Originally Posted By RoadTrip It's gotten to where no one can say anything. Did the head of NPR really deserved to be fired over accurately stating that the Tea Party was full of racists?
Originally Posted By ecdc >>Did the head of NPR really deserved to be fired over accurately stating that the Tea Party was full of racists?<< No, and neither did Juan Williams.
Originally Posted By gadzuux Neither did Shirley Sherrod. And she didn't even say what she was accused of. Crazy old world.
Originally Posted By ecdc I suspect you're thinking of someone else, Labuda. Sherrod was another victim of James O'Keefe and Andrew Breitbart - they posted an edited video of her saying wouldn't help a white farmer, while the complete context showed that she did help the farmer and they became friends. It was a story about overcoming individual prejudice. She's now suing Breitbart and I hope against all hope she takes him for every last dime he has.
Originally Posted By SpokkerJones Something else to consider. Gilbert Gottfried offends Howard Stern. This happened in the last few years. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vc3S5DTf30k" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...S5DTf30k</a> Again, not safe for work. Stern actually edited this out in subsequent broadcasts. How did Aflac not know who they hired? Where was the outrage over this?
Originally Posted By John3K >>Did the head of NPR really deserved to be fired over accurately stating that the Tea Party was full of racists?<< She wasn't in that meeting (though she also did resign over the brouhaha(s)). The person framed in the video was the NPR FUNDRAISING head.
Originally Posted By Tony C Let's be honest aside from Iago, funny and Gilbert Gottfried tend be few and far between.
