Statements made by Schiller:
The Republican Party is anti-intellectual.
Actually, Republicans depend on media's competing interests and lack of attention and the lack of critical thinking within the populace. This is fertile ground for the acceptance of the hypocrisy of many of their core positions such as their favoring of deregulation which nearly destroyed the U. S. economy; disastrous wars paid for on credit; decrying tax cuts for the wealthy but then screaming about the budget deficit, etc.
The Tea Party aren't just Islamophobic but are really xenophobic.
Besides being a generalization, what is really untrue about the statement? The tea party membership does tread very heavily in that territory. Really, what else unites them besides the obvious?
Conservatives are uneducated.
As said before, Republicans and, by extension, many conservatives expect that individuals will not possess or embrace the ability to think critically and argue logically beyond war and sports metaphors.
Again, I say, what did Schiller say that was untrue?
BTW, NPR should really get a spine and realize that no matter what they do or say, the Right is still going to hate them (flashback: John Kerry in hunting garb).
Interestingly, Andrew Breitbart said the best coverage of the NPR scandal is on NPR. This is instructive and says volumes.
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