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GOP: EMERGENCY, EMERGENCY, NPR Is Funded by the GOVERNMENT -- Daily Intel
Today, House Republicans will call an emergency meeting of the Rules Committee to take on an issue of near-catastrophic importance: the $90 million in funding that annually goes toward supporting National Public Radio. The meeting will center upon Republican congressman Doug Lamborn's bill, rushed to the floor without traditional hearings due to its importance, that would bar the government from funding NPR and its affiliates. (The House already tried to de-fund the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which also supports PBS, but the Senate blocked this.) The White House and Senate have already agreed to eliminate $50 million in planned increased funding for the CPB, but Lamborn wants to focus directly on NPR in the light of conservative activist James O'Keefe's doctored "sting" video and permanently ban funding for the radio network. It's not likely his efforts will meet with success in the Senate and White House, who in this matter seem to have a different definition of the term emergency.
They violated Juan Williams's 1st Amendment rights. That's reason enough, alone, to defund NPR.
I thought it was Obama and the Democrats that promised jobs, via the Magical Mystery Stimulus bill... (looks around) I don't see them. I don't see an end to the high unemployment rates either,. and we were told by Obama that wouldn't go above 8%.
You're chasing the wrong people, Sarge. Chase the lying Democrats.
The GOP is at it again. Americans want jobs. The GOP promised jobs. But what is the GOP wasting time on? Defunding NPR. It's so important to them, that they called an emergency meeting on the issue. All of this despite the fact that O'Keefe's fake sting video has been debunked and called deceptive by Glenn Beck's The Blaze website editors.
Where are the jobs, Mr. Boehner? :roll:
You need to learn what the first amendment entails. Juan Williams was an NPR commentator. According to NPR, he violated his contract for saying what he said on FOX. That's not a first amendment issue. Try again. But thanks for showing what the GOP's beef with NPR is really about. It's not about the budget, it's about ideology.
The GOP is doing ZERO on jobs. They have done NOTHING. Another reason why they suck. At least they are trying to break the unions though.
What Won't Get You Fired From NPR - Hit & Run : Reason MagazineYou need to learn what the first amendment entails. Juan Williams was an NPR commentator. According to NPR, he violated his contract for saying what he said on FOX. That's not a first amendment issue. Try again. But thanks for showing what the GOP's beef with NPR is really about. It's not about the budget, it's about ideology.
The GOP is doing ZERO on jobs. They have done NOTHING. Another reason why they suck. At least they are trying to break the unions though.
Any company that is supported by government funds can't, by law, infringe on the civil rights of an employee. If NPR wants to suppress the fre speech rights of one of their employees/contractors, they need to cease accepting government funds, immediately.
It's not the gov'ts job to create jobs. That's the job of the free market economy. The right took over the house based on people wanting the gov't to stop trying to create jobs. Quit spending a trillion dollars and doing nothing. Just stop. The CEO's job ain't to clean the bathrooms and the gov'ts job ain't to create jobs.
First, NPR is not supported by the gov't. They receive approximately 2% from the Center for Public Broadcasting, who get some support from gov't. Get your facts straight.
Second, again, there is no first amendment issue involved in Juan Williams' firing. Juan Williams signed a contract. According to NPR, he violated his contract. Employers have the right to enforce contracts. Nothing to do with the Constitution. You're really grasping at straws. Either that or you're entirely ignorant of what constitutes a first amendment violation.
What? BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Voters elected the GOP because they want the gov't to stop trying to create jobs? What the **** are you talking about? FAIL of the century. Unbe-****ing-lievable.
The GOP is at it again. Americans want jobs. The GOP promised jobs. But what is the GOP wasting time on? Defunding NPR. It's so important to them, that they called an emergency meeting on the issue. All of this despite the fact that O'Keefe's fake sting video has been debunked and called deceptive by Glenn Beck's The Blaze website editors.
