their fund-raising drives will be that much more obnoxious. The Right really knows how to hit Liberals where it hurts. | |||||
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| Muertos | Posted: Oct 22, 2010 - 12:02 |
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 Paid Disinformation Blogger Level: 14 CS Original | Yawn. Republicans love to threaten to defund arts and media but they never follow through on it. How many times have they threatened to pull funding from PBS? Then all you need is a "Jim DeMint wants to kill Big Bird!" meme and they'll back down. Republicans cave on this shit every single time. | |||||
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| Agent Matt | Posted: Oct 22, 2010 - 12:04 |
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Genuine American Monster Level: 70 CS Original | It wasn't even a political firing. Williams violated his contract, which will get you shitcanned regardless of where you work. NPR has barred its employees from attending Jon Stewart's rally in DC. By wingnut logic, wouldn't that make NPR a GOP shill organization? | |||||
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| Muertos | Posted: Oct 22, 2010 - 12:08 |
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Paid Disinformation Blogger Level: 14 CS Original | What? You can't apply logic to Republican reasoning. Why do you hate America and hate our freedoms? | |||||
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| Agent Matt | Posted: Oct 22, 2010 - 12:10 |
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Genuine American Monster Level: 70 CS Original | I WANT TO EAT UR FREEDOMS FOR LUNCH OM NOM NOM NOM | |||||
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| domokato | Posted: Oct 22, 2010 - 12:51 |
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 Level: 4 CS Original | Only 2%? We should increase funding, to reduce their annoying pledge drives | |||||
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| Agent Matt | Posted: Oct 22, 2010 - 12:54 |
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Genuine American Monster Level: 70 CS Original | Domokato is a genius and I agree. | |||||
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| sorry | Posted: Oct 22, 2010 - 20:04 |
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Level: 12 CS Original | I still think Fox should fire Palin for supporting Juan. | |||||
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| scitops | Posted: Oct 24, 2010 - 22:08 |
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Level: 4 CS Original | Personally I would love to see NPR and PBS expaneded. I would use them to have objective news programing to counter the opinionated crap we see at FOX, MSNBC, and eve more at CNN. I would also like to see some actual documentaries instead of the garbage that polutes the History Channel and the Discovery Channel. | |||||
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