The Talk-O-Sphere: Why the Empire is Striking Back with the Fairness Doctrine
Only a small part of NPR’s funding comes from the federal government. Though the amount is disuputed (some say as high as 15%, others as low as low single digits,) the overwheling majority of NPR funding comes from non-federal sources. I personally object in principle to any public funding for unbalanced ideological content and think federal funding of public broadcasting should end. But saying NPR could not exist without federal funding is just incorrect
They get about half their funding from local affiliates (mostly listener contributions) and most of the rest from foundations. This is a different system of support than the commercial sponsor system found in non-public conservative talk radio. But it is not more than nominally taxpayer-funded either.
