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marnesdad 6 months, 2 weeks ago |
For someone who is IN RADIO, it is absolutely amazing to me how little Wilkow knows about NPR. The taxpayer does not fund NPR. NPR is an independent, self-supporting media organization. The Federal Government funds the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which, in turn, funds public radio stations, who then purchase programming from NPR, PRI, and a variety of other sources. NPR is a business. Also, Wilkow made the comment that it would be 'nice' to produce programming that didn't have to be good... to "not worry about the ratings". In fact, NPR competes with American Public Media, PRI, Pacifica, Westwood One, and this scrappy little company Wilkow may know -- Liberty Media. In short, Wilkow, like most conservatives, doesn't like NPR because their programming is geared toward their primary audience -- liberals. If conservatives loved public radio, and there was a market for conservative programming, NPR would produce it. In reality, NPR is exactly what Wilkow says he likes in organizations that don't have political views he disagrees with. |
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nav68 6 months, 2 weeks ago |
Which means that programming purchased from NPR by CPB is done with taxpayer money. If NPR is purely a business, let them drop the government/taxpayer money that buys their product and compete straight up. As for a market for conservative radio, I think that the success of Wilkow, Limbaugh, et al, whatever you may think of them, answers that question. It seems like most liberal talk radio flops. |
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marnesdad 6 months, 2 weeks ago |
"Which means that programming purchased from NPR by CPB is done with taxpayer money." No, the programming purchased from NPR comes from stations.... the stations get money from CPB, as well as many other sources. The CPB only funds 17% of stations.... the other 83% comes from non-taxpayer sources. NPR is a business, just as Boeing, Raytheon, Lockheed Martin, etc are businesses doing business with the government (only in NPRs case, it's not direct).... Are we going to ask all businesses that you disagree with politically to stop doing business with the government?... NPR DOES compete 'straight up'... There are plenty of sources for programming for public radio -- NPR is just one of them. They have to provide quality shows, or public radio buys programming elsewhere. |
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marnesdad 5 months, 2 weeks ago |
Andrew still not getting it. Sounds ridiculous not knowing how NPR works. |
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