Missing From the Juan Williams Debate: "The ACORN Deal"
Wednesday 10 November 2010
by: John Atlas,
t r u t h o u t | News Analysis
A raging debate has ensued around whether National Public Radio (NPR) correctly fired Juan Williams. Some say Williams undermined his credibility as a news analyst. Others accuse NPR of bungling its response and stifling free speech. What's been missing in the debate over his firing is this:
Immediately after NPR fired Williams because of his remarks about Muslims, Fox cable's Bill O'Reilly said, "This is like the ACORN deal - no more money to NPR. NPR has now devolved into a totalitarian outfit functioning as an arm of the far left."
The Republican leadership and the right-wing echo chamber followed O'Reilly's call for the federal defunding of NPR. Sen. Jim DeMint (R-South Carolina) announced plans to introduce legislation to strip federal funds from NPR because it fired Williams. According to DeMint, NPR received $4 billion in federal money since 2001 and will get $430 million in the 2011. Republican Minority Whip Eric Cantor and nearly every Republican running for office this year promised to seek an end to taxpayer subsidies for NPR and public television.
(More here.)
by: John Atlas,
t r u t h o u t | News Analysis
A raging debate has ensued around whether National Public Radio (NPR) correctly fired Juan Williams. Some say Williams undermined his credibility as a news analyst. Others accuse NPR of bungling its response and stifling free speech. What's been missing in the debate over his firing is this:
Immediately after NPR fired Williams because of his remarks about Muslims, Fox cable's Bill O'Reilly said, "This is like the ACORN deal - no more money to NPR. NPR has now devolved into a totalitarian outfit functioning as an arm of the far left."
The Republican leadership and the right-wing echo chamber followed O'Reilly's call for the federal defunding of NPR. Sen. Jim DeMint (R-South Carolina) announced plans to introduce legislation to strip federal funds from NPR because it fired Williams. According to DeMint, NPR received $4 billion in federal money since 2001 and will get $430 million in the 2011. Republican Minority Whip Eric Cantor and nearly every Republican running for office this year promised to seek an end to taxpayer subsidies for NPR and public television.
(More here.)
Powered by Blogger
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home