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FAIK Rulemylife seem to accuse those that disagree with his perspective as being fans of Fox News. Balance is balance is balance. Its got nothing to do with being left or right - that's the whole point! I don't actually get Fox News, being in another part of the world where it isn't commonly available. Left wing bias is an issue that even those with integrity on the left should care about because it unnaturally skews opinion. The BBC is an example of one institution with an agenda. The BBC's news anchor Peter Sissons wrote a book about the BBC which is pretty startling in its criticism. Here is an extract http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1349506/Left-wing-bias-Its-written-BBCs-DNA-says-Peter-Sissons.html

How can you comment on what you have not seen?

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The organization they claimed to represent was the Muslim Brotherhood, which the Muslim Brotherhood does indeed exist.

No, your wrong

I quote from the article: "The men, who identified themselves as Ibrahim Kasaam and Amir Malik from the fictitious Muslim Education Action Center (MEAC)"

you obviously didn't even read the article

Game
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YOU..........are the weakest link

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ORIGINAL "Vivian Schiller, NPR CEO, Resigns," The Huffington Post
NPR CEO Vivian Schiller resigned on Wednesday morning, the network's board announced. Schiller's resignation was reported first by NPR's media reporter, David Folkenflik. Folkenflik said Schiller had been "ousted" by the board. "The Board accepted Vivian's resignation with understanding, genuine regret and great respect for her leadership of NPR these past 2 years," the NPR board said in a statement. The news came after the latest scandal to hit the organization, this one involving one of its top fundraisers, Ron Schiller (no relation), and his comments about the Tea Party. Schiller's ouster also comes during an intense period of political pressure on NPR.

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FAIK Rulemylife seem to accuse those that disagree with his perspective as being fans of Fox News. Balance is balance is balance. Its got nothing to do with being left or right - that's the whole point! I don't actually get Fox News, being in another part of the world where it isn't commonly available. Left wing bias is an issue that even those with integrity on the left should care about because it unnaturally skews opinion. The BBC is an example of one institution with an agenda. The BBC's news anchor Peter Sissons wrote a book about the BBC which is pretty startling in its criticism. Here is an extract http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1349506/Left-wing-bias-Its-written-BBCs-DNA-says-Peter-Sissons.html

How can you comment on what you have not seen?

Your question isn't quite clear but I assume you are talking about the US media. I was talking about the international media (some of it US based) in the first post, which I have watched and read a good deal of over the years. Only seen the odd bit of Fox News - mainly in hotels but I wasn't commenting on that particularly til you brought it up.

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Anyone interested in understanding the tenuous and self serving relationship between Anax and concepts of bias, objectivity and media impartiality will gain some insight by checking out post #46 here:

http://www.collarchat.com/m_3588449/mpage_3/tm.htm#3591641

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FAIK Rulemylife seem to accuse those that disagree with his perspective as being fans of Fox News. Balance is balance is balance. Its got nothing to do with being left or right - that's the whole point! I don't actually get Fox News, being in another part of the world where it isn't commonly available. Left wing bias is an issue that even those with integrity on the left should care about because it unnaturally skews opinion. The BBC is an example of one institution with an agenda. The BBC's news anchor Peter Sissons wrote a book about the BBC which is pretty startling in its criticism. Here is an extract http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1349506/Left-wing-bias-Its-written-BBCs-DNA-says-Peter-Sissons.html

How can you comment on what you have not seen?

Your question isn't quite clear but I assume you are talking about the US media. I was talking about the international media (some of it US based) in the first post, which I have watched and read a good deal of over the years. Only seen the odd bit of Fox News - mainly in hotels but I wasn't commenting on that particularly til you brought it up.

Anyone interested in understanding the tenuous and self serving relationship between Anax and concepts of bias, objectivity and media impartiality will gain some insight by checking out post #46 here:

http://www.collarchat.com/m_3588449/mpage_3/tm.htm#3591641

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NPR chief executive quits over hidden camera video

AP Photo/Michael Benabib




WASHINGTON (AP) -- NPR president and CEO Vivian Schiller resigned Wednesday in the wake of comments by a fellow executive that angered conservatives and renewed calls to end federal funding for public broadcasting.

The chairman of NPR's board of directors announced that he has accepted Schiller's resignation, effective immediately.

On Tuesday, conservative activist James O'Keefe posted a hidden-camera video in which NPR executive Ron Schiller bashed the tea party movement as "racist" and "xenophobic" and said NPR would be better off without federal funding. Ron Schiller is not related to Vivian Schiller.

