former NPR chief on the tea party

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Hrmmm...I wonder who he thinks has "hijacked" the Dem party, did he say that?
 
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Sesame Street makes them a lot of money.

This is just one of those things the government never had any business being in in the first place.
 
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azVolFan said:
Sesame Street makes them a lot of money.

This is just one of those things the government never had any business being in in the first place.
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I get the sarcasm but Sesame Street has absolutely nothing to do with NPR.

Actually NPR gets most of their money from underwriting, endowments and by charging local stations for programming. That's probably why he was so quick to dismiss government aid.
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tri_vol said:
I get the sarcasm but Sesame Street has absolutely nothing to do with NPR.

Actually NPR gets most of their money from underwriting, endowments and by charging local stations for programming. That's probably why he was so quick to dismiss government aid.
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Sounds like a straight-forward plan to an easy transition.
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tri_vol said:
I get the sarcasm but Sesame Street has absolutely nothing to do with NPR.

Actually NPR gets most of their money from underwriting, endowments and by charging local stations for programming. That's probably why he was so quick to dismiss government aid.
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I don't want the government giving money to television or radio. Period.
 
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Tenacious D said:
Sounds like a straight-forward plan to an easy transition.
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it wouldn't be that difficult but you know how hard it is to take away government money.

Most difficult part is the stations would have to be run like real businesses. Now that government cushion lets them be dumb with their budgets.
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tri_vol said:
I get the sarcasm but Sesame Street has absolutely nothing to do with NPR.

Actually NPR gets most of their money from underwriting, endowments and by charging local stations for programming. That's probably why he was so quick to dismiss government aid.
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Sarcasm?

So they were taking money they didn't really need in the first place? Isn't that akin to a recruit choosing elsewhere and then saying that we didn't want him anyway?
 
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azVolFan said:
Sarcasm?

So they were taking money they didn't really need in the first place? Isn't that akin to a recruit choosing elsewhere and then saying that we didn't want him anyway?
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Ever worked in the public sector? Every agency takes money they don't need. If they don't spend all the money given to them cause then next years budget gets cut even though they might actually need it the following year.
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tri_vol said:
Ever worked in the public sector? Every agency takes money they don't need. If they don't spend all the money given to them cause then next years budget gets cut even though they might actually need it the following year.
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I have never worked for the public sector. I did know what you have described and I think it would be safe to assume it is a big part of the reason government grows faster than inflation or population. It needs to be run like a business where increased efficiency is actually good.
 
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azVolFan said:
Sesame Street makes them a lot of money.

This is just one of those things the government never had any business being in in the first place.
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I think at one point it did, but with all the media outlets now, shows like sesame street have gone the way of the horse and carriage.
 
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NPR serves a useful purpose in that it often goes much deeper into the facts and policy-making aspects of an issue or story than its counteparts' superficial commentary, misleading labels, and sound bite spin.

Ergo, it is understandably the enemy of the far right and they hate it.
 
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lawgator1 said:
NPR serves a useful purpose in that it often goes much deeper into the facts and policy-making aspects of an issue or story than its counteparts' superficial commentary, misleading labels, and sound bite spin.

Ergo, it is understandably the enemy of the far right and they hate it.
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I would posit that digging very deep into the facts isn't a terribly popular thing with politicians of any stripe these days but to make it sound like "the far right" is somehow especially vulnerable to such intrusions is simply hilarious.
 
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I would agree 100%. Government agencies foster a culture of waste and being inefficient
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lawgator1 said:
NPR serves a useful purpose in that it often goes much deeper into the facts and policy-making aspects of an issue or story than its counteparts' superficial commentary, misleading labels, and sound bite spin.

Ergo, it is understandably the enemy of the far right and they hate it.
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Most employees at NPR member radio stations are liberal democrats. However NPR itself tracks their coverage to make sure they account for both sides. anyone who listens regularly would see their national programs are pretty fair. Like LG said they go a little deeper generally because they can devote 10-15 sometimes even 20 minutes to a news story without having an agenda. Mainstream media can't afford to do that due to advertising constraints.
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lawgator1 said:
NPR serves a useful purpose in that it often goes much deeper into the facts and policy-making aspects of an issue or story than its counteparts' superficial commentary, misleading labels, and sound bite spin.

Ergo, it is understandably the enemy of the far right and they hate it.
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this is ridiculous.
 
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VOLatile said:
NPR's budget is something like 10% federal aid.
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I've seen 15% but that's splitting hairs. I would think that losing that 15% would probably just make those that give to NPR and/or PBS give more. It's not going to cause them to go off the air.
 
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tri_vol said:
Most employees at NPR member radio stations are liberal democrats. However NPR itself tracks their coverage to make sure they account for both sides. anyone who listens regularly would see their national programs are pretty fair. Like LG said they go a little deeper generally because they can devote 10-15 sometimes even 20 minutes to a news story without having an agenda. Mainstream media can't afford to do that due to advertising constraints.
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The rare occasions that I've watched/listened to the political segments on PBS/NPR, it is fine when they have a right viewpoint and a left viewpoint but I've seen plenty of shows that give only the left side of the argument.

I think what was said in the video is simply part of the usual water cooler talk in the PBS/NPR offices.
 
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lawgator1 said:
NPR serves a useful purpose in that it often goes much deeper into the facts and policy-making aspects of an issue or story than its counteparts' superficial commentary, misleading labels, and sound bite spin.

Ergo, it is understandably the enemy of the far right and they hate it.
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Care to comment on what the idiot at NPR said in the video? I thought not.
 
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