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Wait, didn't George Soros just give PBS & NPR a big ole pile of cash? Bought him the firing of Juan Williams no? Do we want or need Government-Funded Media anymore?
Funding for clinical cancer trials and other life-saving research under the National Institutes of Health was cut off in response to the government slimdown, but it looks like the cookie monster will still be knee-deep in chocolate chips (or is it carrots now?)
According to the Daily Treasury Statement and first reported by CNS News, the administration dished out $445 million to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) on the first day of the slimdown, which means funds for the likes of PBS Newshour, NPR and Sesame Street are being spent before cancer research.
It certainly looks like you scratch my back, and Ill scratch yours, he continued. Liberals see PBS and NPR as their own personal sandbox, as a supposed balance of the capitalist bias of the commercial networks, as silly as that sounds.
But the CPB defended their big payday, telling FOX411 in a statement that their funding was "indispensable"and provide jobs for thousands of people...
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Corporation for Public Broadcasting got $445 million on first day of government slimdown; calls funding 'indispensible' | Fox News
Funding for clinical cancer trials and other life-saving research under the National Institutes of Health was cut off in response to the government slimdown, but it looks like the cookie monster will still be knee-deep in chocolate chips (or is it carrots now?)
According to the Daily Treasury Statement and first reported by CNS News, the administration dished out $445 million to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) on the first day of the slimdown, which means funds for the likes of PBS Newshour, NPR and Sesame Street are being spent before cancer research.
It certainly looks like you scratch my back, and Ill scratch yours, he continued. Liberals see PBS and NPR as their own personal sandbox, as a supposed balance of the capitalist bias of the commercial networks, as silly as that sounds.
But the CPB defended their big payday, telling FOX411 in a statement that their funding was "indispensable"and provide jobs for thousands of people...
Read More:
Corporation for Public Broadcasting got $445 million on first day of government slimdown; calls funding 'indispensible' | Fox News
