Posted on 11/13/2024 1:22:16 AM PST by george76
Defund NPR' was trending on X Tuesday following Musk's post..
Elon Musk renewed calls on Tuesday to defund NPR after a controversial video of its CEO questioning the importance of truth resurfaced online.
Footage of NPR CEO Katherine Maher from an August 2021 Ted Talk reappeared on X Tuesday, sparking new debate over the taxpayer funded broadcaster's alleged bias, which has come under scrutiny in recent months.
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Musk shared the clip to his 204.3 million followers with the caption, "Should your tax dollars really be paying for an organization run by people who think the truth is a ‘distraction’?"
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His dig is the latest in a months-long feud with the broadcasting organization, with Maher at the helm. In April, The Tesla and Space X CEO posted a screenshot of a press inquiry asking Musk what his reaction was to more than 50 NPR accounts leaving X, to which he responded "defund NPR."
Days earlier, NPR announced it would be dropping X, then Twitter, over "credibility" concerns after their account was labeled "state-affiliated media." Twitter later changed the outlet's label to "government-funded media."
"We are not putting our journalism on platforms that have demonstrated an interest in undermining our credibility and the public’s understanding of our editorial independence," NPR said in a statement at the time.
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Musk responded by asking in a separate tweet, "what have you got against the truth @NPR?"
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Allegations of ideological bias in NPR's newsroom were outlined in a scathing essay published in April by senior editor Uri Berliner, who has since left the organization. Berliner detailed his concerns of bias toward his employer, revealing that the NPR Washington, D.C., newsroom held zero Republicans, compared to 87 Democrats.
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Here’s some information about NPR’s budget and payroll:
2023 budget
NPR’s 2023 budget was a deficit budget, with $318.4 million in revenue and $309.8 million in expenses. The budget included a $17 million investment in the NPR Network, which is a collaboration between NPR and member stations on digital initiatives.
2023 payroll
NPR’s compensation, benefits, and taxes for 2023 were $210,084,765.
Reporter salaries
According to Glassdoor, the average base salary for an NPR reporter is $72,000 per year, with a total pay range of $54,000–$95,000 per year.
Budget planning
NPR’s CFO, Daphne Kwon, said that the network is planning for a relatively flat budget for the upcoming fiscal year. The network is keeping a tight control on costs to be flexible to any changes throughout the year.
NPR’s funding also comes from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), which receives a congressional appropriation each year. The CPB allocates some of this appropriation to NPR to support national programming.
NPR’s 2023 payroll
NPR’s compensation, benefits, and taxes for 2023 were $210,084,765.
According to Glassdoor, the average base salary for an NPR reporter is $72,000 per year, with a total pay range of $54,000–$95,000 per year.
Complete w/ tax-paid perks, privileges, Cadillac healthcare, expense accounts, govt charge cards, stipends, paid leave and vacations, and several pensions.
No wonder they're such angry leftists. You have to mess up really good to have a college degree and still be unable to find a job that pays at least six figures.
NPR - National Propaganda democRat tool
AND PBS...
How about this outfit called “The Ad Council”? They’re the ones who are constantly putting out these ridiculous ads that say nothing but have these one liners.
For example, “Hug your pet”
“Father’s are people too.”
etc.
Who funds this, and who are these people.
NPR puts on an occasional good program, but they are all leftest.
I saw a wonderful documentary about the Lady Griz, the Montana Woman’s basketball team. They were showing the significance and start of Title 9.
NPR probably had a multi million dollar budget on piece. It needed editing.
Why does NPR get the advantage of being able to do a serious doc, but some poor slob has to risk his entire savings and borrow, to put his or her “private” doc together.
NPR should be giving the public insight to our government. IT needs to be re hauled into what it was intended to do, or be sacked.
Sacked.
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Add PBS to the list of >>> "End Funding Democrat Mouthpieces With My Taxes."
100% supporting this idea. It’s the Kiberals bible.
In the short video, Katherine Maher of NPR says something like, “The Truth is a distraction from consensus.”
When it comes to truth and trolling skills, this guy is a master. No long drawn-out diatribes. One sentence, and ⚡.
Thank you! PBS, too.
IIRC, this was an issue Trump discussed in his campaign in 2016. He had much bigger fish to fry, though, and was fighting for survival 24/7.
It’s about time.
Let their liberal donors keep them afloat.
Just like the National Endowment for the Arts - why use taxpayer dollars????
So when we find these people who broke the law, it’s time for them to be fired or charged! Their choice! It’s the easy or hard way, their choice! And don’t replace them, eliminate that position.
How do you get a 64 oz steak? One bit at a time…… one bit at a time!
Defunding NPR gets talked about with ever new Republican administration and never happens.
Qs for Elon Musk should he be lurking...
I finally gritted my teeth and appealed my five year (note the timing, BTW) ban from Twitter, now X.
I never violated the terms of service.
Just checked. Still banned, Mr. Musk.
So...
Why was I banned five years ago?
And why am I still?
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