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The Spectacle Blog
An undercover video of a departing National Public Radio fundraising executive shows him nodding in agreement as men posing as representatives of a Muslim Brotherhood front group rip Jewish control of the media.
Eventually, the President of the NPR Foundation and VP for development, Ron Schiller chimes in, saying that Zionist influence doesn’t exist at NPR, but “it’s there in those who own newspapers obviously.”
The video also shows Schiller ripping Tea Parties, evangelical Christians, and Americans in general for being stupid. He also says NPR would be better off in the long run without federal funding.
The video was put together by James O’Keefe of the ACORN sting fame. It was announced yesterday that Schiller was leaving NPR for the Aspen Institute.
It’s pretty disheartening how socially acceptable anti-Semitism has become among intellectuals as long as it’s cloaked as criticism of Israel. This is something that Jewish conservatives have warned about for a long time, but our warnings are dismissed as an effort to silence legitimate criticism.
Imagine if some white Southerners saying they were representatives of the KKK started complaining about black influence — would NPR execs even meet with them, let alone nod and smile and say, “Well, the black influence is more prevalent elsewhere”?
The whole video is below. The discussion of the Jews starts around the 7 minute mark.
(Via Dave Weigel).
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PattyMor| 3.8.11 @ 11:03AM
Once again the mask is ripped off. What's underneath is not pretty. Contempt for the people who are conservative and live in "fly over" country.
MuParadigm| 3.8.11 @ 12:18PM
James O'Keefe is a convicted felon, by his own admission, currently in the 10th month of his 3 year probation -- as per the DOJ: http://neworleans.fbi.gov/dojp.....52610b.htm
Every story that mentions O'Keefe should include that information.
O'Keefe has no credibility. Every tape he has ever released has been shown to be fraudulently edited. Why is he being given any credence, or even any attention, whatsoever?
solidground| 3.8.11 @ 12:36PM
So Schiller didn't say what I hear him saying?
tonypal| 3.8.11 @ 12:54PM
Maybe over at Media Matters they've concluded that the tapes have been edited, but where else? As the other person mentions, does that mean we weren't looking at or hearing Mr. Schiller? Incidentally, shall we apply your standard to everyone, including liberals? If so, I believe Bill Clinton was disbarred, which means he violated his oath as an attorney. Are you troubled when stories about our former president omit that fact? I can give you many more examples if you would like, but first I think we'd all like to see your conclusive evidence that Mr. O'keefe's tapes were edited. I'm sure we'll be waiting a long time.
wukong| 3.8.11 @ 12:55PM
I'm not a lawyer but I did stay in a Holiday Inn Express. Perhaps you don't know the difference between a felony and a misdemeanor.
NoLib| 3.8.11 @ 1:46PM
Thank you, James O'Keefe, for shining the light of truth on these filthy Leftist cockroaches! Look at them scream as they scatter for cover.
Keep it up.
David W| 3.8.11 @ 1:50PM
MuParadigm, maybe he being given credence just to tick you off? After all, it is a personal assault on you is it not (or at least those who have the same thought speak as you).
Grzmlyk| 3.8.11 @ 5:04PM
MuParradigm is a hater! Hate speech alert! Hate speech alert! Not only is he implicitly supporting antisemitism - and is no doubt a holocaust denier - but he clearly hates Irish Americans.
You holocaust-denying, Catholic hating, sadistic, homocidal left wing nut jobs make me sick.
NoLib| 3.8.11 @ 5:56PM
Mu's a liar, too--O'Keefe is NOT a convicted felon, he was charged with a misdemeanor.
Go to hell, Mu.
beebop| 3.8.11 @ 7:59PM
Were you this upset with the crank call to Governor Walker? Somehow, I'm guessing not ...
Timothy L. Pennell| 3.8.11 @ 11:05AM
And the best part about it? These Liberal Loons are JEWISH, themselves.
There is nothing more entertaining, and DANGEROUS, as the SELF HATING LIBERAL JEW.
