All Things Considered, NPR Board Decides it’s Best to ‘Oust’ CEO Vivian Schiller; Updated

By Doug Powers  •  March 9, 2011 10:56 AM

**Written by Doug Powers

Sensing public funds slipping through their fingers, the board of NPR has decided to sacrifice a gazelle to the lions on the budget cut Serengeti and hope it’s enough to keep the Republican predators from stalking prey for a while.

From the Daily Caller:

Vivian Schiller, the President and CEO of National Public Broadcasting, announced her resignation on Wednesday after an undercover camera caught then-NPR Vice President Ron Schiller (no relation) calling the tea party ‘racist’ and disclosing that the organization could survive without government funds. According to NPR media correspondent David Folkenflik, the organization’s board “ousted” Vivian Schiller from her position.

And after the NPR exec who called the Tea Party racist said he “didn’t really mean it” and everything? That’s not the kind of tolerance you’d expect from liberals — but maybe that’s the point and they’re hoping it’s enough to prove there’s not a left-wing bone in NPR’s body.

Update: Big surprise — The interim CEO is a Democratic political contributor.

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  1. #101
    On March 9th, 2011 at 2:35 pm, ShoreDor said:

    On March 9th, 2011 at 2:07 pm, kentroyals5 said:
    Just like that church venue in New Jersey (?) that wouldn’t do a civil union ceremony. Don’t follow the rule of law set forth, you’ll lose that tax exemption status.

    What law, pray tell, did Schiller, Schiller and Liley break?

  2. #102
    On March 9th, 2011 at 2:38 pm, happyscrapper said:

    RedDog, just to clarify my angst…as our country gets more and more destroyed by the regressives, and we are not allowed to even try to become properous again by tapping our energy resources, building nuclear plants, etc., and as the people on the left become more and more unhinged, nasty, violent and destructive…I have become a lot less tolerant of anyone with the regressive point of view. I have decided that they are traitors to this country. I can’t abide that. I am not lumping reasonable democrats into that category, who simply disagree on some general things. There will always be that difference and that is a good thing. I am talking about those who are very obviously far left and who agree with the way this country is going right now. They are my enemy, and I can’t stop that from “getting to me”.

  3. #103
    On March 9th, 2011 at 2:41 pm, Marshall_Will said:

    On March 9th, 2011 at 2:30 pm, FirstSkirt said:
    Seems to me that this is not “rocket surgery”…

    FirstSkirt,

    Oh believe me I’d love to see it if only for the pyrotechnic/entertainment value. The problem ‘is’, the Primary Dealers ( meaning Too Big To Fail Banks ) would have to -eat- all the Defaulted/Soon-to-BE-Defaulted Mortgage Backed Securities.

    Essentially we’d be revisiting Fall ’08 all over again. The verge of financial collapse. That said… we’re not helping our own cause by keeping them in Intensive Care indef. either?

    Just curious, in the Air Guard we’d typically ref. to “First Skirt” as a 1st Sgt. of the Female variety. Wasn’t sure there was any similarity to your screen name and your position. Please advise. Low-life Enlisted pukes wanna’ know!

  4. #104
    On March 9th, 2011 at 2:42 pm, kentroyals5 said:

    What law, pray tell, did Schiller, Schiller and Liley break?

    Did not say they broke a law. Just wanted to see how consistent people are here. You agree since NPR is funded by the govt, this bias should be grounds for being let go.

    I don’t recall people being so agreeable when the church was threatened with losing it’s tax exempt status for not opening the venues doors to other ceremonies.

    Sometimes when you receive government funds or tax preferrences there are different rules.

  5. #105
    On March 9th, 2011 at 2:45 pm, sbw999 said:

    If anybody needs any more proof that liberals dont just hold non-mainstream views; that they are actually active traitors to this Country, well here it is. And the fact that one lousy penny of my tax money would go to fund this scumbag media outlet, is enough to make steam come out of my ears.

  6. #106
    On March 9th, 2011 at 2:46 pm, Marshall_Will said:

    kentroyals5 said:

    Oh, yes, I do support them as indicated by this statement I made:

    Made only after realizing your original position was indefensible. Modifying.., qualifying… yawn.

