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Only ~20% comes from tax money. The rest is provided by CPB and private sources. If you don't want it to turn into another corporate-captured YouTube, viewer-su
by maverick5 8y ago
Only ~20% comes from tax money. The rest is provided by CPB and private sources. If you don't want it to turn into another corporate-captured YouTube, viewer-subscriber model is the only way to go.
- bbatha 8y agoOr you could increase the portion that comes from tax money, a model proven successfully in dozens of countries.
- hedora 8y agoThat’s hard. They have a lot of educational programs, and, at least in the US, that implies a liberal bias.
- lkbm 8y agoWikipedia says of CPB: "The CPB's annual budget is composed almost entirely of an annual appropriation from Congress plus interest on those funds."[0] So that portion should still be considered tax revenue. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporation_for_Public_Broadcasting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporation_for_Public_Broadca...
- fuzzybeard 8y agoThey should be more honest about their other funding sources. They accept advertising, but couch it as "underwriting".