Posted on 03/27/2025 1:37:08 PM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
As an NPR alum, a former All Things Considered co-host, you might well have expected Audie Cornish to forcefully defend continued federal funding for NPR/PBS.
So it came as a surprise—bordering on outright shock—to hear Cornish on today's CNN This Morning, which she hosts, make the case for letting federal funding lapse.
Cornish's unanticipated comments came during a conversation with Democrat Peter Welch, the junior senator from Vermont, in the wake of yesterday's hearing before the House DOGE subcommittee on NPR/PBS funding.
Cornish wasted no time in putting it to Welch: "Why shouldn't NPR and PBS stand up on their own?"
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Very surprising, coming from Cornish.
But then again, let’s not give her too much credit.
Sounds like Cornish might have been speaking as something of a Democrat strategist. Why not give up a measly 1% of overall funding, and in doing so, take the perennial issue away from the Republicans?
Ping to Liberal Media Criticism list.
They should compete in the marketplace without taxpayer dollars. But, I would imagine Bill Gates or similar will subsidize the beejebers out of them.
I agree. Just eliminate the ‘cloud’ of legitimacy and let the leftists pay for it themselves. Let them compete for a change because you can’t censor them.
If you can’t beat em’...
We need to revoke the broadcast licenses of all of their TV affiliates.
They do not serve the public interest.
They are leftist propagandists.
Good, and drop the P.
The crazy left (redundant) keep saying fed funding is only 8% of their budget.
So what’s the big deal? Why are they freaking out?
Excellent idea.
Why should they continue to pollute the airwaves on established TV affiliates?
Let them find their own.
Correct. The Hensen company makes a fortune.
Reid Hoffman will
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Wait. Henson sold it to Disney.
Why should taxpayers subsidize Disney?
Pull their FCC licenses. Why does the DNC get their own television and radio networks?
Remember Air America?
“Just eliminate the ‘cloud’ of legitimacy and let the leftists pay for it themselves. Let them compete for a change because you can’t censor them.”
Yep! Then they can go full, undisguised Commie and see how the market likes it.
How long have Republicans been complaining about NPR and PBS?
Same with Planned Parenthood.
Why do Republican representatives ignore their own constituents?
Perhaps in the back of those Republican minds the notion government must fund all this media so its message can be controlled by government.
How Republicans might just be Soviets in drag?
A Joseph Goebbels Vision IMHO.
Maybe Deep State elites stepped up and offered to fund it. They need this outlet more than patriots need it.
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