The winds of change are blowing to be sure. Big doings are being bandied about by hopeful conservative Americans, while this archconservative dreams about a small doing that has been blowing for a long time: STOP GIVING TAX DOLLARS TO NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO AND PUBLIC TELEVISION.
On the positive side NPR is near death. On the negative side, the federal government has been known to perpetually animate many a stiff in its marble orchard. (I could never decide which one was harder to kill dead. A government program, or the Walking Dead in a Hollywood movie.)
NOTE: “. . . craft content . . .” is doublespeak for propaganda:
At NPR headquarters, executives are trying to craft content that will appeal to younger audiences. (Evy Mages/FOR THE WASHINGTON POST)https://img.washingtonpost.com/rf/i...9481423058835.jpg?uuid=ZVHFWpFMEeW15CebRQHopg
I always ask myself “What are they hiding.?” whenever I see an article citing percentages and not numbers:
I guess putting a dollar number to the following percentage was meant to indicate fiscal responsibility:
The fact is: Not one tax dollar should finance advocacy of any kind on NPR or Public Television. A penny is a “small part” and whatever “virtually none” amounts to is too much:
NOTE: Tax dollars were filtered through colleges and universities. I’m betting that the practice has not stopped:
Admittedly, NPR chows down on hot dogs and beer, while Public Television dines on Chateaubriand and fine Cabernet Sauvignon, yet both raise holy hell the minute there is talk about driving them away from the public trough. Their argument is always the same —— federal funding is a very small part of our budget. They never mention that every public donation is tax deductible; i.e. the public pays for it.
I, for one, do not want to give a red cent to somebody else’s political or religious beliefs. I sure as hell did not want to help Bill Moyers become a multi-millionaire:
Finally, with all of the big stuff that has to be undone in 2017, maybe a few conservatives in Congress will make time to squeeze in defunding an important element of liberalism’s propaganda machinery.
On the positive side NPR is near death. On the negative side, the federal government has been known to perpetually animate many a stiff in its marble orchard. (I could never decide which one was harder to kill dead. A government program, or the Walking Dead in a Hollywood movie.)
NOTE: “. . . craft content . . .” is doublespeak for propaganda:
At NPR headquarters, executives are trying to craft content that will appeal to younger audiences. (Evy Mages/FOR THE WASHINGTON POST)
I always ask myself “What are they hiding.?” whenever I see an article citing percentages and not numbers:
“. . . dropped 11 percent . . .”
“. . . afternoon listening is down 6 percent . . . “
“. . . declined 20 percent . . .”
“. . . dropped about 25 percent . . .”
“. . . a modest 2 percent gain . . .”
“. . . an 11 percent decrease . . .”
“. . . a 9 percent decline . . .”
“. . . afternoon listening is down 6 percent . . . “
“. . . declined 20 percent . . .”
“. . . dropped about 25 percent . . .”
“. . . a modest 2 percent gain . . .”
“. . . an 11 percent decrease . . .”
“. . . a 9 percent decline . . .”
I guess putting a dollar number to the following percentage was meant to indicate fiscal responsibility:
“. . . annual operating deficit was $2.58 million, a 52 percent increase over 2014 . . .”
The fact is: Not one tax dollar should finance advocacy of any kind on NPR or Public Television. A penny is a “small part” and whatever “virtually none” amounts to is too much:
“. . . (federal tax dollars supply only a small part of stations’ annual budgets, and virtually none of NPR’s).
NOTE: Tax dollars were filtered through colleges and universities. I’m betting that the practice has not stopped:
“ . . . public radio was invented by people in their 20s in the 1970s, largely at stations funded by colleges and universities.
NPR is graying, and public radio is worried about it
By Paul Farhi
November 22 at 5:28 PM
NPR is graying, and public radio is worried about it
By Paul Farhi
November 22 at 5:28 PM
NPR is graying, and public radio is worried about it
Admittedly, NPR chows down on hot dogs and beer, while Public Television dines on Chateaubriand and fine Cabernet Sauvignon, yet both raise holy hell the minute there is talk about driving them away from the public trough. Their argument is always the same —— federal funding is a very small part of our budget. They never mention that every public donation is tax deductible; i.e. the public pays for it.
I, for one, do not want to give a red cent to somebody else’s political or religious beliefs. I sure as hell did not want to help Bill Moyers become a multi-millionaire:
Bill Moyers pioneered the charity patronage field. He served as the Peace Corps’ associate director of public affairs in 1961; then as deputy director from 1962 to 1963. No living in Third World mud huts for our Bill. He went from the Peace Corps to working for his longtime patron, LBJ, as special assistant from 1963 to 1967; doubling as press secretary from 1965 to 1967.
I’ll wager that when young Bill hooked up with the Peace Corps he said he “wanted to give something back.” I can’t say how successful he was at giving anything back. Thanks in large part to Public Television he became a multi-millionaire. To Peace Corps graduates like Bill Moyers peace truly means piece —— as in a piece of the public purse.
I’ll wager that when young Bill hooked up with the Peace Corps he said he “wanted to give something back.” I can’t say how successful he was at giving anything back. Thanks in large part to Public Television he became a multi-millionaire. To Peace Corps graduates like Bill Moyers peace truly means piece —— as in a piece of the public purse.
Finally, with all of the big stuff that has to be undone in 2017, maybe a few conservatives in Congress will make time to squeeze in defunding an important element of liberalism’s propaganda machinery.
