PBS Attorney fired for hate rhetoric

[SunsetBengal]

He's a smart guy, I'm sure he'll land on his feet and hit the ground running.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/pbs-trump-republicans-retribution

Now, you won't hear about this on any of your regular news outlets, as this guy was spewing hate speech from the perspective of the Left, and PBS? Well, of course they are funded by our tax dollars, so they were pretty much forced to do the right thing in this circumstance.

[GMDino]

(01-12-2021, 09:43 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: He's a smart guy, I'm sure he'll land on his feet and hit the ground running.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/pbs-trump-republicans-retribution

Now, you won't hear about this on any of your regular news outlets, as this guy was spewing hate speech from the perspective of the Left, and PBS?  Well, of course they are funded by our tax dollars, so they were pretty much forced to do the right thing in this circumstance.

Probably didn't get a lot of coverage because it was Project Veritas which ahs been proven to make stuff up...all the time.

But assuming he really said about Molotov cocktails at the Whitehouse if Biden lost he should be held accountable...and was.

Quote:PBS confirmed to the Washington Examiner later Tuesday that Beller no longer works for the organization.

"This employee no longer works for PBS. As a mid-level staff attorney, he did not speak on behalf of our organization, nor did he make any editorial decisions. There is no place for hateful rhetoric at PBS, and this individual’s views in no way reflect our values or opinions. We strongly condemn violence and will continue to do what we have done for 50 years – use our national platform and local presence to strengthen communities and bring people together," a PBS spokesperson said.

Quite a few other people making public and private statements that need to held accountable.

Edit to add that I made the mistake of looking at the Veritas website:

Quote:PBS Principal Counsel Lays Out Violent Radical Agenda; Says Americans Are ‘F*cking Dumb’ … ‘Go to White House & Throw Molotovs’ … ‘Put [Children] into Re-Education Camps…Watch PBS All Day’ … ‘COVID Spiking in Red States…[Red State Voters] Are Sick & Dying’

Scary headline! :)

[BmorePat87]

This was in the Post and AP reported it too. Project Veritas caught a midlevel employee of PBS who does legal work on contracts saying dumb shit about politics at a bar.

What an idiot. PBS fired him. Why is this news?

[Forever Spinning Vinyl]

(01-12-2021, 10:45 PM)BmorePat87 Wrote: This was in the Post and AP reported it too. Project Veritas caught a midlevel employee of PBS who does legal work on contracts saying dumb shit about politics at a bar.

What an idiot. PBS fired him. Why is this news?

Because right wing media needs SOMETHING to talk about. They're having a hard time finding anything lately in the political spectrum that doesn't smear their brand.

[BmorePat87]

(01-12-2021, 10:59 PM)Forever Spinning Vinyl Wrote: Because right wing media needs SOMETHING to talk about. They're having a hard time finding anything lately in the political spectrum that doesn't smear their brand.

I guess when you agree with the terrorist attack and trivialize it, you don't have any shame in focusing your outrage on this. 

[SunsetBengal]

(01-12-2021, 09:50 PM)GMDino Wrote: Probably didn't get a lot of coverage because it was Project Veritas which ahs been proven to make stuff up...all the time.

But assuming he really said about Molotov cocktails at the Whitehouse if Biden lost he should be held accountable...and was.



Quite a few other people making public and private statements that need to held accountable.

Edit to add that I made the mistake of looking at the Veritas website:


Scary headline!  :)

Hard to make up what they have the guy on tape, actually saying with his own mouth..

[SunsetBengal]

(01-12-2021, 10:45 PM)BmorePat87 Wrote: This was in the Post and AP reported it too. Project Veritas caught a midlevel employee of PBS who does legal work on contracts saying dumb shit about politics at a bar.

What an idiot. PBS fired him. Why is this news?

Why isn't it news?  Had it been a person on the other political side, it would have been all over every network.  

Don't try to devalue the importance of what this vile individual did, simply because you don't like the source that outed him.  He did what he did, and it's bad.  PBS did their level best to minimize the guy's importance in their organization, as they realize how critical their public funding is.  People that turn a blind eye because of their own political affiliations really need to take a hard look at themselves, before the continue to go around "virtue signaling" to the world about others.

[BmorePat87]

(01-12-2021, 11:29 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: Why isn't it news?  Had it been a person on the other political side, it would have been all over every network.  

Don't try to devalue the importance of what this vile individual did, simply because you don't like the source that outed him.  He did what he did, and it's bad.  PBS did their level best to minimize the guy's importance in their organization, as they realize how critical their public funding is.  People that turn a blind eye because of their own political affiliations really need to take a hard look at themselves, before the continue to go around "virtue signaling" to the world about others.

Yea, it's like someone comparing an attack on the Capitol that left 14 police officers hospitalized and 1 dead to the parade scene of Animal House...