NPR has long been a target of conservatives who claim its programming has a left-wing bias. The budget bill passed by the House last month would end funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which supports programs distributed on NPR and PBS.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_NPR_TEA_PARTY_CRITICISM?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-03-09-10-55-50

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NPR chief executive quits over hidden camera video

AP Photo/Michael Benabib




WASHINGTON (AP) -- NPR president and CEO Vivian Schiller resigned Wednesday in the wake of comments by a fellow executive that angered conservatives and renewed calls to end federal funding for public broadcasting.

The chairman of NPR's board of directors announced that he has accepted Schiller's resignation, effective immediately.

On Tuesday, conservative activist James O'Keefe posted a hidden-camera video in which NPR executive Ron Schiller bashed the tea party movement as "racist" and "xenophobic" and said NPR would be better off without federal funding. Ron Schiller is not related to Vivian Schiller.

NPR has long been a target of conservatives who claim its programming has a left-wing bias. The budget bill passed by the House last month would end funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which supports programs distributed on NPR and PBS.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_NPR_TEA_PARTY_CRITICISM?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-03-09-10-55-50

A couple of things - Leftists have always been in denial regarding the bias at PBS / NPR, and now that we have the proof one question that comes to mind is, are leftists mentally incapable of recognizing such bias? Or are they simply dishonest.

And if NPR is so good at delivering the hard news... why werent they the ones to break this scandal?

Where were all the other supposed "news" organizations? This bias has been known of for years, so why is it always up to someone like James O'Keefe to break stories such as this of late.

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NPR chief executive quits over hidden camera video

AP Photo/Michael Benabib




WASHINGTON (AP) -- NPR president and CEO Vivian Schiller resigned Wednesday in the wake of comments by a fellow executive that angered conservatives and renewed calls to end federal funding for public broadcasting.

The chairman of NPR's board of directors announced that he has accepted Schiller's resignation, effective immediately.

On Tuesday, conservative activist James O'Keefe posted a hidden-camera video in which NPR executive Ron Schiller bashed the tea party movement as "racist" and "xenophobic" and said NPR would be better off without federal funding. Ron Schiller is not related to Vivian Schiller.

NPR has long been a target of conservatives who claim its programming has a left-wing bias. The budget bill passed by the House last month would end funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which supports programs distributed on NPR and PBS.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_NPR_TEA_PARTY_CRITICISM?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-03-09-10-55-50

A couple of things - Leftists have always been in denial regarding the bias at PBS / NPR, and now that we have the proof one question that comes to mind is, are leftists mentally incapable of recognizing such bias? Or are they simply dishonest.

And if NPR is so good at delivering the hard news... why werent they the ones to break this scandal?

Where were all the other supposed "news" organizations? This bias has been known of for years, so why is it always up to someone like James O'Keefe to break stories such as this of late.

Breitbart passed on this vid..why??
Did you miss that EIhwaz posted more or less the same thing from a HUFF PO  link in post 86?? hardly ignored by the leftists,

obviously you are looking thru your rosy specs again

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WILLIAMS: Well, you know what? These people are so rude and condescending and they say that people like me are bigots because I tell you what I feel. These folks are not only attacking the Tea Party as anti-intellectual and racist and bias. They attack anybody that disagrees with their point of view. This elitist, this NPR point of view that the rest of us are bunch of dummies and a bunch of rubes and we're from that country, we don't understand what's going on. And he thinks that we lack education. And only his group up there, the executive floor of NPR really understand. These folks are doing damage, Sean to real good journal lists at NPR, the people who got there and gather the news. Because they are destroying the brand, these people are just destroying NPR.

HANNITY: But Juan, you were one of them. I mean, tonight's one of those nights we are going to agree on most things. But I got to tell you, most times when you are on the program we disagree. And you offer your opinion, you're well research, you're well informed, but for them to go out there, I mean, what is this contempt? You know, in my personal opinion, liberals today may be more educated and fair and balanced than conservatives.

WILLIAMS: Can you believe that? Can you believe this?

HANNITY: Yes, I can. I can.

WILLIAMS: This to me is finally a window into how they really think. It's like you were tuning your radio and just by accident, you got the right wave and now you are hearing the truth. Because just yesterday, Schiller was saying, oh, you know what? We made a mistake in the way that we handled Juan Williams' firing, and you know what? We do need federal funding. And now here's this guy saying, oh no, we are glad we got to bum out of here, he's a bigot and he has no credibility and guess what? We don't need federal funding from NPR.


Read more: http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2011/03/09/juan-williams-calls-disgraced-npr-exec-racist-bigoted-sexist-and-anti#ixzz1G7koDl2j

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I wouldnt know I dont get my news from huff po..but hes whinning about leftists ignoring shit,

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And if NPR is so good at delivering the hard news... why werent they the ones to break this scandal?

Where were all the other supposed "news" organizations?

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OOOOOOh so you are nit picking..ok,
have fun