  7. #107
    On March 9th, 2011 at 2:47 pm, Christie said:

    Yea, he didn’t really mean it because he was hoping to charm 5 MIL from a Muslim.
    Sure, I believe him; he was fibbing, for a good cause…bwa-hahahaha!!! (I didn’t mean it!)
    This is just the tip of the iceberg for NPR and the Obama Nation. The new aproach is to lie about lying. Nobody can make this up.

  8. #108
    On March 9th, 2011 at 2:47 pm, mondamay said:

    On March 9th, 2011 at 2:42 pm, kentroyals5 said:

    Which extended to it’s logical conclusion means the feds control you because you itemized your deduction (special tax preference) rather than taking the standard deduction.

    :roll:

  9. #109
    On March 9th, 2011 at 2:48 pm, Marshall_Will said:

    Did not say they broke a law. Just wanted to see how consistent people are here.

    By employing what parameter? Apples and cheeseburgers?

  10. #110
    On March 9th, 2011 at 3:00 pm, Virginia Patriot said:

    National People’s Radio should get its funding from its benefactor, the Communist Party USA.

  11. #111
    On March 9th, 2011 at 3:01 pm, ShoreDor said:

    On March 9th, 2011 at 2:42 pm, kentroyals5 said:
    You agree since NPR is funded by the govt, this bias should be grounds for being let go.

    I did not say that, nor did anyone else here. Perhaps it was the voices in your head.

    On the contrary, I object to ANY media outlet being subsidized with taxpayer money. Let them compete on their own merit in the arena of ideas and opinions.

    The fact that their ideas and opinions are repugnant to many might make it a bit more challenging. See Air America.

  12. #112
    On March 9th, 2011 at 3:19 pm, Armydad said:

    Two rays of sunshine on an otherwise cloudy America….

  13. #113
    On March 9th, 2011 at 3:23 pm, Hangfire said:

    On March 9th, 2011 at 2:48 pm, Marshall_Will said:
    By employing what parameter? Apples and cheeseburgers?

    Foul!

    I like both apples AND cheeseburgers.

    I respectfully request that next time you use apples and rutabagas instead. Thanx.

  14. #114
    On March 9th, 2011 at 3:53 pm, RedDog said:

    On March 9th, 2011 at 2:38 pm, happyscrapper said:
    RedDog, just to clarify my angst… as the people on the left become more and more unhinged, nasty, violent and destructive…I have become a lot less tolerant of anyone with the regressive point of view…. I am not lumping reasonable democrats into that category, who simply disagree on some general things. … They are my enemy, and I can’t stop that from “getting to me”.

    I agree. The problem is that Democrats/Progressive are big on the democracy, debate, transparency talk but they show precious little of it. Even the basics like common sense budgeting and econ are thrown out the window in favor of entitlement packages for all Dem loyalists. The money tree is dead at the roots,. The Progressives have bled it dry.

  15. #115
    On March 9th, 2011 at 3:57 pm, ITookTheRedPill said:

    On March 9th, 2011 at 3:00 pm, Virginia Patriot said:

    National People’s Radio

    Ain’t that the truth!

    Who is Barry Soetoro?

    National People’s Radio won’t talk about that…

  16. #116
    On March 9th, 2011 at 3:57 pm, ramblingman said:

    On March 9th, 2011 at 11:18 am, Bereans43 said:
    Buy a copy of the Schiller Video (CD) at $40 and you become a member of PBS. For $100 you receive the Video, membership of PBS along with an autographed copy of Ms. Schiller resignation letter.

    Bereans43 for the win.

    @kentroyals5 – I see where you were going with your comments, and yes, the anger and frustration with these goobers is indeed because they are funded by our tax money. If they were a solely private enterprise, we would not like what they say but would acknowledge their right to say it, however untrue. Of course, we would have the right to confront any lies with truth.

    But it goes deeper than that. It wasn’t just these remarks. It’s compounded by all the actions and statements over the years while they have suckled at the government teat.

    They are lying, hypocritical bastions of the leftie empire who have been parading as unbiased and independent. So you can forgive those of us who gloat just a bit over their well-deserved comeuppance.

    To everyone on here – let’s not jump on Ms. Schiller too hastily. I am sure that her views are something that are best kept between her and her psychiatrist.

