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发帖数: 173 | 1 WASHINGTON 鈥NPR president and CEO Vivian Schiller resigned Wednesday in
the wake of comments by a fellow executive that angered conservatives and
renewed calls to end federal funding for public broadcasting.
The chairman of NPR's board of directors announced that he has accepted
Schiller's resignation, effective immediately.
NPR media correspondent David Folkenflik said in a tweet that Schiller was
forced out by the board.
On Tuesday, conservative activist James O'Keefe posted a hidden-camera video
in which NPR executive Tom Schiller bashed the tea party movement as "
racist" and "xenophobic" and said NPR would be better off without federal
funding. Tom Schiller is not related to Vivian Schiller.
Vivian Schiller was criticized for last year's firing of analyst Juan
Williams after he said on Fox News that he feels uncomfortable when he sees
people in "Muslim garb" on airplanes.
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