Leave NPR Alone

[ls317]

Front-Runner for Public Broadcast Agency Job Is Former GOP Chair

by Paul Farhi
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, June 9, 2005

A former co-chairman of the Republican National Committee is the leading candidate to take over the agency that funds public broadcasting, sparking new concerns among broadcasters about conservative influence over National Public Radio and Public Broadcasting Service programming.


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/08/AR2005060802528.html

[funflower]

1. What exactly does this takeover of CPB mean to a local PBS or NPR

station?

[ls317]

2. NPR

I am going to guess that you will stop seeing programs that are critical of the current administration's.
Besides you know Uncle Karl will have his fat fingers involved

[funflower]

5. According to the WaPo article, CPB provides a fairly small percentage

(generally 1-15%) of a local affiliate's funding. Does CPB have control other than through its grants? Seems that a strong local station could just tell CPB to take a flying leap and air what they want.

[warrens]

3. He's already suggested they should use Fox as a model of good journalism

And should play more music, less news.

[Stephanie]

4. So we have to buy NPR - no more govt funding

That's what we did in NYC - Giuliani started trying to dictate who would host local shows on WNYC (he put Curtis Sliwa on). So we had to buy the station back with fundraising so it was no longer property of the city.

[mdelaguna2000]

6. not good

This sounds like a cause for serious concern. NPR already seems so guarded.