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Public Broadcasting Needs Welfare Reform

3:41 PM, Mar 10, 2011 • By PHILIP TERZIAN

I should explain, at the outset, that I am agnostic on the subject of public broadcasting. It's obvious that NPR suffers from a left-wing bias—so obvious that it seems not to be noticed by NPR—but the fact is that I seldom listen to its programming except the classical music on one (WETA) of the two NPR stations in Washington.

Happy Hour: NPR is the 'Worst Of White Condescension'

7:00 PM, Mar 9, 2011 • By MARK HEMINGWAY

NPR is the "Worst Of White Condescension"

Obamacare's attacks on HSAs have doctors writing way too many prescriptions.

All those annoying ads urging PBS and NPR viewers to lobby congress may be illegal.

O'Keefe: More NPR Videos On the Way

3:24 PM, Mar 9, 2011 • By MARK HEMINGWAY

James O'Keefe, whose undercover video forced the resignation of National Public Radio's CEO today, tells NewsMax that he's got even more compromising videos of NPR that could be released:

NPR's President and CEO Resigns

11:53 AM, Mar 9, 2011 • By DANIEL HALPER

As a result of an undercover video of now-former executive Ron Schiller playing into anti-Semitic canards, talking about how the federally funded news station could do without government money, considering accepting a donation from a fake Islamist group, and indicating a deep disregard for conservatives, Schiller no longer works for NPR. It seems that NPR was most concerned about Schiller's statements that the radio station would be fine without federal money.

Cantor Issues Statement on NPR: 'Disturbing Video' Makes it Clear NPR Should Be Defunded

4:33 PM, Mar 8, 2011 • By MARK HEMINGWAY

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., has just issued a statement on the NPR controversy:

New Video Shows Top NPR Executive Trashing Tea Party and Republicans

10:15 AM, Mar 8, 2011 • By MARK HEMINGWAY

So the latest video by James O'Keefe has been released. Bear in mind that there's always the matter of context when watching video stings and not all of O'Keefe's endeavors have been, uh, "winning" as one fomer sitcom actor might be inclined to say. You live by gonzo journalism, you die by gonzo journalism.

NPR Executive Responsible for Firing Juan Williams Resigns

2:27 PM, Jan 6, 2011 • By DANIEL HALPER

According to FishbowlDC, the NPR executive responsible for firing Juan Williams has resigned:

House Democrats Vote Against Defunding NPR

3:48 PM, Nov 18, 2010 • By DANIEL HALPER

The fight to defund NPR will continue, as Politico reports that "House Republicans failed in their attempt to force a vote on defunding NPR today in what was the first GOP-led House vote since the midterms." No worries, the GOP-led 112th Congress should be able to get the job d

Name That Bill, cont.

11:59 AM, Nov 18, 2010 • By DANIEL HALPER

Bill Kristol yesterday asked readers to help name the bill the GOP plans to introduce that would take away NPR's federal funding. Kristol's initial suggestion: The JUAN (Jettison Unbalanced Audio Now) Act. Here are a few more suggestions.

Name That Bill

The JUAN Act?

3:50 PM, Nov 17, 2010 • By WILLIAM KRISTOL

As this press release from the House Republican Whip’s office (see below) suggests, Republicans seem intent on defunding NPR. They presumably won’t be able to act on this until January, when they take control of the House. This gives us all time to suggest catchy names for this bill, which could be one of the first pieces of legislation the new GOP House passes (after the repeal of Obamacare, presumably, and a few good government measures).

National Pathetic Radio

CEO Vivian Schiller can’t get her story straight.

Nov 1, 2010, Vol. 16, No. 07 • By STEPHEN F. HAYES

Late on Wednesday, October 20, David Folkenflik, the media reporter for National Public Radio, announced that NPR executives had terminated the contract of Juan Williams, who had worked for NPR for ten years, first as a reporter and for the last two years as a “news analyst.”

Shut Up, NPR Explained

Nov 1, 2010, Vol. 16, No. 07 • By CHRISTOPHER CALDWELL

NPR: We're Not Racists!

A glimpse into the mind of National Public Radio.

11:30 AM, Oct 22, 2010 • By JONATHAN V. LAST

NPR's ~~ombudsman~~ ~~ombudswoman~~ ombudsperson Alicia Shepard has now spoken about the corporation's firing of Juan Williams.

NPR: We're Not Racists!

A glimpse into the mind of National Public Radio.

11:30 AM, Oct 22, 2010 • By JONATHAN V. LAST

NPR's ~~ombudsman~~ ~~ombudswoman~~ ombudsperson Alicia Shepard has now spoken about the corporation's firing of Juan Williams.

'Juan Williams, the Truthful Dissident'

8:16 AM, Oct 22, 2010 • By DANIEL HALPER

TWS contributing editor Reuel Marc Gerecht writes in the Washington Post:

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