I hope no one here would devalue the importance of what those vile individuals did or turn a blind eye because of their own political affiliations. They really need to take a hard look at themselves if they do that. 

[SunsetBengal]

(01-12-2021, 11:38 PM)BmorePat87 Wrote: Yea, it's like someone comparing an attack on the Capitol that left 14 police officers hospitalized and 1 dead to the parade scene of Animal House...

I hope no one here would devalue the importance of what those vile individuals did or turn a blind eye because of their own political affiliations. They really need to take a hard look at themselves if they do that. 

The point is that there are already threads condemning what happened at the Capitol. 

You don't need to come in here and use those events to derail a completely different thread, about  completely different topic..

[BmorePat87]

(01-12-2021, 11:42 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: The point is that there are already threads condemning what happened at the Capitol. 

You don't need to come in here and use those events to derail a completely different thread, about  completely different topic..

I can't wait to see you in one of those threads denouncing the terrorist attacks with a fraction of this outrage. 

[Benton]

Crappy thing to say about the firebombs, if he said it (Veritas is notorious for faking stuff).

Oddly, though, if he'd been a part of the Trump Administration, guy would've been lauded as a hero against the socialist agenda. If he'd spoken out about liberal indoctrination, he'd be a champion. Instead, he spoke out against the four years where we pushed for profit education and a dumbing down of students.

[SunsetBengal]

(01-12-2021, 11:46 PM)BmorePat87 Wrote: I can't wait to see you in one of those threads denouncing the terrorist attacks with a fraction of this outrage. 

Well, you'll continue to wait. Not because I support what happened, but because I think all of that shit was staged.

[BrownAssClown]

When I read that a PBS attorney was fired, I had hopes it was Mike Brown. I'm so disappointed.

[GMDino]

(01-12-2021, 11:23 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: Hard to make up what they have the guy on tape, actually saying with his own mouth..

No doubt he said it.  I didn't listen to the vid because James LOLKeefe is known for making stuff up through dubious editing and, and I'm totally honest about this, I was editing a video and didn't want the sound on.


But Veritas has been busted so many times it's hard to take them seriously even when they get a guy in public making some really bad statements.

So yay for them?

(01-13-2021, 12:36 AM)SunsetBengal Wrote: Well, you'll continue to wait.  Not because I support what happened, but because I think all of that shit was staged.

Well I think UFO's are real and Bigfoot is running the NFL wearing a Roger Goodell skin suit and I think I have as much proof of that as what happened last week being staged.  Maybe you know something we don't?

[BmorePat87]

(01-13-2021, 12:36 AM)SunsetBengal Wrote: Well, you'll continue to wait. Not because I support what happened, but because I think all of that shit was staged.

Who staged it?

[NATI BENGALS]

(01-13-2021, 12:36 AM)SunsetBengal Wrote: Well, you'll continue to wait. Not because I support what happened, but because I think all of that shit was staged.

Aye yai yai

[NATI BENGALS]

(01-13-2021, 01:35 AM)BmorePat87 Wrote: Who staged it?

Multiple choice answer.

A. The Deep State
B. Antifa
C. Pelosi, Obama, and the gang
D. Alien Lizard People
E. All of the above

[Belsnickel]

(01-12-2021, 10:45 PM)BmorePat87 Wrote: This was in the Post and AP reported it too. Project Veritas caught a midlevel employee of PBS who does legal work on contracts saying dumb shit about politics at a bar.

What an idiot. PBS fired him. Why is this news?

Wait, so the OP was lying when they said this:

(01-12-2021, 09:43 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: Now, you won't hear about this on any of your regular news outlets, as this guy was spewing hate speech from the perspective of the Left, and PBS? Well, of course they are funded by our tax dollars, so they were pretty much forced to do the right thing in this circumstance.

I'm shocked. Shocked, I say.

[BmorePat87]

(01-13-2021, 02:43 AM)NATI BENGALS Wrote: Multiple choice answer.

A. The Deep State
B. Antifa
C. Pelosi, Obama, and the gang
D. Alien Lizard People
E. All of the above

We literally have video of longtime Trump supporters, Q anon proponents, and/or proud boys doing these things. They were maskless. They have extensive online presences detailing their support. Analysis of the arrests show the vast majority fall into this categories. The FBI has said there’s no evidence it was antifa or another group.

[GMDino]

The reply I was coming to reply to is gone now but I'll say it anyway:

I don't, personally, care who posts what on the boards whether they are a mod all the way down to me.  As long as no one is using their "power" to silence others on their own it's still a free forum to post their thought whether I agree or not.   

I just always hope they are understanding that there may be a disagreement.

I'm sure all the minds behind the scene would not like that no matter who or what was being singled out.