All of George Soros' Men Includes Robert Redford

Of course, it should surprise no one that Hollywood loves this kind of story with its anti-American overtones. HBO gave a grant to the filmmakers to produce their pro-terrorist propaganda. So did the Soros-funded Sundance Institute. After Soros’s foundation, the Open Society Institute (OSI), gave Sundance’s Documentary Film Program $4.6 million in 2002, it gave the institute another $5 million in 2009.

Taxpayers also underwrite Sundance’s adventures in social justice indoctrination. According to nonprofit tax returns (known as IRS Form 990s), the Sundance Institute has taken in $11,240,081 in government grants since 1997. It is unclear which governments made the grants because the 990 forms lump all the grant-making governments together.

The federal government has given $1,350,000 to the institute since 2000, according to USAspending.gov. All but $5,000 of the money was from the National Endowment for the Arts. (The $5,000 grant was from the State Department.) It’s not clear if the $1,350,000 is part of the $11 million-plus figure for all government grants.

Upon receiving the most recent OSI grant, Sundance founder Robert Redford obediently genuflected before Soros. “Sundance Institute has supported documentary storytellers since its beginning,” said Redford. “The recognition of that history by George Soros and the Open Society Institute, and the continuation of our relationship over time, speaks to our shared belief that culture—in this case documentary film—is having a profound impact in shaping progressive change ...

NPR actually has valuable assets-- studios, assigned frequencies and collections of classical film databases such as old Lawrence Welk reruns. Once the talking heads and ministry of propoganda staff are let go, they may also have valuable people who operate complicated electronics, mop their floors and other useful functions.

There is no reason why they couldn't be sold off like any other business organization at great cost savings to the public. Some left-leaning states such as Vermont may very well decide to buy their local affiliates and keep them operating. Others, like Wyoming, may just let them be sold to Clear Channel or other private entity and enter into a contract with them to broadcast the little bit of essential educational programming which was part of their original mission.

Back when I was in grade school in the LBJ era, the stated purpose for funding NPR was to bring the smaller, poorer and more isolated parts of America the same type of quality, educational programming which was available in the big markets.

Arguably, it may have been a laudatory goal at that time. There were only three broadcast network channels offering programming at that time. The only educational programming I remember were game shows like College Bowl or Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom.

Now, there are hundreds of choices. NPR isn't even as good as many alternatives such as Animal Planet, Discovery or History Channel, all of which operate without taxpayer subsidies. The fact that NPR news has become just another "me too" voice in the stable of big government propogandists makes it even more expendable.

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