[Peace-discuss] [sf-core] Fwd: Defend NPR from Sarah Palin.

[C. G. ESTABROOK]

Defend National Propaganda/Petroleum Radio against a Potemkin village of a 
candidate, boosted by the Democratic establishment to be a bete noire for them 
to run against, so that a real opposition that points out their military and 
economic crimes won't emerge?

(She has of course committed the elementary errors of being female and NOT a 
member of the political class, so she clearly deserves our opprobrium.)

I don't think so.  How can you defend our chief magistrate, a snake-oil salesman 
for the ruling class? Or "economic elite," if you don't dare to talk in the old 
socialist language anymore...


On 10/24/10 12:25 PM, Belden Fields wrote:
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>> *From: *"Becky Bond, CREDO Action" <act at credoaction.com
>> <mailto:act at credoaction.com>>
>> *Date: *October 23, 2010 9:04:48 AM CDT
>> *To: *"Belden Fields" <a-fields at illinois.edu <mailto:a-fields at illinois.edu>>
>> *Subject: **Defend NPR from Sarah Palin.*
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>> *Congress: Don't cave to Sarah Palin. Stand up for NPR!
>> <http://act.credoaction.com/r/?r=6360&id=11984-3062282-K0_LjHx&t=1>*
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>> *Defend NPR. <http://act.credoaction.com/r/?r=6360&id=11984-3062282-K0_LjHx&t=2>*
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>> Palin vs. NPR <http://act.credoaction.com/r/?r=6360&id=11984-3062282-K0_LjHx&t=3>
>>
>> Clicking here will add your name to this petition to Congress:
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>> *"Stand up to Sarah Palin and the right-wing noise machine. Fully fund NPR and
>> defend public service media."
>> <http://act.credoaction.com/r/?r=6361&id=11984-3062282-K0_LjHx&t=4>
>> *
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>> <http://act.credoaction.com/r/?r=6361&id=11984-3062282-K0_LjHx&t=7>
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>> Dear Friend,
>>
>> National Public Radio recently fired Juan Williams after he appeared on Bill
>> O'Reilly's show on FOX News and made some controversial remarks.
>>
>> Now, Sarah Palin and other professional right-wing demagogues are exploiting
>> this issue as an excuse to push Congress to defund NPR, which is something
>> conservatives have wanted for decades.
>>
>> *Whatever you think about the Juan Williams controversy, we cannot allow the
>> right wing to dictate public policy by throwing a fit. And we cannot allow
>> Congress to lie down when confronted with hypocritical, fake outrage from the
>> Right.*
>>
>> *Tell Congress: Don't cave to Sarah Palin. Stand up for NPR! Click here to
>> automatically sign the petition.
>> <http://act.credoaction.com/r/?r=6361&id=11984-3062282-K0_LjHx&t=9>*
>>
>> For years, NPR has allowed Juan Williams and Mara Liasson to accept payment
>> for appearing on FOX News while maintaining their roles as journalists with
>> NPR. We've long believed it was inappropriate for NPR journalists to accept
>> payment from a clearly partisan propaganda organ such as FOX News. And we
>> still believe that NPR should have policies that prevent its journalists from
>> accepting paid positions from FOX, the Republican Party, Tea Party groups and
>> other organizations within the right-wing noise machine.
>>
>> Sarah Palin and others like her are cynically using the controversy over Juan
>> Williams' remarks and his subsequent firing as a pretext to push for a
>> longstanding goal.
>>
>> It's been said that NPR receives 98% of its funding from non-government
>> sources. But that's highly misleading. The government — through the Center for
>> Public Broadcasting — provides a significant source of funding for NPR and NPR
>> member stations, which is part of what allows NPR to present news that hasn't
>> degenerated into the infotainment we regularly get from most of the corporate
>> media.
>>
>> And the right wing is not just talking about taking away funding from NPR.
>> Sen. Jim DeMint is reportedly introducing a bill that would zero out funding
>> for ALL public broadcasting, including NPR, PBS, Pacifica and more. So
>> governmental defunding could not only destroy NPR as we know it, but also deal
>> a significant blow to the entire public interest media sector.
>>
>> Time after time, the right-wing noise machine creates an echo chamber of
>> reprobation and consternation that prompts weak-kneed Democrats to fold faster
>> than you can say, "FOX News isn't really news."
>>
>> It happened with ACORN. It happened with Van Jones. It happened with Shirley
>> Sherrod.*We can't let Sarah Palin and the right wing bully Democrats into
>> selling out such an important part of our media landscape.*
>>
>> *Tell Congress: Don't cave to Sarah Palin. Stand up for NPR! Click here to
>> automatically sign the petition.
>> <http://act.credoaction.com/r/?r=6361&id=11984-3062282-K0_LjHx&t=10>*
>>
>> *Thank you*for working for a better world.
>>
>> Becky Bond, Political Director
>> CREDO Action from Working Assets
>> <http://act.credoaction.com/r/?r=11&id=11984-3062282-K0_LjHx&t=11>