Why we should save NPR... and kill PBS
Posted on April 6, 2011, at 1:07 PMTaxpayers should keep funding NPR, says Mark Oppenheimer at Slate. But PBS, its "hideous, ugly televised brother," ought to be put out of its misery
Were the NPR sting tapes misleadingly edited?
Posted on March 14, 2011, at 6:17 PMMany news outlets agree that conservative activist James O'Keefe cut the footage to make NPR executive Ron Schiller seem more extreme than he is
Could NPR survive without federal funds?
Posted on March 10, 2011, at 10:24 AMA new scandal energizes conservatives who want to stop giving tax dollars to public radio stations. How badly would that hurt NPR?
The NPR prankster's 5 biggest controversies
Posted on March 9, 2011, at 4:06 PMJames O'Keefe, the young hoaxster behind the NPR hidden camera scandal, has been at the center of several headline-grabbing stunts. Here's a look back
NPR ousts CEO over embarrassing sting: Overreaction?
Posted on March 9, 2011, at 3:30 PMBy pushing Vivian Schiller out the door, is NPR simply handing a scalp to conservative critics? If so, are they backing down too easily?
NPR exec caught on tape: The last straw for federal funding?
Posted on March 8, 2011, at 3:57 PMIn an ACORN-like sting, a senior NPR executive is caught calling conservative Tea Partiers racist, and saying NPR would be "better off" without government funding
Is NPR's future in jeopardy?
Posted on November 19, 2010, at 11:58 AMRepublicans failed to slash National Public Radio's federal funding, but vowed to try again when they seize the House in January. Is dead air ahead?
How badly has the Juan Williams firing hurt NPR?
Posted on October 26, 2010, at 9:54 AMNPR is getting slammed from all sides for its handling of the Williams affair. Can it recover?
The Juan Williams uproar: Time to stop funding NPR?
Posted on October 22, 2010, at 5:50 PMAfter NPR fired Williams for saying that Muslims can make him nervous, conservatives are asking Congress to defund the radio network. Commentators weigh in
Juan Williams on NPR: 'I don't fit in their box'
Posted on October 22, 2010, at 12:57 PMAfter being fired by NPR for supposedly bigotted remarks, the news analysts returns to Bill O'Reilly's show to discuss the saga. What does he make of it?
NPR fires Juan Williams: First reactions
Posted on October 21, 2010, at 1:55 PMThe liberal news analyst remarked that seeing people in "Muslim garb" on airplanes makes him uneasy. Did that merit giving him the boot?
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