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“Publicly funded PBS joins publicly funded NPR in leaving Twitter in a huff after being labeled ‘Publicly Funded...’”
“Publicly funded PBS joins publicly funded NPR in leaving Twitter in a huff after being labeled ‘Publicly Funded...’”
By ROG62
18 Apr 2023 12:22 pm in No Holds Barred Political Forum
18 Apr 2023 12:22 pm
Musk has honed in on a major element of NPR’s pique: its claim that the federal money it receives is insignificant. “Less than 1% of our operating budget” is the canned line parroted by NPR whenever it is challenged on its ties to its D.C. financial backers.
Yet any calls to remove that funding immediately lead to a swelling hue and cry that place the “99% independent” assertion in serious doubt. It turns out the big government purse strings are far tighter than NPR wants to admit.
In a telling series of April 13 tweets seeking to defend her former employer NPR, Schiller noted just how state-affiliated a publicly funded broadcaster can be. “It is true that NPR received a de minimis amount of funding directly from the federal government, less than 1% of total revenue budget,” she wrote. “That said, NPR gets about one third of its funding in the form of programming and membership fees from its hundreds of local member stations. And those stations collectively receive well over $100 million from the US government” via the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
Hilariously, Schiller doesn’t even take a breath before adding, “to be clear: NPR news coverage is in no way influenced by that funding. Zero, nada. nothing. You may not like the coverage all the time, but it’s not because the journalists are pulling their punches for fear of fed funding loss.”
https://www.libertynation.com/pbs-follo ... efing-link
Elon calls them out on it and they go home with their balls in their pocket...
Yet any calls to remove that funding immediately lead to a swelling hue and cry that place the “99% independent” assertion in serious doubt. It turns out the big government purse strings are far tighter than NPR wants to admit.
In a telling series of April 13 tweets seeking to defend her former employer NPR, Schiller noted just how state-affiliated a publicly funded broadcaster can be. “It is true that NPR received a de minimis amount of funding directly from the federal government, less than 1% of total revenue budget,” she wrote. “That said, NPR gets about one third of its funding in the form of programming and membership fees from its hundreds of local member stations. And those stations collectively receive well over $100 million from the US government” via the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
Hilariously, Schiller doesn’t even take a breath before adding, “to be clear: NPR news coverage is in no way influenced by that funding. Zero, nada. nothing. You may not like the coverage all the time, but it’s not because the journalists are pulling their punches for fear of fed funding loss.”
https://www.libertynation.com/pbs-follo ... efing-link
Elon calls them out on it and they go home with their balls in their pocket...
18 Apr 2023 12:23 pm
Yeah one percent of their funds come from the government. So i guess we can call oil companies on Twitter publicly funded. Along with airports trucking companies and farmers.
18 Apr 2023 12:27 pm
What does this mean to you .....Trumprules » 18 Apr 2023, 12:23 pm » wrote: ↑ Yeah one percent of their funds come from the government. So i guess we can call oil companies on Twitter publicly funded. Along with airports trucking companies and farmers.
“That said, NPR gets about one third of its funding in the form of programming and membership fees from its hundreds of local member stations. And those stations collectively receive well over $100 million from the US government” via the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
idiot...
18 Apr 2023 12:32 pm
Show me the link.Majik » 18 Apr 2023, 12:27 pm » wrote: ↑ What does this mean to you .....
“That said, NPR gets about one third of its funding in the form of programming and membership fees from its hundreds of local member stations. And those stations collectively receive well over $100 million from the US government” via the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
idiot...
18 Apr 2023 12:33 pm
While NPR does not receive any direct federal funding, it does receive a small number of competitive grants from CPB and federal agencies like the Department of Education and the Department of Commerce.Majik » 18 Apr 2023, 12:27 pm » wrote: ↑ What does this mean to you .....
“That said, NPR gets about one third of its funding in the form of programming and membership fees from its hundreds of local member stations. And those stations collectively receive well over $100 million from the US government” via the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
idiot...
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org › wikiNPR - Wikipedia
18 Apr 2023 12:42 pm
It's in the first post of this thread .....
you know the one you commented on but never read ....
