Mar 10 2011
Tea Partiers and Republican Allies Flaunt Their Racist Colors
The Chief Executive Officer of NPR, Vivian Schiller, resigned yesterday in the wake of a scandal sparked by conservative activist and auteur James O’Keefe. O’Keefe secretly videotaped a meeting between NPR fundraiser Ron Schiller (no relation to Vivian Schiller) and men pretending to be from a Muslim group with a donation offer of $5 million. During the meeting NPR’s …
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The Right Hook, a weekly segment which covers the machinations of the right wing, from the Republican Party to the Tea Party Patriots, and beyond. By Chris Bennett 
