Posted on 07/25/2025 8:30:05 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
And we care because???
My wife likes Masterpiece Theatre.
“If they die, they die.” - Ivan Drago
Yes plus all the fundraising they do on tv and letters.
RE: And we care because???
BOTTOM LINE: If you don’t care, Let them die. If you care, donate and keep them alive. But NO TAX MONEY FOR THEM.
New York transplants in Florida coughing up Greenbacks for the cause.
They obviously CAN. The question is, WILL they.
Not me, not even for a DVD and TWO tote bags.
It’s called earning your keep by your own efforts.
Sort of like us when we get up in the morning, fight traffic and go to work every day. New to them.
And if they don’t produce a valuable product they don’t stay on the air and get more money.
Of course they CAN, but WILL they?
Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn.
No. Amanpour won’t give up her limo and personal chef, News Hour won’t fire the reporters who do 4 or 5 stories per year, NPR won’t want to get its stories from real reporters instead of paying the lefty “news groups” they’ve got now, etc.
More important, will they?
Unfortunately, tax cuts and a stronger economy result in more disposable income for undeserving donors and organizations that oppose rational economic policies.
More money for indulge limousine liberals and AWFLs to assuage their white privilege.
I think NPR and PBS are funded about 20% from Federal Funds. They will survive and continue to give us great programs and at the same time total political bull sh-t. If they had not done the political side they would still be funded. I enjoy their programs on history, science and art. I abhor their programs on science that are simply propaganda about many subjects. They lie.
I am a scientist.
If they could let-go of the top 40 employees (making the big salaries), and cut 10-to-20 percent of the FM stations...I think they could make it. Oh, they’d have to insert advertisements to cover some cost. But yeah....they could survive.
“The station’s pitch was for supporters to “Join the resistance!” Not very subtle, even if they avoided mentioning Trump by name.”
So now what we get is all the hysteria of MSNBC but presented by earnest, grey haired, 60 year old, shag haircut lesbians.
Dear Mr. Big bird,
Why don’t you gather up ALL monies in ALL areas, and put it in a collective to break it down into smaller amounts to distribute to ALL affiliates? That is your communist model for the rest of us. Why won’t it work for you?
Premature question.
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has not been abolished by Congress yet. So what private donors do temporarily is of little effect. When the CPB is formally, legislatively abolished and won't come back, then the question will be timely.
Can private donors fund a human manned trip to Neptune? I don't know. CAN they? I mean I don't think we're there yet.
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