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marybourg

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12. They only get 5% of their funding

Reply to onecaliberal (Reply #1)

Fri Jan 20, 2017, 07:12 PM

Jan 2017

from the Federal gov't. They will make that up from listeners, easily if that 5% is lost. What they are trying to do however, is to lose the liberal label they've unfairly been tagged with by the right. To that end they've been bending over backwards - or just bending over - to attract the right half of the Divided Nation.

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I'm Scared- NPR seems all pro Trump now. Like Twighlight Zone! [View all] SPKrazy Jan 2017 OP

The repigs are going to cut funding for it, soon it will go away. onecaliberal Jan 2017 #1

They only get 5% of their funding marybourg Jan 2017 #12

They're afraid of losing their funding. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2017 #2

Yes, and it might happen this time. Buckeye_Democrat Jan 2017 #7

I heard them fact checking his speech ... it wasn't pro-tRump to me etherealtruth Jan 2017 #3

I didn't get to hear that. SPKrazy Jan 2017 #5

Here's more etherealtruth Jan 2017 #8

That's hopeful SPKrazy Jan 2017 #17

That was PBS; the OP is talking about NPR. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2017 #9

Ooops sorry, you are right I posted the pBS link and not the NPR link (here is NPR's) etherealtruth Jan 2017 #13

Switch your drive time to podcasts. Big Blue Marble Jan 2017 #4

From what I've heard, NPR is going to be history, all funding dropped by the Trump RKP5637 Jan 2017 #6

They've been trying for years but it's not all public money SPKrazy Jan 2017 #11

Good !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! n/t RKP5637 Jan 2017 #14

I remember a time they didn't have the federal funding. astral Jan 2017 #20

NPR will become a Wellstone ruled Jan 2017 #10

Probably true and tragic etherealtruth Jan 2017 #15

Wm.Buckley Wellstone ruled Jan 2017 #18

Yep etherealtruth Jan 2017 #19

No need to challenge the answers. zeusdogmom Jan 2017 #16

I noticed the same trend Dismade Jan 2017 #21

Stopped listening to NPR right after the fiasco that was Nov 8th...... a kennedy Jan 2017 #22

Hey you! Welcome back! femmocrat Jan 2017 #23

When I heard Fucker, I mean Tucker Carlson on NPR, that was it for me. Coventina Jan 2017 #24

They have some good podcasts from "Worldview" "This American Life" mucifer Jan 2017 #25

I love On Point cilla4progress Jan 2017 #26