"Right-wing activist James O’Keefe’s latest “work” is an undercover video that shows representatives from a fake Muslim charity trying to make a $5 million donation to NPR. The “Muslim” donors-to-be meet with two NPR development officers. In the ensuing conversation, as all the media coverage explains, one of the two — Ron Schiller — expresses critical views of Republicans and the far-right Tea Party.
Schiller is an NPR fundraiser, with no journalistic role there. While it wasn’t wise to share his personal views at a lunch, it is the sort of thing that people do all the time. So why does anyone care about this? Because O’Keefe — and countless other right-wing critics — want to show that NPR is a bastion of left-wing propaganda. They can’t do that by studying the content of NPR’s broadcasts, but they can get a fundraiser to make disparaging comments about Tea Party conservatism and, in so doing, force out NPR CEO Vivian Schiller.
The political motivation behind the hidden camera sting is clear enough—to spark more discussion about NPR’s supposed bias, at a time when Republican politicians are looking to eliminate funding for public media."
O”Keefe is a known hack. He was caught trying to tamper with the phones in Sen. Mary Landrieu’s office. His ACORN “Pimp” video was highly-doctored, heavily-overdubbed, and secretly-taped: O’Keefe never dressed as a pimp in the offices of ACORN.
Who needs the whole story when you’re working the GOP/Conservative propaganda machine.
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He wasn't actually expressing his views. As usual, there was heavy editing.
http://liberalvaluesblog.com/2011/03/11/dishonest-editing-in-npr-hit-tape-exposed-surprisingly-by-glenn-becks-web-site/
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