The Talk-O-Sphere: Why the Empire is Striking Back with the Fairness Doctrine
DWPitelli,
Thank you for the numbers. I was aware of the local percentage but did not know the national was so low. Does that account for subsidies from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting too?
Much of this is moot because where NPR is concerned the amount actually recieved is not nearly as important as the aura it facilitates. The government umbilical cord automatically places NPR firmly and unquestionably in the pro-government camp and by doing so it creates the illusion that they are the defacto “National” house organ. In terms of dollars I stand corrected, they could survive without those amounts. But on the idea their prestige and auhority would be anywhere near where it is without the government umbilical cord I will never be convinced otherwise.
