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To: Sully- who wrote (34238)	10/22/2010 7:48:33 AM
From: Sully-	of 35834

Will NPR fire Nina Totenberg for wishing Jesse Helms would get AIDS? By: J.P. Freire Associate Commentary Editor 10/21/10 11:55 AM EDT Figuring out what’s inconsistent with NPR’s editorial standards can be awful difficult. The network terminated the contract for Fox News contributor Juan Williams because of a comment about Muslims, but apparently has yet to take a similar action against Nina Totenberg. From Reason’s Michael Moynihan: <<< Check out this clip, from way back in 1995, of NPR’s Nina Totenberg telling the host of PBS’s Inside Washington that if there was “retributive justice” in the world the (admittedly loathsome) Jesse Helms would “get AIDS from a transfusion, or one of his grandchildren will get it.” Totenberg is still NPR’s legal affairs correspondent. >>> YouTube: Nina Totenberg on God Giving Jesse Helms Aids For more on Williams’ termination, go here. Read more at the Washington Examiner: washingtonexaminer.com

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