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BREAKING NEWS NPR crisis worsens as top editor quits days after radio station lost $500m federal cash for being too woke
Daily Mail UK ^ | July 22, 2025 | Alex Hammer

Posted on 07/22/2025 8:52:29 AM PDT by Morgana

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To: Morgana

I was listening this morning to our local Spectrum news channel in Tampa. They were talking about a $280,000 hit that a local NPR station in Tampa had incurred because of the BBB law.

We usually have our AM radio set to the local Moody Bible Radio station.

Moody has stations across the USA and I really doubt that Moody’s costs for a local station are above $100,000.

I would like to see details about these local NPR stations. My guess is that the NPR stations are over-staffed and the staff is over-paid.


21 posted on 07/22/2025 9:15:13 AM PDT by Presbyterian Reporter
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To: Morgana

> the radio station lost $500million in federal funding for an alleged bias against conservatives <

I don’t care if NPR is biased or not. Taxpayer money shouldn’t be supporting radio stations. Or pizza parlors. Or whatever. Fund truly essential services only.

Side note to NPR: There are plenty of liberals with plenty of money. So quit yer whining and hold more pledge drives. And maybe have some bake sales, too.

🧁🧁🧁


22 posted on 07/22/2025 9:16:33 AM PDT by Leaning Right (It's morning in America. Again.)
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To: Morgana

So sad. Notttttt! 🤣🤣


23 posted on 07/22/2025 9:19:42 AM PDT by dforest
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To: Morgana

Well, BYE!!!


24 posted on 07/22/2025 9:21:22 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie (Angelino97’s 100% anti-Semitic lie: “Settlers tend to be ultra-Orthodox Jews, armed with Uzis.”)
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To: Morgana
I've noticed that substantive debate and discussion has disappeared over the past years among the media. All they do is toss trigger word adjectives like hand grenades, usually out of meaning or context to the subject.

Fascist, Authoritarian, Extremist, Mysoginst, Sexist, Autocratic, yadda, yadda, yadda. Frequently the phrases are contradictory to the suggested meanings.

"Trump is a greedy fascist capitalist authoritarian", as an example. All words chosen to trigger an audience, yet not supported by definition. The leftist media does this 24/7.

25 posted on 07/22/2025 9:23:29 AM PDT by blackdog ((Z28.310) "Diggin the scene with a gangster lean" (Mayfield, Curtis) )
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To: 9YearLurker

OMG every restaurant in the Palisades neighborhood in DC will go out of business. Nina Totenburg will have to go to a grocery store if all her restaurants go out of business.


26 posted on 07/22/2025 9:23:50 AM PDT by cnsmom
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To: jz638

“The federal money was somehow simultaneously a tiny portion of their budget and also crucial to their continued operation.”

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Yep, a huge lie designed to maintain massive federal funding flowing into the PBS propaganda empire.

The federal gravy train is over for them.


27 posted on 07/22/2025 9:26:36 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: Morgana

I remember during Iran-Contra, they were continuously talking about which members of the Bush team were going to be arrested soon according to the latest rumors on Capital Hill.

When the Clinton-Monica thing happened, they said they did not engage in rumor-mongering.


28 posted on 07/22/2025 9:27:50 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If Hitler were alive today and criticized Trump, would he still be Hitler?)
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To: cnsmom

Nina’s in her 80s. This could be a mercy retirement for her.


29 posted on 07/22/2025 9:35:43 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: Dave911

Stupid, at least she would qualify for unemployment if she was fired.


30 posted on 07/22/2025 9:36:40 AM PDT by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
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To: Morgana

Used to be “No worries”.

The connected ones would land cushy sinecures at other Non-Profits, Universities, or “Think Tanks”.

But USAID has been cleansed.
So the Spigots are off.

Maybe they can learn to code?


31 posted on 07/22/2025 9:44:01 AM PDT by Macoozie (Roll MAGA, roll!)
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To: cnsmom

“”OMG every restaurant in the Palisades neighborhood in DC will go out of business. Nina Totenburg will have to go to a grocery store if all her restaurants go out of business.””

She probably doesn’t know how to cook so I’m guessing it’s TV dinners for her from now on. Awwww....she might be ok though, since she has an estimated $8 million to pay for those groceries.


32 posted on 07/22/2025 9:46:20 AM PDT by Danie_2023
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To: Morgana

They’ve had years to straighten out. Never did, so too bad, so sad.


33 posted on 07/22/2025 9:54:11 AM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
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To: Morgana

Today’s topic on All Things Considered - “Have you considered getting a real job?”


34 posted on 07/22/2025 9:56:15 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

I’m pretty sure this bunch will be able to find a gig teaching their crap at a far-left college or university like Harvard. I heard yesterday that one of those RAT holes is going to offer a PH.D in “Being Happy.” You can bet that’s going to be a tough one.


35 posted on 07/22/2025 9:59:17 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (When is little Jimmy Boasberg going to go to jail? He's gotten away with his crap long enough.)
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To: 9YearLurker

When NPR has a vacancy they can hire some of the “joke” writers in the 100 person Stephen Colbert staff. If not the Chinese Communist news staff who ae looking for a change of scenery without a change of outlook.


36 posted on 07/22/2025 10:06:54 AM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: Starboard

“Yep, a huge lie designed to maintain massive federal funding flowing into the PBS propaganda empire.”

I’m not sure their propaganda had much effect. Who watches PBS except committed socialists?

OTOH, it was a comfortable six figure income for grifters who ought to be doing something productive to earn income.


37 posted on 07/22/2025 10:09:35 AM PDT by ModelBreaker
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To: Macoozie

“So the Spigots are off.”

Open Society Foundation and Tides are still going strong.


38 posted on 07/22/2025 10:10:35 AM PDT by ModelBreaker
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To: ConservativeMind

Nancy Zieman passed away, but her shows are still on. I will miss them.😔 Once in awhile I watched “The Slavery Guilt Show” (Finding Your Roots), but I was not going to pay extra to get the newest shows and his attitude sucked. I donated once only to watch Nancy Zieman.

They took off the best shows.


39 posted on 07/22/2025 10:14:13 AM PDT by madison10 (You are not required to set yourself on fire to keep other people warm.)
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To: Morgana
Zero them out. No funding for NPR or PBS.

They should pivot to what the do best: selling made in China tote bags.

40 posted on 07/22/2025 10:16:01 AM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and his mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
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