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I'm sure there are probably people out there getting all riled up about this James O'Keefe NPR "hidden sting" video right about now. And I, along with others, simply have to ask: why?
First, seriously, "why would anyone trust what O'Keefe says about his NPR video?"
Second, I've watched the video. It's right there in the first link, so you can watch it yourself. What, exactly, did the NPR execs say that was apparently so outrageous? If there were any real "gotcha" moments, I didn't hear them. I actually agree with most of what Ron Schiller said as it was presented in the video there, so I didn't see any problem with it. He generalized a bit, but even so, none of what he said about Republicans/Teabaggers was flagrantly false either. Besides, he explicitly made it clear that it was his personal opinion and he wasn't speaking as a representative of NPR.
First, seriously, "why would anyone trust what O'Keefe says about his NPR video?"
Second, I've watched the video. It's right there in the first link, so you can watch it yourself. What, exactly, did the NPR execs say that was apparently so outrageous? If there were any real "gotcha" moments, I didn't hear them. I actually agree with most of what Ron Schiller said as it was presented in the video there, so I didn't see any problem with it. He generalized a bit, but even so, none of what he said about Republicans/Teabaggers was flagrantly false either. Besides, he explicitly made it clear that it was his personal opinion and he wasn't speaking as a representative of NPR.
