tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7736955260741631471.post753863839984625486..comments2024-02-22T20:15:31.561-05:00Comments on Opus One Media: "You actually work for NPR??".................Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7736955260741631471.post-88959272808423669532013-12-30T13:38:54.572-05:002013-12-30T13:38:54.572-05:00you all forget that NPR/CPB has majority support b...you all forget that NPR/CPB has majority support by a long shot. I want some of my tax money to go for something other than bombs and corporations and big oil. We are the majority. go screw.Opus One Mediahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04041788083619471630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7736955260741631471.post-9366802225493071712011-01-06T23:34:58.219-05:002011-01-06T23:34:58.219-05:00If it's not an important source of income, the...If it's not an important source of income, then why not stop taking it and remove the chance for Republicans to bitch about it.<br /><br />NPR runs fund drive and commercials (they can call them sponsorship messages, or corporate partner messages or whatever, but they are commercials), and gets money from universities and foundations. They won't miss 2% and will be free of having to give a damn about what congressmen think.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7736955260741631471.post-39396982348556558822011-01-06T23:17:42.700-05:002011-01-06T23:17:42.700-05:00Why is it that NPR fans and staff always say "...Why is it that NPR fans and staff always say "we really don't get much money from the government and we could really do without it" and then get into full blown panic when someone actually talks about cutting them from the public teat?<br /><br />No one is afraid of NPR. They're just tired of their tax-money going to them, as well as the blatant hypocrisy and hyper-partisanship. It's really that simple. Be as liberal as you want to be, but quit demanding everyone else pay your bills.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7736955260741631471.post-89663503997077988632010-10-26T15:27:27.464-04:002010-10-26T15:27:27.464-04:00Only 2% of their budget. Then they shouldn't m...Only 2% of their budget. Then they shouldn't miss the public support. By the way, there is a difference between tax exempt and paying no federal income tax.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7736955260741631471.post-68604351804890531132010-10-22T22:34:58.288-04:002010-10-22T22:34:58.288-04:00It's false to say that NPR gets no support fro...It's false to say that NPR gets no support from government. It's just funneled through a lot of college stations, which are sometimes funded in part by the state and receive money from the Corp for Public Broadcasting. Haven't you heard their pitches? They like to maintain the fiction that they get all their funding from private donations from the educated, enlightened classes, but they're not being honest. They consider themselves a charitable organization, which would be fine if all they did was broadcast educational shows, but in fact, they receive tax exemptions from state and local taxes which enhance their ability to provide biased coverage to news. I don't trust their statistics. NPR is not a church, although it seems to regard itself in much the same way as most religions.ASThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14591247136037620408noreply@blogger.com