Thanks, Mitch! About time someone called these people out

[1gobluedem]

http://www.freep.com/article/20110313/COL01/103130477/Mitch-Albom-NPR-loses-in-gotcha-but-what-was-won-?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|FRONTPAGE|p

[tosh]

1. K&R. A 'must read'.

[Beaverhausen]

2. sadly- most of the comments on the article are still against NPR

[tosh]

7. Yes, I read those.

Pathetic ignorance. They are entirely missing the point.

[jemelanson]

3. This should be reading material for all the REAL News outlets and

for all those who hold any position in any of the News Organizations. Also should be required reading for any who comment on the news stories. O'Keefe is not a journalist by any stretch or the imagination. He should be view for what he is a wanna-be, a fake, and a fraud. Zero Credibility, a punk with a camera who somebody is paying to create gotcha moments to further a idealogical movement. O'Keefe is a punk in the worst sense of the word. And those who continue to give him air time and to keep his lies and false stories in front of the public only serve to further those goals.

K&R

[Beaverhausen]

4. Glenn Beck's website has debunked the O'Keefe version?

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/03/13/134495929/questions-raised-about-okeefes-editing-of-npr-sting-video

When conservative political activist James O'Keefe released the 11-minute edited version of his secretly recorded video of then-NPR chief fundraiser Ron Schiller slamming conservatives, O'Keefe also posted what he says is the entire two hours' worth of video his undercover team collected.

"Judge for yourself" whether he produced a fair and balanced 11-minute version, O'Keefe said last Tuesday when his tapes hit the Web.

As NPR's David Folkenflik says on Weekend Edition Sunday, conservative broadcaster Glenn Beck's website The Blaze has done some judging and concluded that O'Keefe did make some misleading edits.

The Blaze wrote Thursday that some things O'Keefe did were "editing tactics that seem designed to intentionally lie or mislead about the material being presented." For instance, The Blaze says that in the edited tape "NPR exec Ron Schiller does describe Tea Party members as 'xenophobic ... seriously racist people.' " But, it notes:

"The clip in the edited video implies Schiller is giving simply his own analysis of the Tea Party. He does do that in part, but the raw video reveals that he is largely recounting the views expressed to him by two top Republicans, one a former ambassador, who admitted to him that they voted for Obama.

more with a video at the link

[spanone]

5. the media is rigged. period.

these people should have never resigned. are people not allowed to have private conversations? this is completely wrong.

[jwirr]

6. Hopefully KO and Al will pick up Sesame Street.