Defunding NPR is a distraction

The recent firing of Juan Williams from NPR has been all over the news, particularly FOX news, this past weekend. I decided to read further into the outrage over his firing and found that the campaign to defund NPR is merely a way for FOX news to bash NPR as a liberal broadcast among other things.

First and foremost, Juan Williams was fired due to a breach of contract. Apparently Juan had been warned a few times in the past about giving his opinion too often while reporting for NPR. NPR's CEO Vivian Schiller stated Sunday that

Juan's comments on Fox News last Monday were the latest in a series of deeply troubling incidents over several years. In each of those instances, he was contacted and the incident was discussed with him. He was explicitly and repeatedly asked to respect NPR's standards and to avoid expressing strong personal opinions on controversial subjects in public settings, as that is inconsistent with his role as an NPR news analyst.

YAL-er to Be in FOX News Tomorrow Morning 10:30 ET

The Daily Caller interviewed me yesterday and did a nice playful write-up that was published today, and FOX News picked up the story. I will do a live satellite interview for America's Newsroom at 10:30 ET (that's 7:30 PDT, for my fellow Californians) to talk about the TEA Party and liberty movements. Here is part of the story from the Daily Caller by Alex Pappas:

The rising sophomore from Dixon, Calif. is so committed to the libertarian, Tea Party cause that he once waved a sign reading “13 years old and trillions in debt” by himself on a street corner when his fellow Tea Partier buddies backed out on him on April 15th’s Tax Day nationwide rallies.

“I had a couple of friends that were going join me for just standing out on the corner with our protest signs,” Minnema said during a phone interview. “But then they all…ended up flaking out, and I figured because I had taken all the time to put together this sign… I better at least use it.”

Glenn Beck: Cut Military Spending and End the Wars

For anyone who missed it, the topic of yesterday's Glenn Beck Show was quite a shock. He advocated a non-interventionist foreign policy and a massive reduction in military spending. I'm usually just as skeptical of Beck as anyone else, but he really deserves credit for this.

Link to the full episode here.

Fox News Being...Fox News

Here is a great mash up clip from Daily Kos demonstrating how Fox News will go to any length to dismiss anything Ron Paul accomplishes as meaningful. Hey at least they are consistent, right?