While I'm not involved with the Tea Party at all, I did
find this article interesting...

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NPR Is Collateral Damage in Battle to Brand Tea Party

Posted By Andrew Breitbart On March 11, 2011 @ 9:59 am

This article first appeared at the Huffington Post [1].

Since O'Keefe's video has been shown to be fraudulent, why is
that even an issue?

The latest James OÆKeefe success story [2] against NPR has
taken a predictable pattern ù panicked press releases and
firings, followed by denunciation of OÆKeefe in a belated
attempt to discredit him. Naturally, conservatives are

Esp since Glen Beck's people discredited O'Keefe definatively.

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as racist. Remember the protests on Capitol Hill last March
against ObamaCare, and the mediaÆs lie that members of the
Congressional Black Congress had awful racial slurs hurled
at them by Tea Party members that weekend? Did you know
that thereÆs video evidence that it isnÆt true?

How is there evidence it isn't true?

Remember the right wing mantra, "Lack of evidence is not
evidence of lack."?

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But the mainstream media has allowed the lie to live on as
one of the central ôproofsö of Tea Party racism. ItÆs been

Only a true fool believes there is no racism at all in the Tea
Party.

The mainstream media promotes the idea that the Tea Party
is racist because they want to delegitimize an authentic,
grassroots movement that stands up to big government. And

And that is a lie from the git-go. The Mainstream media says
little about the Tea Party, but practically nothing negative.

the ôTea Party N-wordö story ties all the other lies about
the Tea Party togetherûthat itÆs violent, that itÆs
extreme, that itÆs a ômob.ö If you want to see what a

Which has not appeared in the MSM that I have seen at all.

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James OÆKeefeÆs NPR tapes show what conservatives already
knew: that avowed radical religious extremist racists like
the Muslim Brotherhood get better treatment from
journalists than politically engaged Americans who believe
in limited government. Jihadist high-rollers or the

Glen Beck showed what progressives already knew, that right
wingers would believe any lie that paints the opposition badly.

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guilty-until-proven-innocent Tea Party or people at town
hall meetings.

The Tea Partyiers were proven guilty at town hall meetings.

But hereÆs the question that no one on the leftûexcept Jon
Stewart [8]ûis asking about the NPR sting: why did NPR roll
over so quickly? Why did they fire Ron Schiller that same
day, and why did NPRÆs board fire Vivian Schiller the next?

True. Why did they cave to O'keefe's fraud?

Ron Schiller could have fought back. He could have
emphasized that he was speaking in his personal capacity,
and that he had no input into NPRÆs editorial process. But
he didnÆt fight. Why not?

Or, he could have argued that he did not say what he was accused
of, and the O'Keefe faked up his videos. Which happens to be the
truth.

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Maybe NPR knows thereÆs more to comeûthat OÆKeefe has more
evidence of high-level collusion with the radical left.

Turns out O'Keefe didn't even have what he posted.

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BOB KLAHN bob.klahn@sev.org http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn

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