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March 9, 2011 at 7:01 AM #18610March 9, 2011 at 7:11 AM #675166
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ParticipantThat’s what happens when you live in a bubble…
March 9, 2011 at 7:11 AM #675223ParticipantThat’s what happens when you live in a bubble…
March 9, 2011 at 7:11 AM #675834ParticipantThat’s what happens when you live in a bubble…
March 9, 2011 at 7:11 AM #675971ParticipantThat’s what happens when you live in a bubble…
March 9, 2011 at 7:11 AM #676320ParticipantThat’s what happens when you live in a bubble…
March 9, 2011 at 8:55 AM #675201Allan from Fallbrook
ParticipantFLU: While I find NPR generally left-leaning (the way FOX is right-leaning), I didn’t see anything in her remarks, including the word “racist”, that rose to the level of a terminable offense. If you read the transcript from the “sting” (which really wasn’t a sting, at all), she was merely expressing her opinion.
However, in the culture of umbrage we live in, everyone gets pissed off about something.
Back in 2007, a white staffer in DC was fired for using the word “niggardly”, which means miserly. However, in a city that’s 60% black, this was quickly read as racism. It wasn’t, of course, but he was forced to resign anyway. http://www.adversity.net/special/niggardly.htm
God forbid the news focus on real issues.
March 9, 2011 at 8:55 AM #675258ParticipantFLU: While I find NPR generally left-leaning (the way FOX is right-leaning), I didn’t see anything in her remarks, including the word “racist”, that rose to the level of a terminable offense. If you read the transcript from the “sting” (which really wasn’t a sting, at all), she was merely expressing her opinion.
However, in the culture of umbrage we live in, everyone gets pissed off about something.
Back in 2007, a white staffer in DC was fired for using the word “niggardly”, which means miserly. However, in a city that’s 60% black, this was quickly read as racism. It wasn’t, of course, but he was forced to resign anyway. http://www.adversity.net/special/niggardly.htm
God forbid the news focus on real issues.
March 9, 2011 at 8:55 AM #675869ParticipantFLU: While I find NPR generally left-leaning (the way FOX is right-leaning), I didn’t see anything in her remarks, including the word “racist”, that rose to the level of a terminable offense. If you read the transcript from the “sting” (which really wasn’t a sting, at all), she was merely expressing her opinion.
However, in the culture of umbrage we live in, everyone gets pissed off about something.
Back in 2007, a white staffer in DC was fired for using the word “niggardly”, which means miserly. However, in a city that’s 60% black, this was quickly read as racism. It wasn’t, of course, but he was forced to resign anyway. http://www.adversity.net/special/niggardly.htm
God forbid the news focus on real issues.
March 9, 2011 at 8:55 AM #676006ParticipantFLU: While I find NPR generally left-leaning (the way FOX is right-leaning), I didn’t see anything in her remarks, including the word “racist”, that rose to the level of a terminable offense. If you read the transcript from the “sting” (which really wasn’t a sting, at all), she was merely expressing her opinion.
However, in the culture of umbrage we live in, everyone gets pissed off about something.
Back in 2007, a white staffer in DC was fired for using the word “niggardly”, which means miserly. However, in a city that’s 60% black, this was quickly read as racism. It wasn’t, of course, but he was forced to resign anyway. http://www.adversity.net/special/niggardly.htm
God forbid the news focus on real issues.
March 9, 2011 at 8:55 AM #676354ParticipantFLU: While I find NPR generally left-leaning (the way FOX is right-leaning), I didn’t see anything in her remarks, including the word “racist”, that rose to the level of a terminable offense. If you read the transcript from the “sting” (which really wasn’t a sting, at all), she was merely expressing her opinion.
However, in the culture of umbrage we live in, everyone gets pissed off about something.
Back in 2007, a white staffer in DC was fired for using the word “niggardly”, which means miserly. However, in a city that’s 60% black, this was quickly read as racism. It wasn’t, of course, but he was forced to resign anyway. http://www.adversity.net/special/niggardly.htm
God forbid the news focus on real issues.
March 9, 2011 at 9:41 AM #675221jstoesz
ParticipantThe reason is quite simple. NPR is trying to keep its free money. Anything that could be used against them in the case of removing their funding will qualify as a terminable offense. Conservatives are not shocked/offended, but they would like to remove the tax payer funding of liberal editorializing, and they will use NPR’s own words to hang the organization. I think it has very little to do with offense. If your employee jeopardized your free money, you would can her too.
March 9, 2011 at 9:41 AM #675278ParticipantThe reason is quite simple. NPR is trying to keep its free money. Anything that could be used against them in the case of removing their funding will qualify as a terminable offense. Conservatives are not shocked/offended, but they would like to remove the tax payer funding of liberal editorializing, and they will use NPR’s own words to hang the organization. I think it has very little to do with offense. If your employee jeopardized your free money, you would can her too.
March 9, 2011 at 9:41 AM #675889ParticipantThe reason is quite simple. NPR is trying to keep its free money. Anything that could be used against them in the case of removing their funding will qualify as a terminable offense. Conservatives are not shocked/offended, but they would like to remove the tax payer funding of liberal editorializing, and they will use NPR’s own words to hang the organization. I think it has very little to do with offense. If your employee jeopardized your free money, you would can her too.
March 9, 2011 at 9:41 AM #676026ParticipantThe reason is quite simple. NPR is trying to keep its free money. Anything that could be used against them in the case of removing their funding will qualify as a terminable offense. Conservatives are not shocked/offended, but they would like to remove the tax payer funding of liberal editorializing, and they will use NPR’s own words to hang the organization. I think it has very little to do with offense. If your employee jeopardized your free money, you would can her too.
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