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alp227 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 03:12 PM Original message |
BBC World Service to sign funding deal with US state department |
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tularetom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
1. Maybe they can "combat the blocking of service" here in the US |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 03:18 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. +1000 |
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JustABozoOnThisBus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 03:19 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. I don't know how much "blocking of service" we have here |
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mattvermont (428 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
2. but we cannot give any money |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
5. Try Ian Masters on KPFK. |
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marasinghe (754 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 03:42 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. yes. Amy Goodman has been fighting the good fight for a long time. |
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marasinghe (754 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
6. well, that's the sound of another, once-great, news bureau, biting the dust. |
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bhikkhu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
7. We'll fund the BBC, but not NPR? |
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Lucinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
9. I'm tired, so maybe I'm missing something but |
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Raschel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 04:30 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. I'm missing it too. Just how do we have money for this but not for SS or medicare? |
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Raschel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
10. So does this mean the BBC will report favorably on the US government? |
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lithiumbomb (217 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
12. Currently funded by Foreign Office anyway... |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 06:42 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Foreign Office is a UK govt entity funding a UK corp. with UK tax $$. So, nothing like |
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