[tsomer]

NPR doesn't have traditional advertising, of course, so it has always relied on the generosity of corporations (which typically receive understated acknowledgments on the air), foundations and listeners.

Right. Those spots aren't advertisements.

But, don't they also get taxpayer's money?

[garyhope]

Yet even more left wing ideologues to promote and disseminate ever more left wing baloney.

[Unmarked Package]

Mr. Kernis, senior vice president of programming at NPR, needs to quit fantasizing, as many liberals are prone to do, regarding the scope of support and validation for NPR.

May I suggest he revise his remarks thusly,

"But suddenly, this outside force one woman was saying, 'Not only are you worth it, but we I want you to continue for decades doing this.' "

[ikka]

Joan Kroc should be ashamed of herself. The ultimate payback will be the repeated attacks on McDonald's and the food industry that her money will allow to be produced.

[Bret]

May we all barf while the NPR asks for more $$$$$ and contibutions are solicited? Best to let the Kroc cash be quickly absorbed by "special reports" and the whole Commie broadcast lose its volume slowly (quicker the better) into the ground. Yuck! Anyone for a "burger"?

[Sub-Driver]

as Taxpayers we should "defund" them.....

[Incorrigible]

[sms]

If they are doing so well, then they won't need to get money from the government anymore. Pull the funding on NPR...

[kittymyrib]

Are they still in the government trough, sucking up tax dollars, after this incredible bequest from Mrs. Kroc?

[operation clinton cleanup]

Joan B. Kroc, the widow of Ray A. Kroc, the man who built the McDonald's chain. Just before her death in 2003, she arranged to leave NPR a gift of about $230 million.

Explains why you don't hear any stories bashing McDonald's for low wage jobs and not providing health insurance.

[Sybeck1]

Thanks alot Ronald McDonald!!

[syriacus]

NPR personalities are influential, but not necessarily in the way they intend.

I left the Democratic party after watching Nina Totenberg and other liberals speak on TV during the Clarence Thomas hearings.

Their summary of the hearings did not resemble what I had observed of the hearings. When I saw what they did to Clarence Thomas, I was ashamed to be a liberal.

[NYCVirago]

For that reason, NPR representatives have begun active discussions with local stations about such matters as how they might share the revenues from corporate sponsorships of online programming. NPR management has also been involved in a labor dispute with unions representing some technical workers whose skills can be replicated by new technology.

This paragraph was buried on Page 3 of the story. The local public radio stations have to pay exorbitant fees to run NPR's programs. And yeah, NPR is also trying to bust a union. Sounds like typical greedy corporate tactics to me!

[sefarkas]

IMHO, the best thing to do with NPR is to do what you can to show up as a non-contributing listener. Every quarter, I sorta enjoy their pleading with the refrain of how many listeners there are versus how many contributors there are. Not to mention, some fraction of my federal taxes support them anyway.

In a similar vain, I encourage everyone to download "free copies" of songs etc. of your favorite Marxist celebrity. If they can get on the air and slam the nuclear power industry, I have no compunction against attacking their livelihood where it hurts most. Don't like porn? Wanna put a dent in the porn industry? Encourage anyone and everyone to distribute free copies on the web.

If they can't make money at it, they won't produce it. Simple.

[Rocky]

All of the good that woman could have done with that money, and she gives it to NPR. "To whom much is given, much will be required." She will have a lot to answer for.

[Greg o the Navy]

NPR gives comfort to our enemies. Pulling its subsidies isn't enough. The President should use his emergency powers to silence it and toss its principals in the Greybar Hotel.

[mtntop3]

Those surplus New York Times writers now have opportunities at NPR - a nice fit, and with a bonus of the fine camaraderie of Daniel Schoor et al.

[Libertina]

So, can WE stop paying now?