Joe Barton tells Bozell Congress should investigate NPR misusing funds
So, the ranking member on the committee that will decide NPR's fate should the Republicans take the House is also the guy who apologized to British Petroleum because President Obama held them accountable for the mess in the Gulf of Mexico.
Congressman Joe Barton, ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee that authorizes spending for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, sent a letter Friday to Media Research Center President Brent Bozell about his call for an investigation in the firing of Juan Williams by National Public Radio.
So this is the sort of slime coming out of Texas District 6. And it's tightly connected to the same sort of conduct coming out of our premier election rigger, Jim DeMint.
On the Senate side, Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) said Friday that he will introduce a bill to eliminate federal funding for the CPB. "Once again we find the only free speech liberals support is the speech with which they agree," DeMint said. "The incident with Mr. Williams shows that NPR is not concerned about providing the listening public with an honest debate of today's issues, but rather with promoting a one-sided liberal agenda."
NPR listenership has soared as other media outlets have given over to the rot spreading from Fox News. This is the last bastion of fact checking journalism on the air and if the Republicans can tank it their propaganda web will be complete but for the blogosphere.
So ... what are you going to do about this? A week left before the election, not much that can be done except GOTV and last minute media buys.
Aren't you tired of the right wing slime machine making stuff up, then making it stick? I know I am.
Anyway, that's that - a national treasure will be lost, making more room for the likes of Rush Limbaugh, Michael Savage, and other losers a civil society would promptly shun. Maybe we deserve it.