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October 22, 2009
NPR Objects to its Content Being Used to Inform the Public
Posted by Gregory of Yardale at October 22, 2009 6:02 AM
National Public Radio did a news story to promote the left's social agenda. Now, NPR is upset that their news story is being used against the left's social agenda.
NPR is taxpayer-financed. In a sense, its content belongs to the taxpayers of the United States. We pay for it. There's also a legal principle -- dear to the hearts of bloggers and satirists --- known as "fair use." Fair Use is the principle that allows a blogger commenting on a news story to include a brief quote from that story as part of the comment. A copyright expert is confident that the use of NPR's content falls within fair use.
The use is non-commercial (it is purely political); NPR's work is factual, not fictional; the portion used is brief; and such a use will have no significant effect on the market for NPR's work. And, importantly, the First Amendment is at its apogee in the context of a political campaign. See Monitor Patriot Co. v. Roy, 401 U.S. 265, 272 (1971) (First Amendment "has its fullest and most urgent application precisely to the conduct of campaigns for political office").
Between this and FoxNews, that darned First Amendment thing is turning out to be a real bee in the left-wing bonnet. I also would guess that NPR loved that report when it first aired, because it made them feel all progressive and edgy and stuff. They just don't want too much of the truth about the left's social agenda to get out to the voters, who may yet have a chance to stop it.
(Hat Tip: Patterico) (He notes this video may be removed again and has promised to repost it if it is. I have also downloaded a copy in case YouTube removes it. You can't stop the signal.)
Comments
One of the many goals of Communism in the USA is to...
"DESTROY THE FAMILY UNIT"
What better way to do that than getting everyone to renounce male/female intercourse. To that end, the taxpayers will be fitting the bill for "SEX CHANGE SURGERY" too. These are all methods to turn the general population on its head to stand in line for DEATH for the "Greater Good!"
Posted by: AlphaOmega at October 22, 2009 6:26 AM
They removed it. Shocker shocker. They also removed that video you guys had up last year about the link between Obama and Odinga, the prime minister of Kenya. I'm from Kenya and desperately want that video. You didn't download it by any chance did you??
Posted by: Teej at October 22, 2009 6:34 AM
Teej, you mean this one?
Posted by: Henry at October 22, 2009 7:00 AM
No politician can seriously be considered either a conservative, or a protector of the Constitution who does not actively seek to end tax payer support of NPR. A state run news outlet is not what the framers had in mind when discussing a free press.
Just my opinion of course.
Posted by: JustAl at October 22, 2009 7:39 AM
It is a shame that any outlet, regardless of political stance, is able to receive taxpayer funds for partisan purposes.
If NPR slanted right, the libs would be decrying its existence and calling for its abolishment.
Posted by: Anonymous Countermoonbat at October 22, 2009 7:57 AM
National Pukebucket Radio pisses me off. CNN, MSNBC, CBS, ABC, NBC, etc. piss me off too, but NPR and PBS (with that moonbat troll Whistledick Moyers) really piss me off because their liberal agenda and propoganda are done on my dime. Pathetic, I tell ya' pathetic.
"If NPR slanted right, the libs would be decrying its existence and calling for its abolishment."
The best statement I've read on this blog, this week, AC!!
Posted by: Graycat at October 22, 2009 8:31 AM
Defund NPR you worthless political hacks or just step down
Posted by: Spurwing Plover at October 22, 2009 1:06 PM
