[Vision2020] Rep. Wiener Mocks GOP for Defund NPR Bill (video)

[Glenn Schwaller]

Mr. Schwaller, the whole point is that NPR is free from bias because
they don't have to pander to corporate advertisers.  You understand
that, don't you?

-Reggie

Who said anything about bias?!?!?!  But if you want to play that game,
well ok . . .

You seem to want to paint corporate advertisers with a pretty wide
bush.  So, there are absolutely no businesses out there that don't
have a conservative bias and would therefore have an influence on NRP
reporting?  You should sit down for a couple of hours and watch what
I'm sure you would call a biased cable network news program (no
Campbell, not the commentary programs; but NEWS) and see how many
LOCAL businesses are advertising.  If locals felt biased new reporting
was doing everyone such a horrendous injustice I would think they
would say "Hey - don't be putting me on THAT program.  And don't give
me that lame excuse that they have no control over where their ads are
shown.  Many big corporations advertise across the board!  CBS, NBC,
FOX, CNN, MSNBC - you'll find them all there.  So just how do these
corporations use their political influence for promoting bias on all
these different networks??  C'mon Reg, you understand that you can do
better than that, don't you?

GS





On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 1:01 PM, Reggie Holmquist
<reggieholmquist at u.boisestate.edu> wrote:
> Mr. Schwaller, the whole point is that NPR is free from bias because they
> don't have to pander to corporate advertisers.  You understand that, don't
> you?
>
> -Reggie
>
> On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 1:44 PM, Glenn Schwaller <vpschwaller at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> I think if NPR was such a valuable commodity they can sell advertising
>> like any other news and entertainment broadcasting company.  Let the
>> people and hence the advertisers decide how much of a demand there is
>> to their offerings.  Advertisers won't go where there is no
>> customer-based revenue.
>>
>> Time for them to grow up and learn how to play with the big boys and
>> girls.
>>
>> GS
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 7:12 AM, Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com> wrote:
>> > Courtesy of Talking Points Memo at:
>> >
>> >
>> > http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/03/anthony-weiner-sarcastically-mocks-gop-npr-defunding-bill-video.php?ref=fpb
>> >
>> > -------------------------------------------------------
>> >
>> > Anthony Weiner Sarcastically Mocks GOP NPR Defunding Bill
>> >
>> > Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) thinks the House bill to defund NPR is
>> > completely ridiculous. And he thinks the Republicans who rushed it to
>> > the
>> > floor Thursday are wasting everyone's time.
>> >
>> > The way he expressed his feelings to the nation? A sarcastic, mocking
>> > rant
>> > on the House floor.
>> >
>> > "What a relief. I'm glad we got the economy back going. I'm so glad we
>> > secured our nuclear power plants. So glad Americans are going back to
>> > work," he said. "We discovered a target we can all agree on...it's Click
>> > And Clack."
>> >
>> > For close to three minutes, Weiner went off on the Republican plan to
>> > zero
>> > out federal funds to NPR, a process that included an emergency hearing
>> > of
>> > the House Rules Committee on Wednesday.
>> >
>> > Weiner, who like most of the Democratic House caucus opposes cutting off
>> > funding to NPR, ripped the Republicans for taking on the network that
>> > brings the nation Car Talk.
>> >
>> > "The American people are not concerned about the economy around the
>> > world," he said sarcastically. "They're staring at their radio station
>> > saying, get rid of Click And Clack. Finally my Republican friends are
>> > getting rid of them. Kudos to you."
>> >
>> > The House is expected to vote on the NPR defunding bill later on
>> > Thursday.
>> >
>> > Watch the whole speech:
>> >
>> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJFivQYjC-Q
>> >
>> > -------------------------------------------------------
>> >
>> > Seeya round town, Moscow.
>> >
>> > Tom Hansen
>> > Moscow, Idaho
>> >
>> > "The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to
>> > change
>> > and the Realist adjusts his sails."
>> >
>> > - Unknown
>> >
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