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NPR's Polarizing Shake-Up: Vivian Schiller Resigns Over O'Keefe Video

NPR's federal funding is at risk and CEO Vivian Schiller is out after conservative activist James O'Keefe caught an NPR executive on camera railing against the Tea Party—but O'Keefe tells Howard Kurtz he's not pursuing a right-wing agenda.

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Former NPR President and CEO Vivian Schiller. (Photo: Kevin Wolf / AP Photo),Kevin Wolf

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