NPR And PBS: Taxpayer Dollars Down The Drain

Toogood Reports ^ | May 17, 2002 | Chad Stafko

[gitmo]

I have created a 3 hour radio show, where I respond to callers using only arm-pit farts and burping. So far this has not drawn much interest from our local commerical radio stations. Do I have a future on NPR?

Which armpit do you use?

[gitmo]

And didja know that the United Way provides legal defense for the indigent al quieda (sp.?) prisoners in Cuba and for illegal immigrants. I have stopped my payroll deduction to U.W.

Don't forget how the "Untied Way" sponsors abortion and attacks the Boy Scouts.

[yawningotter]

It is not just Sesame Street. Throw in Barney, Teletubbies, Arthur, and the other kids shows that sell billions in merchandise every year. I remember that when Newt wanted to cut funding for PBS (and libs were having conniption fits) it was revealed that PBS execs had negotiated some bad contracts with companies marketing merchandise from all of the PBS kids shows. They weren't getting nearly as much of a percentage of the profits as were non PBS kids shows. I wonder if this ever changed, because PBS has more shows that are heavily marketed now than in the mid 90's.

[Tuscaloosa Goldfinch]

I usually listen to CarTalk on Sat. a.m.'s, and the program following that is "What do you Know?" but it comes out "whatayaknow?" This morning, the program was taped in Sioux Fall, South Dakota, and they had a local newspaper man on discussing how crazy South Dakotans were about Tom Daschle, and how Bush and Rove were trying to get a Republican elected to the Senate from S.D. Also, Michael Feldman, the host, made a crack about how the Republicans in the primary race were attacking each other, when it was more common to see them "picking on the less fortunate."

Somehow, it just doesn't seem right to tax me and take that money and oppose my political views. Take their own money, yes, and talk all day, just don't use MY money to do it.

[eleni121]

This morning an NPR reporter in Germany kept talking about "Mr." Bush this and "Mr." Bush that...Then I realized that she was referring to President Bush! Shut em down now!!!