NPR Executive Ron Schiller Resigns After Calling Tea Party 'Racist'
He says his videotaped comments are “counter to NPR's values and also not reflective of my own beliefs.”
NEW YORK - An NPR executive resigned Tuesday night after being caught on tape calling Tea Partiers “racist” and saying that the Republican Party has been “hijacked” by the Tea Party, the Wall Street Journal reported.
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