History is full of them. And when they get prominence? It never turns out well for anyone.
Alan Brooks| 3.8.11 @ 11:13AM
Pennell is a Jewish name, and just last week I saw you nibbling on a large matzoh ball at Moishe's Deli.
PhilTheCapitalistPig| 3.8.11 @ 2:06PM
Hitler was a Jew in denial. George Soros is a Jew in Denial. I see what he's saying, to say the least. Once again, If america ever has an equivalent of the Nazis and the SS, please believe it will come from the dictatorial mindset of the left.
The Underground Conservative | 3.8.11 @ 11:12AM
The real anti-Semites in America and Europe are on the Left.
NPR must stand for Nazi Palestinian Radio.
bert| 3.8.11 @ 11:27AM
Tim , its a mental disorder that wildly overpaid Leftist Jews from the Eastern corridor seem to suffer from. Just listen to the self loathing John Stuart Leibowitz aka JOhn Stewart who is a sadly weathly Manhattan elite who hides his Jewish name and supports radical islam over Israel and a Israel hating radical President who also hides his real name and background. Aren't leftists just grand !
Alan Brooks| 3.8.11 @ 11:47AM
Obama?
So Pat Buchanan (former Nixon speechwriter) is a friend of Israel?
Occam's Tool| 3.8.11 @ 12:31PM
No. Pat Buchanan is an enemy of the Jewish People. But Nixon saved Millions of Jews. He was the best friend of Israel ever in the White House.
Mike W| 3.8.11 @ 1:15PM
"Buchanan is an enemy of the Jewish people" - Complete and total bull feces.
Buchanan simply believes that knee jerk support for Israel is at times, counter to American interests. He is opposed to those in the USA who put the interests of Israel above those of their own country.
Surely you patriot don't have a problem with that?
Sean| 3.8.11 @ 12:04PM
His new boss is Jewish and probably has the same sentiments. Is that antisemitism also?
Occam's Tool| 3.8.11 @ 12:35PM
Sean,
Noam Chomsky also hates Jews. There's a name for this type of Jew--they're called Kapos.
Let's give you an easy definition of antisemitism, one that doesn't overreact---words or actions that are likely to kill Jewish people or make their survival harder. That's why most anti-Zionists are also antisemites (as a matter of fact, I can't think of anyone who wants the Jewish state destroyed that could be construed as a philo-semite). And I use the word in its traditional sense, which does not apply to Arabs. There. Use that definition. It has self consistency, and makes sense.
tonypal| 3.8.11 @ 12:55PM
There's also another term for anti-Semites: Leftist.
I'll drink to that| 3.8.11 @ 3:41PM
Exactly. Even if they call themselves conservative.
LarryK| 3.8.11 @ 12:16PM
Your papers please!
WJ| 3.8.11 @ 1:18PM
Obviously, many of you screaming that NPR is anti semitic, have never listened to their broadcasts.
They are anything but anti-semitic. Anti-semitic does not equal anti-Zionist.
It's this kind of nonsensical tone, set by the Israeli lobby, that makes it impossible to have rational argument about the topic.
CalMark| 3.8.11 @ 1:47PM
Theorem: The media, including NPR, are anti-Semitic (and anti-American, and anti-Liberty, and pro-tyranny). Their supporters defend them with knee-jerk swiftness and ferocity.
Proof: See post above, QED.
Cuffs| 3.8.11 @ 1:35PM
Where is George Soros when we need him?
NoLib| 3.8.11 @ 1:40PM
Selling out his fellow Jews, like most Leftists.
PhilTheCapitalistPig| 3.8.11 @ 2:08PM
That's the word!
Paul McGrath| 3.8.11 @ 3:01PM
What is most interesting about this is how inarticulate Schiller is. He speaks very hesitantly, can't seem to be able to speak in a complete sentence, and is completely uninspirational. Of course, this doesn't even take into account the unoriginal, banal nature of his comments.