    Okay, I’ve turned off the sarc button from that last paragraph. But darn, it was just too easy and too much fun.

  17. #117
    On March 9th, 2011 at 4:03 pm, RedDog said:

    On March 9th, 2011 at 2:38 pm, happyscrapper said:

    It’s funny how the Left went off on the mockery derision and ridicule wagon when Reagan proposed the the missile defense shield “Stars Wars” they called it. We don’t have the tech, it can’t be done, they said. We have the tech and we did it. We can also supply all our own energy needs with nukes and petroleum but the Left wants us to “go green” immediately when there are no legitimate alternatives except pig sh*t and some wind… Try heating your house and getting to work on that. America cannot afford to indulge the nirvana wet dreams of an irrational Left Wing political religion.

    Obama understands this but he does not care. The useful idiots are merely creating the various and sundry crises he uses to advance Statist control of the society.

  18. #118
    On March 9th, 2011 at 4:37 pm, Pasadena Phil said:

    Not only is the interim CEO a major contributor, he is also NPR’s chief legal counsel. Wasn’t there a #2 person in the chain of command? When corporations lose a CEO to scandal, don’t they move someone up from the ranks or assign someone from the board as an interim replacement? Just axin’.

  19. #119
    On March 9th, 2011 at 5:04 pm, rocketman said:

    ***
    Juan Williams=+2, NPR=0
    ***
    Defund NPR and PBS now.
    ***
    John Bibb
    ***

  20. #120
    On March 9th, 2011 at 5:13 pm, ramblingman said:

    On March 9th, 2011 at 4:03 pm, RedDog said:
    there are no legitimate alternatives except pig sh*t and some wind

    Harry Reid: Who run Bartertown?

  21. #121
    On March 9th, 2011 at 5:53 pm, Virginia Patriot said:

    We need to think outside the box. We need someone outside of the District of Corruption. This is the guy we need.

    http://www.timesrepublican.com/page/content.detail/id/537948/Cain-exploring-presidential-bid-in-Marshalltown.html?nav=5005

  22. #122
    On March 9th, 2011 at 6:02 pm, Blackstone said:

    On March 9th, 2011 at 5:13 pm, ramblingman said:

    An apt image for the King of Pork. This is just BEGGING for a Photoshop job.

  23. #123
    On March 9th, 2011 at 6:05 pm, Blackstone said:

    On March 9th, 2011 at 5:53 pm, Virginia Patriot said:

    Much agreed. Right now, the beltway bunch still doesn’t seem to be acknowledging Cain, seeing as how his name is never on any of the pre-approved GOP poll lists you see anywhere. We need to start getting his name out.

  24. #124
    On March 9th, 2011 at 6:15 pm, Virginia Patriot said:

    The RNC better listen up.
    I know I’m not alone in wanting something different than NotTheDemocrat. I also know that there were quite a few who had to stifle a gag when voting for McCain.

    I couldn’t do it.

    If they give us another NotTheDemocrat, I won’t do it again.

  25. #125
    On March 9th, 2011 at 6:25 pm, spaceycakes said:

    kentroyals5 said:
    So, just to be clear, you’re okay with these people losing jobs for what was said only because they were getting funding from the government? Correct?

    No, they are also anti-Semitic trash.

  26. #126
    On March 9th, 2011 at 6:58 pm, T-Bone said:

    Just get on with it and stop pretending to represent the “Public.”

    Ay, theres the rub.

  27. #127
    On March 9th, 2011 at 7:11 pm, hawkeye54 said:

    Cain, seeing as how his name is never on any of the pre-approved GOP poll lists you see anywhere. We need to start getting his name out.

    I’d bet the GOP elites will be pushing for the likes of Romney, Gingrich, or other nationally known political commodities that lean comfortably slightly right of center as their chosen one, but never a political outsider such as Cain. Even if Sarah Palin hadn’t already been introduced on the national scene, she’d be ignored by the GOP, who’d never have seen any potential in her as a rising star and been content with her remaining in Alaska where she’d likely still be a relatively unknown governor.

