Friday, October 22, 2010

NPR fires Williams for speaking the truth.

October 21, 2010: How ironic! Just this morning, on their fall fund drive, our local NPR affiliate was bragging that our donations help them maintain their "editorial independence." Right. Apparently a frank and honest expression of one's opinion or feelings, i.e., the truth as Juan sees it, has no place in the life of NPR personnel unless it is P.C.--how does NPR's action support "editorial independence"? I think this a disgusting and cowardly act by NPR!

October 22, 2010: Ah, 'tis a thing of beauty, indeed! Our local NPR station, KSTX, now on the last day of their fall fund drive, are falling all over themselves on air this morning to emphasize that they are a LOCAL non-profit with a LOCAL board of directors reporting on LOCAL issues, with less than 7% of their funding from taxpayers. They claim they are getting content from a wide variety of producers and not solely dependent on NPR, and have, in their words, "no influence in any way on decisions made at the national level by NPR." Heh, heh. Rats deserting a sabotaged ship. With their national leadership having proven NPR has no common sense, let alone integrity, KSTX now proves they have no loyalty but DO have a strong sense of survival. I wonder if they have read the words of the greatest of all: "this very night, before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times." Of course, our local announcer is not Peter, and Vivian Schiller is certainly no Christ. - Dan (a FORMER member of KSTX's McLean Circle)

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