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Not A Dime for NPR From This Little Piggy

Constitution, Ilana On Radio & TV, Journalism, Left-Liberalism And Progressivisim, Media, Regulation, Taxation, The State

The following is from my new, WND.COM column, “Not a Dime From NPR From This Little Piggy”:

“A classmate of mine, an Israeli Arab, taught me a phrase I will paraphrase here, as it was indelicate in the original: There is nothing wrong with carving a little something for yourself out of the hind end of a pig. Translated: If you hold the person you’re scheming on robbing in contempt — by all means, rob him blind. (My friend was the recipient of a scholarship courtesy of the Israeli taxpayer whom he despised — you can see where our disagreement lay.)

For today’s purposes, the justified robber is the Public Broadcaster in all its offshoots — NPR (National Public Radio), PBS (Public Broadcasting Service), and, in my case, ‘KCTS 9 Connects,’ of Washington State. The hind end belongs to the American taxpayer. The propagandists hate their meal ticket, but feed off its flesh all the same.

To his credit, the recently fired Ron Schiller, President of the NPR Foundation and Senior VP for Development at NPR, has agreed with fiscal conservatives on the need to eliminate federal funding for his organization, which gets $90 million annually off the backs of some “seriously racist, racist” taxpayers.” (Schiller’s words.) Scrap that: doing away with taxpayer subsidies for public broadcasting was a point of agreement between this NPR functionary and a few fictitious Muslim philanthropists.

Members of the so-called Muslim Education Action Center Trust had lured Schiller to lunch. Amir Malik and Ibrahim Kasaam were really associates of gonzo journalist James O’Keefe, who played the pimp in the ACORN undercover operation. The luncheon was a trap. The bait: breaking bread with two blokes who boasted about their ties to the Muslim Brotherhood. … Boy, does O’Keefe know how to whet appetites at NPR!” ….

The complete column is “Not a Dime From NPR From This Little Piggy,” now on WND.COM.

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UPDATE II: Me On Russian TV (RT) + YouTube Clip

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I was just on Russian TV (RT) to discuss the healthcare repeal vote and China. I like RT America a lot because, unlike American TV, they seem to value contrarian opinions, and mine certainly don’t fall within the permissible, Demopublican range. The interview was with the lovely Kristine Frazao. Should you locate the clip, please be charitable to me. I was on Skype and am sure I stared in the wrong direction. Besides, I am no circus performer, but, rather, the quintessential writer, always most comfortable at her PC screen typing.

http://rt.com/

http://www.youtube.com/rtamerica

UPDATED I: As promised, here’s the RT YouTube clip.

UPDATE II (Jan. 20): Thanks for the encouragement, however, I would hope that Robert is being unduly negative (and dark) about the prospects of future RT invitations. Just what I need! RT is not really mainstream. Our friend Nebojsa Malic appears on RT often; he is thoughtful and unorthodox.

Besides, unless I am autistic to American reaction (this is indeed possible), I thought the anchor was pleasant to me, even smiling and reacting positively. I liked her a lot. All in all, I found the RT folks professional and pleasant.