  28. #128
    On March 9th, 2011 at 7:18 pm, RedDog said:

    On March 9th, 2011 at 7:11 pm, hawkeye54 said:
    Even if Sarah Palin hadn’t already been introduced on the national scene, she’d be ignored by the GOP, who’d never have seen any potential in her as a rising star………

    It also did not help that she’s gotten herself into a feud with Chris Christie. I like her but that is not a wise move.

  29. #129
    On March 9th, 2011 at 7:31 pm, americangrunthog said:

    Changing leadership changes nothing at NPR. The only logical solution is for congress to defund them and send them to the private sector to see how well they can do in a little place we like to call reality land.

    Why does the government fund companies that directly compete with the private sector anyway?

  30. #130
    On March 9th, 2011 at 7:44 pm, happyscrapper said:

    It also did not help that she’s gotten herself into a feud with Chris Christie. I like her but that is not a wise move.

    What feud? Is there actually something that juicy that I didn’t know about? :wink:

  31. #131
    On March 9th, 2011 at 8:21 pm, Virginia Patriot said:
  32. #132
    On March 9th, 2011 at 8:23 pm, Virginia Patriot said:

    imho, while Christie may be the best NJ can do, he’s anti 2nd, pro-amnesty and not what we need as President.

  33. #133
    On March 9th, 2011 at 8:40 pm, ShoreDor said:

    On March 9th, 2011 at 7:18 pm, RedDog said:
    It also did not help that she’s gotten herself into a feud with Chris Christie. I like her but that is not a wise move.

    1. He started it.

    2. She can take him.

  34. #134
    On March 9th, 2011 at 9:00 pm, timmytango said:

    Does anyone know what CPB or NPR tax-exempt status is and if they are tax-exempt, why?

  35. #135
    On March 9th, 2011 at 9:00 pm, happyscrapper said:

    On March 9th, 2011 at 8:21 pm, Virginia Patriot said:
    Here you go happy,

    Thanks, VP. I had no idea they were at odds. Personally, although I like both people, neither of them are presidential material. And as for two Republicans feuding and criticizing each other, I say…KNOCK.IT.OFF!

  36. #136
    On March 9th, 2011 at 9:05 pm, NeoFan said:

    First NPR then the Unions in Wisconsin?
    Its gettin so you cant make a dishonest living in America anymore.
    Next thing you know Federal employees will be gettin the axe.

  37. #137
    On March 9th, 2011 at 10:00 pm, ShoreDor said:

    Its gettin so you cant make a dishonest living in America anymore.

    Good one!

  38. #138
    On March 9th, 2011 at 10:24 pm, Blackstone said:

    On March 9th, 2011 at 9:00 pm, happyscrapper said:

    And as for two Republicans feuding and criticizing each other, I say…KNOCK.IT.OFF!

    Personally, I have no problem at all with Republicans criticizing other Republicans over something substantive and important. But this just looks petty.

    Oh well, Cain ’12.

  39. #139
    On March 9th, 2011 at 10:27 pm, mondamay said:

    On March 9th, 2011 at 9:00 pm, happyscrapper said:

    On March 9th, 2011 at 8:21 pm,

    Virginia Patriot said:
    Here you go happy,

    Thanks, VP. I had no idea they were at odds. Personally, although I like both people, neither of them are presidential material. And as for two Republicans feuding and criticizing each other, I say…KNOCK.IT.OFF!

    Just more evidence for my theory. Chris Christie is just the proxy. It’s really about Ann and Sarah. I don’t see any love lost there.

  40. #140
    On March 10th, 2011 at 2:06 am, rocketman said:

    ***
    The Sarah’Cuda should challenge Chris Christie to a debate–just after she challenges him to warm up by running 5 miles with her first!
    ***
    Pant! Cough! Choke! Barf! That’s one tough lady who will show most politicians who’s got the real cojones.
    ***
    Mooseburgers, anyone?
    ***
    John Bibb
    ***

  41. #141
    On March 10th, 2011 at 11:13 am, Hiraghm said:

    On March 9th, 2011 at 8:21 pm, Virginia Patriot said:
    Here you go happy,

    And as for two Republicans feuding and criticizing each other, I say…KNOCK.IT.OFF!

    Good thing they’re RINOs, then.
    Or should I say, CINOs.
    Nothing as invigorating as standing out on the Serengeti, watching two RINOs butt heads.

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