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Trouble in US public radio; shake up at NPR

The CEO of NPR, Vivian Schiller, has resigned under pressure after one of her executives was caught on a hidden camera calling the tea party racist. The comments from NPR executive Ron Schiller (no relation) came when he met with a fake Muslim group with ties to a conservative activist. The meeting was secretly recorded…

The CEO of NPR, Vivian Schiller, has resigned under pressure after one of her executives was caught on a hidden camera calling the tea party racist.

The comments from NPR executive Ron Schiller (no relation) came when he met with a fake Muslim group with ties to a conservative activist. The meeting was secretly recorded and posted on the internet on Tuesday.

The CEO of NPR, Vivian Schiller, has resigned under pressure after one of her executives was caught on a hidden camera calling the tea party racist.

The comments from NPR executive Ron Schiller (no relation) came when he met with a fake Muslim group with ties to a conservative activist. The meeting was secretly recorded and posted on the internet on Tuesday.

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