[HIDEK6]

How about some whine with that cheese?

[js1138]

Ah, the old law of unintended consequenses.

[Liberty Valance]

Not to worry, just call George Soros. If the wheels of leftist ideology need greasing...he'll be there.

[M Kehoe]

NPR should hire Al Franken. Maybe that will help their ratings.

5.56mm

[prophetic]

NPR should whither & die for all its liberal LIES.

Personally I've never given a penny and I never will.

[Drango]

I though I had my NPR/PBS ping list with me but nooooooooo.

[CaptRon]

If NPR were true to its principle (assuming they have any) they would distribute that money amongst the needy, you know, those people who are suffering under the cruel fist of George Bush.

[clintonh8r]

Screw 'em.

[alrea]

NPR = just a jobs program for a few thousand liberals

[Mr. Mojo]

Isn't NPR primarily gov't-funded?

[TommyDale]

Hey, NPR -- I got a donation for you right here!!

[Timesink]

Schadenfreude

This is the New York Times NPR Schadenfreude Ping List. Freepmail me to be added or dropped.

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[_Jim]

Our local PBS 'group' just sold one of it's TV channels - CH 2 in Dallas is now broadcasting religious programming as o Tuesday this week instead of Big Bird, the BBC and various 'educational' programs. It seems $250,000 a year for the CH 2 operation (CH 13 is still operational as a PBS channel) was just too much financially for them to handle according press reports ...

[American_Centurion]

I think someone is lying.

From NPR Website

How is NPR Supported?

NPR (National Public Radio) is a private, self-supporting nonprofit media company with hundreds of independent radio stations as members. NPR receives no direct federal funding for general support. NPR supports its operations through a combination of membership dues and programming fees from stations, contributions from private foundations and corporations, and revenue from the sales of transcripts, books, CDs, and merchandise. A very small percentage - between 1-2 percent of NPR's annual budget - comes from competitive grants sought by NPR from federally funded organizations, such as the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, National Science Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. At present, NPR's annual operating budget is approximately $100 million a year (2002 NPR Annual Report).

Published reports in Worth Magazine and Consumers Digest cited NPR as a leading U.S. nonprofit charity because of the company's program spending efficiency, high level of private support, and outstanding public service. NPR produces and distributes 32 programs weekly, including top-rated, award winning newsmagazines Morning Edition and All Things Considered. More than 22 million people listen to NPR programs each week.

The public radio system in the U.S. includes more than 750 local, independent stations of varying formats, whose licenses are owned either by colleges and universities, community foundations, or other organizations. The strength of public radio's vital community service lies in its unique collaboration between local public radio stations and national program producers, such as NPR. NPR member stations are autonomous entities and are not owned or operated by NPR, nor does NPR fund member stations. Instead, station revenues come from a variety of other sources. In 2004, public radio stations and producers will receive $86 million from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which is funded by Congress (that amounts to only 30 cents per American to support local public radio stations). The appropriation from Congress accounts for only about 15 percent of the cost of operating local public radio stations, and the remaining 85 percent must be raised from a variety of sources, most importantly contributions from listeners.

Half-truths, lies, and damn lies abound when listening to thieves speak of their plight.

[Cautor]

NPR = National Public Rip-off

[RandallFlagg]

NPR still needs help

Oh cry me an effing river.

Wouldn't it be a hoot if Murdock bought NPR?

[vetvetdoug]

NPR=Never Proven Right

It would just be fine with me if NPR went tits up.

[RoarkMan]

I listen all the time. Mostly to the "hand-picked" music shows. Sometimes I like to listen to the left as a challenge - you know - know the enemy and all that. When the pledge drives roll around, I usually call in and explain that while I listen to the station, there's no way I'm giving them any money because of the bias. It's a great waste of their scarce resources.

Let them compete in the marketplace of ideas in the marketplace like everybody else.

[VOA]

But at least one public radio listener, KCRW's general manager Ruth Seymour,
reacted differently. "I just about flipped," says Ms. Seymour, who remembers standing
on a busy street corner in Manhattan when she read the Times story. "I was screaming
into the telephone: 'You have to get me through to the editor!' "

I live in West Los Angeles.
Ruth Seymour used to get bad press on a routine basis in one of the Los Angeles
alternative weeklies.

The general impression from the news media is that Ms. Seymour and most of the
staff at KCRW are doing quite well, thank you.
And don't deserve a red cent from the US guvmint.

[WhiteGuy]

I'll send NPR the same amount that I'm willing to send PETA, UNICF and the RNC...........

NUTHIN