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GOP prepares new assault on NPR funding as questions over video flap remain

A House committee schedules an 'emergency' session Wednesday to consider a bill that would permanently bar NPR or its affiliates from receiving federal funds. The move comes even though the video that brought down the broadcaster's chief fundraiser and CEO was apparently manipulated.

March 15, 2011|By James Oliphant | Washington Bureau

"As somebody who works in public radio, it is killing me that people on the right are going around trying to basically rebrand us, saying that it's biased news, it's left-wing news, when I feel like anybody who listens to the shows knows that it's not," Glass told NPR's "On the Media." "And we are not fighting back, we are not saying anything back. I find it completely annoying, and I don't understand it."

Tuesday, NPR spokeswoman Anna Christopher said the broadcaster stood by its actions regarding Ron Schiller.

"It is obvious that O'Keefe's video was heavily edited and that it was presented in a manner to discredit NPR," Christopher said. "The editing doesn't excuse the attitudes and expressions that we find to be inconsistent with our values and beliefs."

O'Keefe, who has defended his reporting, is most famous for wearing a pimp costume in his infamous effort to embarrass the community group ACORN. Last year, he avoided a jail sentence for breaking into the Baton Rouge, La. office of Democratic U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu in an attempt to tamper with the office phones.

james.oliphant@latimes.com

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