Where are the jobs, Mr. Boehner? :roll:
They violated Juan Williams's 1st Amendment rights. That's reason enough, alone, to defund NPR.
Any company that is supported by government funds can't, by law, infringe on the civil rights of an employee. If NPR wants to suppress the fre speech rights of one of their employees/contractors, they need to cease accepting government funds, immediately.
You clearly have no idea how mission statements and contracts in the media world work. If you did you would have realized that what you're saying is that private media companies can violate a person's civil rights(which they can't) but the government can't. Being funded in part by the government does not mean they can't fire you because of your opinions. NPR has a mission statement which Juan Williams clearly violated. Furthermore he violated the terms of his contract. The legal implications of that contract clearly are not in violation of civil rights as I'm sure somebody would have already pointed it out. So what you have is nothing more than a false argument.
You need to learn what the first amendment entails. Juan Williams was an NPR commentator. According to NPR, he violated his contract for saying what he said on FOX. That's not a first amendment issue. Try again. But thanks for showing what the GOP's beef with NPR is really about. It's not about the budget, it's about ideology.
It's not even about that!
NPR is to liberal media what talk radio is to Conservatives. Thus, for the GOP it's about removing or severely limiting the range of a Liberal information source that's funded in-part by the federal government. It's the counter attack to what the GOP claims the FEC is trying to do in implementing the Fairness Doctrine...mussle Conservative talk radio.
That's what this along with union busting is all about....silencing and/or keeping the liberal base as silent or as unimformed as possible so that their voice can :spin: their propaganda the loudest and most often.
That's what this is really all about. Frankly, I'm surprised no one else has figured this out yet.
TITLE 47 > CHAPTER 5 > SUBCHAPTER III > Part IV > subpart d > § 396
§ 396. Corporation for Public Broadcasting
(a) Congressional declaration of policy
The Congress hereby finds and declares that—
(1) it is in the public interest to encourage the growth and development of public radio and television broadcasting, including the use of such media for instructional, educational, and cultural purposes;
(2) it is in the public interest to encourage the growth and development of nonbroadcast telecommunications technologies for the delivery of public telecommunications services;
(3) expansion and development of public telecommunications and of diversity of its programming depend on freedom, imagination, and initiative on both local and national levels;
(4) the encouragement and support of public telecommunications, while matters of importance for private and local development, are also of appropriate and important concern to the Federal Government;
(5) it furthers the general welfare to encourage public telecommunications services which will be responsive to the interests of people both in particular localities and throughout the United States, which will constitute an expression of diversity and excellence, and which will constitute a source of alternative telecommunications services for all the citizens of the Nation;
(6) it is in the public interest to encourage the development of programming that involves creative risks and that addresses the needs of unserved and underserved audiences, particularly children and minorities;
(7) it is necessary and appropriate for the Federal Government to complement, assist, and support a national policy that will most effectively make public telecommunications services available to all citizens of the United States;
(8) public television and radio stations and public telecommunications services constitute valuable local community resources for utilizing electronic media to address national concerns and solve local problems through community programs and outreach programs;
(9) it is in the public interest for the Federal Government to ensure that all citizens of the United States have access to public telecommunications services through all appropriate available telecommunications distribution technologies; and
(10) a private corporation should be created to facilitate the development of public telecommunications and to afford maximum protection from extraneous interference and control.
Thanks..
It's not even about that!
NPR is to liberal media what talk radio is to Conservatives. Thus, for the GOP it's about removing or severely limiting the range of a Liberal information source that's funded in-part by the federal government. It's the counter attack to what the GOP claims the FEC is trying to do in implementing the Fairness Doctrine...mussle Conservative talk radio.
That's what this along with union busting is all about....silencing and/or keeping the liberal base as silent or as uninformed as possible so that their voice can :spin: their propaganda the loudest and most often.
That's what this is really all about. Frankly, I'm surprised no one else has figured this out yet.
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