Um, so....what did this guy from NPR say that was wrong?

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

Untrue? False? Incorrect?

I'm waiting.

Edit: Sorry, I meant the guy. The woman was who had to resign for it, which makes even less sense.

[seabeyond]

1. can you clue us in... even a little, so we have some idea what she said.... nt

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

2. Hmm.....I thought this would be a pretty big subject today...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41986715/ns/politics-more_politics/?GT1=43001

"On the videotape, Ron Schiller was seen during a luncheon with men who were posing as members of the fictitious Muslim Action Education Center.

At one point, he said Tea Partiers were "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."

He 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."

[seabeyond]

4. intersting. i have seen some posts on this. havent read. last two days i have been turning npr off

for the first time ever, they have been so offensively rw that i cannot stomach listening to them. didnt know what it was about. maybe this is it. interesting. thanks for the info

[ieoeja]

15. Maybe she was fired for, "a comment that is in conflict with (NPR's) position". (nt)

[cali]

3. gee, this is easy. You don't motor mouth on controversial subjects to people

you don't know when in you're in the position that the NPR folks were in, and why the fuck didn't they vet these potential major donors? Can you spell stupid? I knew that you could.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

5. Yeah....but what of what he actually said was wrong?

It sucks to hear uncomfortable truths.

[cali]

8. no. I enjoyed hearing it. he was quite articulate on the subject

it was still stupid.

[Bandit]

6. I believe that is why the resignation, stupity, not what he said..

He pretty much stated a fact. Most Tea Baggers are racists, gun loving white people. But he was stupid for stating facts such as those..

[elocs]

10. Yes, stupid is as stupid does. Using discretion in what you say & to whom is not too much to ask.

Yes, the guy is a moron.

[emulatorloo]

13. Ok, but why did CEO Vivian Schiller resign? She wasn't on the tape, and she

"quickly condemned" what Ron Schiller said, and he resigned.

[OHdem10]

7. Telling the truth justifies firing. Oh this upside down world.

[Zebedeo]

9. maybe his bigoted statement that Joos control the newspapers

"I mean it’s there in those who own newspapers, obviously, but no one owns NPR.”

[dixiegrrrrl]

11. It was an O'Keefe sting that the guy fell for. Followed by NPR CEO resigning today.

"This follows yesterday's news that then-NPR fundraiser Ron Schiller (no relation) was videotaped slamming conservatives and questioning whether NPR needs federal funding during a lunch with men posing as members of a Muslim organization (they were working with political activist James O'Keefe on a "sting.")"

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/03/09/134388981/npr-ceo-vivian-schiller-resigns

[fittosurvive]

12. This guy is a bigot (anti-Semite), that is why he resigned.

[Nye Bevan]

14. Classic definition of a "gaffe"- when someone accidentally tells the truth (nt)