Quote Originally Posted by Rogar View Post
IL, thanks for looking it up. I understand, but don't agree. It seems to me like the executive order was a punishment for viewpoints, and Trump just passed along the congressional initiative to defund for the same reason, in his usual way of demanding loyalty. Whatever the case, PBS and NPR seem to be getting along fine without dollars from the government as best I can tell. I could see them promoting more commercial advertising to encourage corporate sponsors or more fundraising breaks, but at least they don't promote O-O-Ozempic or Burt Law (we don''t get paid until you do).

of course Trump’s executive decision was a punishment for NPR’s view points. That’s why he did it. And that’s why the court said “you can’t do that Donald.”

but as I said, why our federal bureaucracies are continuing to fund these stations is beyond me, and I’m especially annoyed by money going to NPR because that’s the content I know best. PBS put on tons of good programming and I understand that. PBS programming might even be, in the view of Iris Lilies, worth some public money.

I delved a little bit into the idea peddled by NPR executives that NPR is/was so important to rural stations that may not have any other radio service in their area.

And I talked to ChatGPT about it, because as you know, I live in flyover country and I drive through rural areas all the time, and when I pick up NPR stations there it’s the same liberal Lefty programming that exists all over NPR land.

ChatGPT told me these rural stations probably are getting government money to run their technology. These rural stations do not have personnel to create content. These rural stations pipe in their radio content from national NPR distributions, so that is why in Bumfk, Arkansas the NPR station sounds like Minneapolis Public radio.

I just do not buy the necessity anymore for a rural America to have NPR as a radio station. Internet service covers nearly everywhere, as does a cell service. The rural folks do not need indoctrination from the coastal liberals at NPR.