Posted on 05/02/2025 3:31:41 PM PDT by Navy Patriot
President Trump just defunded NPR... but at what cost? A survey of leading economists and media analysts may surprise you.
The Babylon Bee has compiled the following list of severe ramifications of NPR being defunded:
NPR may have to resort to reporting real news: A clear violation of their freedom of speech.
No one will know the plight of Mongolian yak farmers: How will people learn if they are not told?
There will only be 297 media outlets pushing state propaganda: So few options.
Forced to drop the "N" and "P" and just be known as "R": Years of brand building wasted.
Fewer job opportunities for people with boring, low-register voices: The job market will become oversaturated by women with glasses who whisper.
The likelihood of hearing "Pink Pony Club" in your car will increase by 20%: This is a dangerous result no one took into account.
NPR programs will now be interrupted every two minutes with commercials for hemp muumuus and Birkenstocks: Get ready for ads targeting NPR's most loyal listeners.
Millions of Americans will be rendered unable to sleep: The loss of the country's most popular sleep aid will have devastating effects.
From now on, only a few things will be considered: Cutbacks have consequences.
(Excerpt) Read more at babylonbee.com ...
If the rates are reasonable, expect Mike Lindell to fill in the moments in between the muumuu and Birkenstock ads.
Nina Totenberg will get a tote bag.
LOL..."Few Things Considered." That's clever.
I will miss Doc Martin
NPR Never considered Conservative or Christian values, and I never gave 'em a dime.
Doc Martin is on Pluto and either Acorntv or britbox.
NPR pushes the lgbt etc agenda
I resent the gub mint using my tax money for this crappola
LOL. I saw the article title and thought “That’s got to be the Bee”.
After listening to a few of each of these shows while driving to and from school and work long ago I renamed them “All Things Insipid” and “Morning Sedition”. I left “National Public Refuse” broadcast “programming” and did not listen back.
And no more Schweddy Balls.
There are absolutely zero “deadly” consequences of defunding NPR.
The parasite always ends up killing the host. That is unless the host kills the parasite first.
“I will miss Doc Martin”
One of my all-time favorite Brit TV shows, but you can watch all episodes on Acorn tv for a $8.99 monthly streaming fee. You can watch multiple episodes at your leisure vs waiting each week for another episode on PBS.
You could watch the entire 10 seasons in a month or two then cancel. I’m sure PBS will scream and yell to get the low IQ Dems fired up, but a 5% loss in revenue taxpayer revenue will not effect programming much.
MSNBC audience will increase by 0.02%
Now liberals will get to experience ideological radio the way conservatives have experienced it for decades. With two and a half minutes of annoying commercials every eight minutes or so.
Liberals really had it good with NPR. They got to have their worldview reinforced daily, in the prime drivetime time slots, commercial free and with lavish production values. All subsidized by their tax paying fellow citizens, many of them who are conservative.
Wait people still listen to the radio? I’ve replaced everything with podcasts. Even when I listen to Mark Levin once in awhile I’ll just listen to the day before his podcast. Much fewer interruptions.
I haven’t listened to NPR since Click and Clack retired.
Same here. After one of them died, there were re-runs. Then just gone. I know nothing about cars but their show was so entertaining.
Agreed
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