18 Apr 2023 12:44 pm
18 Apr 2023 12:45 pm
I bet you can't prove that.
18 Apr 2023 12:46 pm
Show me the **** link. Quit trying to deflect.Majik » 18 Apr 2023, 12:42 pm » wrote: ↑ It's in the first post of this thread .....
you know the one you commented on but never read ....
18 Apr 2023 12:50 pm
18 Apr 2023 12:51 pm
Jew Broadcasting ad...
"""Yes we rule over a brutal and illegal prison state...WASH DC empowers us"""
"""Yes we rule over a brutal and illegal prison state...WASH DC empowers us"""
18 Apr 2023 12:51 pm
You have no proof so you have a little hissy fit to try and cover your communist plot to turn American against each other.Sumela » 18 Apr 2023, 12:50 pm » wrote: ↑ Jew Broadcasting ad...""""we eat Palestinian babies in a soup called WASH DC STEW""""
Youre pathetic and tell putin to go **** himself.
18 Apr 2023 12:54 pm
So why did the far far far rightbwing management of this site delete my posts. Was it because I exposed child molesters in the GOP?
18 Apr 2023 12:56 pm
Trumprules » 18 Apr 2023, 12:51 pm » wrote: ↑ You have no proof so you have a little hissy fit to try and cover your communist plot to turn American against each other.
Youre pathetic and tell putin to go **** himself.
TRIGGERED 
18 Apr 2023 1:07 pm
NPR and PBS are not influenced by the government. The amount that the government pays to the CPB is tiny.
On any controversial issue, NPR always offers to air people on all side of the issue. Yesterday, they dealt with the accusations of Clarence Thomas accepting free vacations and such from Harlen Crow. They invited Thomas to speak on his own behalf, but he did not accept. They also invited Republicans in Congress to speak about this, but none accepted.
Musk is not any expert on free speech.
On any controversial issue, NPR always offers to air people on all side of the issue. Yesterday, they dealt with the accusations of Clarence Thomas accepting free vacations and such from Harlen Crow. They invited Thomas to speak on his own behalf, but he did not accept. They also invited Republicans in Congress to speak about this, but none accepted.
Musk is not any expert on free speech.
18 Apr 2023 1:16 pm
First post of this thread you **** moron ....
18 Apr 2023 1:18 pm
While NPR does not receive any direct federal funding, it does receive a small number of competitive grants from CPB and federal agencies like the Department of Education and the Department of Commerce.
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org › wikiNPR - Wikipedia
Well my link says they are liars.
18 Apr 2023 1:21 pm
AIPAC funds Israel, they don't heavily fund anything but Israel.
NPR and PBS are the two sources that mos often interview BOTH Israelis AND Palestinians. You schmucks do not know, because you waste your time listening to Faux "News" and Figplucker Carlson..
18 Apr 2023 1:22 pm
Careful you will piss off the snowflakes and they will make a thread about you. LolXavier_Onassis » 18 Apr 2023, 1:21 pm » wrote: ↑ AIPAC funds Israel, they don't heavily fund anything but Israel.
NPR and PBS are the two sources that mos often interview BOTH Israelis AND Palestinians. You schmucks do not know, because you waste your time listening to Faux "News" and Figplucker Carlson..
18 Apr 2023 1:24 pm
Who funds the Corporation for Public Broadcasting?Xavier_Onassis » 18 Apr 2023, 1:07 pm » wrote: ↑ NPR and PBS are not influenced by the government. The amount that the government pays to the CPB is tiny.
On any controversial issue, NPR always offers to air people on all side of the issue. Yesterday, they dealt with the accusations of Clarence Thomas accepting free vacations and such from Harlen Crow. They invited Thomas to speak on his own behalf, but he did not accept. They also invited Republicans in Congress to speak about this, but none accepted.
Musk is not any expert on free speech.
the federal government
CPB is a private nonprofit corporation that is fully funded by the federal government. Ninety-five percent of CPB's appropriation goes directly to local public media stations, content development, community services, and other local station and system needs.
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