NPR Scandal

I have posted here the full version of Mr. James O'Keefe's video aimed to smear the credibility of NPR, because the more popular 11:38 video, which has received 1200% more views, has been distorted and edited to the point of libel by Mr. O'Keefe.

This should come as to no surprise as Mr. O'Keefe has a record of manipulating video tape to slander institutions viewed as left-leaning. The tapes of his supposed video sting against Acorn were deemed by prosecutors in California as "badly distorted." In May of 2010, O'Keefe was convicted of a misdemeanor after attempting to do the same to Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA).

Just some of the red flags that pop up are in the very beginning have to do with O'Keefe's opening introduction in describing the fake Muslim organization. He states that the website describe's the organization's mission as spread the acceptance of Shia. In the shorter version this is edited with a clip of the NPR executive laughing, "Is that what they said." This was taking out of context from a completely unrelated point in the conversation. This is red flag that Mr. O'Keefe is positioning clips to intentionally create an impression on the audience instead of allowing for unbiased, factual journalism. The big issue is O'Keefe edited the video to make it seem that the NPR executive would do anything to advocate the Muslim voice, but in the extended version you do not hear Ron Schiller immediately tell the men that donors cannot expect to influence news coverage because of a firewall protecting the news room.

NPR is biased. I'll say it, but we are talking mole hills and mountains here. Every news is biased; it's just a result of the human condition. But if you compare the bias of institutions like Fox or MSNBC with NPR then we're not even talking in the same stratasphere. It'd be like equating one of those freakishly giant carnival pumpkins with a grape tomato. The truth is NPR news coverage is the closest thing out there to purely factual news. On the news shows there is no opinion offered up on biasing descriptions, it is purely facts delivered at deadpan.