Congress: Don't Cave to Sarah Palin, Stand Up for NPR!
National Public Radio (NPR) recently fired Juan Williams after he appeared on Bill O'Reilly's show on FOX News and made some controversial remarks.
Now, Sarah Palin and other right-wingers are exploiting this issue as an excuse to push Congress to defund NPR.
The government -- through the Center for Pubic Broadcasting -- provides a significant source of funding for NPR and its member stations, which is part of what allows NPR to present real, objective news we don't get from most of the corporate media.
Whatever you think about the Juan Williams controversy, we can't allow the right-wing to dictate public policy by throwing a fit. And we can't allow Congress to lie down when confronted with hypocritical, fake outrage from the Right.
Tell Congress: Don't cave to Sarah Palin. Stand up for NPR!
Dear Congress member,
Stand up to Sarah Palin and the right-wing noise machine. Fully fund NPR and defend public service media.
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