And he has the nerve--the unmitigated gall--to claim that the conservative movement and the tea-partiers are "anti-intellectual."
He is a classic example of a liberal and is part and parcel of the class of people that rule us: wealthy, DC based, traveling in limousines, eating at first-class establishments, and living on the dole (whether taxpayer funded or privately donated).
This pathetic jerk sits in judgement of ME, his BENEFACTOR. It is long past time to defund these creeps.
simon templar| 3.8.11 @ 3:29PM
It seems that many have overlooked the obvious here. This NPR exec and his assistant lackey clearly sat down with a muslim group that clearly identified itself with several KNOWN terrorist organizations. They went on and AGREED with the "muslims" that there was Zionist Jewish control of the media, that these terrorist groups should have a voice in America, that the Tea Party was dangerous and racist, that the American public was stupid, ignorant and dangerous, and that there is indeed an educated enlightened elite in this country that should have more power and numbers. This is just incredible. Is this going to be the new norm now? Is this kind of talk now going to be right out there in the open?
simon templar| 3.8.11 @ 3:50PM
Got this from the Blaze: In it, NPR spokeswoman Dana Davis Rehm, senior vice president of marketing, communications and external relations, says the organization is appalled by Schiller’s words, and that he will be leaving the company due to an already-planned departure. However, NPR reiterates his leaving has nothing to do with the video, and the company never accepted the fake actors’ money.
Now, if you are a Jew, Christain, Independent voter, Conservative, average non-elite tax paying American you should be outraged. You have NOW heard with your own ears out of their mouths what conservatives have warned you about for years. There is no ambiguity...no hyperbole..no exaggeration. If they did not say what we are accusing them of there marketing director would not be scrambling to MAKE it loud and clear that they do not espouse their Executives views...they admit they are extremely damaging and repugnant.
LiveFreeOrDie| 3.8.11 @ 4:41PM
Are we to assume that NPR is biased?!? Oh say it isn't so...
NavyBrat | 3.8.11 @ 7:35PM
Gee, what a shock. A self loathing Jew spewing his anti Semitic bile on tape for all to see. I wish I could say I was suprised. But, of course, I'm not. And I have to constantly field garbage emails from my lib cousin, who works for John Dingelberry (D-MI), & who's also Jewish, like me. Garbage emails from Salon.com kvetching about "anti Semitism" from the right. I finally told her not to send me any more political articles, especially since I do her the same courtesy. When the topics stay on food, travel, & partying, we do just fine.
How my Dad turned out the way he did (conservative) & raised his kid in that way, & how my Aunt went 180 degrees in the opposite direction always baffles me. My Aunt, liberal though she is, is VERY proud of her Vietnam vet big bro. G*d help you if you say anything bad about any Vietnam vet in front of her.
I LIVE this strange split in my own life. I love my family. I'd lay down & die for them. And it pains me, as I'm sure it does them when they think of me, that they've chosen to cast their lot with the same political ideologies that have brought so much misery & suffering to the Jewish people throughout history. And I think that's where the disconnect is. My Dad was a history major before going to dental school & then the Navy. He got his masters in history & taught it @ the University of Memphis when he retired. I also majored in history. That's how I tend to view most of what goes on today, based on historical context. So many liberals either don't care about history, or have been fed a whitewashed & in some cases, outright FALSE "history."
Look up some real history. Read Mein Kampf. Read the Nazi party platform. Those folks didn't call themselves National Socialists because they tought "the name was cool." The only reason Hitler didn't like Communism was because Marx was a Jew. Nevermind the fact that Marx ALSO hated Jews. But Hitler wanted his brand of totalitarianism to be different from the brand that spawned it.
Nite| 3.8.11 @ 10:41PM
Racists like Mr. Shiller have no business being at any type of media outlet. I hope the House completely removes all funding for NPR. It is nothing more than a liberal tool.
Brian| 3.9.11 @ 2:59PM
Zionism has nothing to do with being jewish.
NoLib| 3.10.11 @ 6:25PM
Anti-Semitism does.