Palin and Huckabee are angry at NPR.

[Conan71]

Huffpo is claiming Juan Williams was given a $2mm contract to go to work at Fox. 

Sounds like that ended well for him if it's true and he takes it.

[guido911]

It amazes me that you can't tell the difference between a network and its affiliates. Some stations' affiliation is loose enough that they carry both NPR and PRI programming. (more like most, actually)

It amazes me that you and others believe that NPR does not receive taxpayer money.

[Townsend]

It amazes me that you and others believe that NPR does not receive taxpayer money.

It's amazing you still defend these jackass positions.  Who said they don't?

Your Palin lust blinds you.

[Conan71]

Funding

According to the 2005 financial statement, NPR makes just over half of its money from the fees and dues it charges member stations to receive programming. Public funding accounts for 16% of the average member station's revenue, with 10% of this coming in the form of grants from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a federally funded organization.[14][15][16] Some more of that money originates from local and state governments and government-funded universities subsidizing member stations' fees and dues to NPR.[17] Member stations that serve rural and "minority" communities receive significantly more funding from the CPB; in some cases up to 70%.[14] About 2% of NPR's non-membership created funding comes from bidding on government grants and programs, chiefly the Corporation for Public Broadcasting; the remainder comes from member station dues, foundation grants, and corporate underwriting. Typically, NPR member stations raise funds through on-air pledge drives, corporate underwriting, and grants from state governments, universities, and the CPB itself.

Over the years, the portion of the total NPR budget that comes from government funding has decreased. During the 1970s and early 1980s, the majority of NPR funding came from the federal government. Steps were taken during the 1980s to completely wean NPR from government support, but the 1983 funding crisis forced the network to make immediate changes. More money to fund the NPR network was raised from listeners, charitable foundations and corporations, and less from the federal government."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Public_Radio

[Conan71]

And Juan Williams seems to be at odds with Schiller's position they recieve no taxpayer funding:

"Juan Williams, the former National Public Radio news analyst who was abruptly fired this week for expressing a personal view on Fox News, called for the federal government to stop funding the radio organization.

"If they want to compete in the marketplace, they should compete in the marketplace," Williams said Friday in an interview on "Fox and Friends". "They don't need public funds. I think that they should go out there. They think their product is so great, go out and sell the product."

Williams lost his job as a news analyst for the organization Wednesday after he said publicly that he sometimes gets nervous in airports when he sees passengers who appear to "identify first and foremost as Muslims."

About two percent of NPR's budget comes from grants from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the National Endowment for the Arts, and the organization receives dues from local member stations that are largely taxpayer-funded. Williams joins a growing chorus of policymakers and commentators who have also called for the federal government to cut the organization off and force it to compete on its own like other news media outlets. A majority of the organization's funding already comes from private donors and sponsors.

Williams also suggested that NPR feels entitled to taxpayer money, and called its need for public funds "nonsense."

"And too often, they make it out like, 'you know what, we are a public jewel and we need the protection of the federal government, we need federal funds that come through the member stations and they pay for this product.' Nonsense," he said.

Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2010/10/22/juan-williams-calls-for-the-government-to-defund-npr/#ixzz1362QhaO0

[Townsend]

BBC will be losing 16% of its funding over the next 4 years.

It's be a shame for any funding to be cut from NPR.  We'd be stuck with "Super Crazy Clown Time" with O'Reilly and his minions.

These screaming morons are just pissed because they don't understand the programming and don't tolerate open mindedness.

[Hoss]

BBC will be losing 16% of its funding over the next 4 years.

It's be a shame for any funding to be cut from NPR.  We'd be stuck with "Super Crazy Clown Time" with O'Reilly and his minions.

These screaming morons are just pissed because they don't understand the programming and don't tolerate open mindedness.

Sounds like some of the posters on here *cough*cough*..

[guido911]

It's amazing you still defend these jackass positions.  Who said they don't?

Your Palin lust blinds you.

Why did you start this thread? You cited a quote from Schiller wherein she asserted NPR did not receive an allocation of federal funds in order to slam Palin and Huckabee wanting to defund NPR.

BTW, this is not about Palin despite your lust for bashing conservative women. This is about whether taxpayers in a time of fiscal chaos propping up radio--at least for now. DeMint makes good on defunding NPR.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20020458-503544.html

[Townsend]

You cited a quote from Schiller wherein she asserted NPR did not receive an allocation of federal funds in order to slam Palin and Huckabee wanting to defund NPR.

Wrong.

BTW, this is not about Palin despite your lust for bashing conservative women.

Your same tired lines.  The act is still old.  She's trying to remove books from libraries starting as Mayor and now she's saying NPR is guilty of censorship?

DeMint makes good on defunding NPR.

Tryin' to get him some conservative love.

[guido911]

Wrong.

Your same tired lines.  The act is still old.  She's trying to remove books from libraries starting as Mayor and now she's saying NPR is guilty of censorship?

Tryin' to get him some conservative love.

What was your point in starting this thread? It's a simple question.

[Townsend]

What was your point in starting this thread? It's a simple question.

Religious conservatives posturing to get attention by trying to damage one of our best media outlets.

It's pathetic that they want to remove an excellent source of information to further their skewed ideals.

Their minions will follow them and I'm afraid it will do irreparable damage to something that means something to me.

[guido911]

Religious conservatives posturing to get attention by trying to damage one of our best media outlets.

It's pathetic that they want to remove an excellent source of information to further their skewed ideals.

Their minions will follow them and I'm afraid it will do irreparable damage to something that means something to me.

Calm down T, your paranoia is bordering on fotd. You accused Palin and Huckabee of not having their finest moment before citing Schiller's bullcrap assertion that NPR does not receive federal funding allocation (which they demanded be cut off). I showed you two reports wherein NPR does in fact receive taxpayer money and you backpedal and attack "religious conservatives". What the heck does religion have to do with this?

I am trying to figure why you are accusing me of being wrong about something. What am I wrong about?

Oh, and the fact that you assert NPR is an excellent source of information speaks volumes.

[RecycleMichael]

Oh, and the fact that you assert NPR is an excellent source of information speaks volumes.

It is an excellent source of information. It is not my first choice, but my wife loves to listen to it and thus I am listening to NPR some parts of every week. You should try listening before you just insult it.

http://www.npr.org/

[nathanm]

I am trying to figure why you are accusing me of being wrong about something. What am I wrong about?

You are wrong that NPR itself receives significant government funding. That its member stations do or do not is completely irrelevant.

[Conan71]

You are wrong that NPR itself receives significant government funding. That its member stations do or do not is completely irrelevant.

Did he say they recieved "significant" funding?

Juan Williams makes a good point: Public funds make up about 2% of NPR's budget, they should have no problem replacing it.