1gobluedem
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Wed Mar-09-11 09:34 PM
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An important point of distinction: NPR is *not* federally funded, CPB is |
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For those of you who think "NPR should be defunded;" they don't get direct federal support. The federal support goes to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) which then goes primarily to member stations and hundreds of smaller stations would close if the federal funding is zeroed out. Those federal dollars are a huge percent of their budgets.
NPR gets a nominal amount from the CPB (again, not directly from the government) and, yes, they can probably live without it. But the bills in Congress call for defunding CPB, not NPR, and member stations need those funds.
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Wed Mar-09-11 09:41 PM
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1. The CPB is also the federal funding arm for PBS n/t |
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Wed Mar-09-11 09:59 PM
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2. I'm not sure I understand the need |
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30 years ago, maybe. Today, I live outside of cable tv access areas. I have satellite with 300 channels ranging every political, social and art topic imaginable. I watch a couple shows on PBS but am not sure why public money should pay for their broadcast.
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Wed Mar-09-11 10:02 PM
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3. For many, public radio is their only source of local news |
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Local newspapers are shutting down. Not every market is served by local TV. There is plenty of news on the internet but it's not always local to small, underserved communities. Commercial radio is corporately owned. Public radio is about all there is that is still free.
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