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How is NPR an outlet for state level actors? Which state level actors?
by dlp211 6y ago
How is NPR an outlet for state level actors? Which state level actors?
- Natsu 6y agoThey're an arm of the US Government. If that's not a state, I don't know what is.
- nr2x 6y ago"While NPR does not receive any direct federal funding, it does receive a small number of competitive grants from CPB and federal agencies like the Department of Education and the Department of Commerce. This funding amounts to approximately 2% of NPR's overall revenues." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NPR#Funding https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NPR#Funding
- Natsu 6y agoOther quotes from the same article: "NPR differs from other non-profit membership media organizations, such as AP, in that it was established by an act of Congress[2] and most of its member stations are owned by government entities (often public universities)." "Typically, NPR member stations receive funds through on-air pledge drives, corporate underwriting, state and local governments, educational institutions, and the federally funded Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB). In 2009, member stations derived 6% of their revenue from federal, state and local government funding, 10% of their revenue from CPB grants, and 14% of their revenue from universities.[24][41]" Depending on whether the universities are public or private, this accounts for something approaching 30% of their budget. So that 2% figure doesn't really give the full picture.
- dlp211 6y agoSure, and claiming that NPR is an arm of the state is disingenuous at best.
- Natsu 6y agoYou're shifting claims, originally we were just talking about whether it was an "outlet for state level actors." It's deeply enmeshed with government organizations at all levels. Moreover, I've never said that was a bad thing, in fact I've argued against it. There are plenty of these all over the world and I take what everybody says with a grain of salt and look at the evidence presented rather than the opinions given.
- dlp211 6y agoOk, it's still disingenuous to claim that it is an outlet for state level actors.
- Natsu 6y agoIt publishes news from a US perspective, was founded by, and is deeply enmeshed at all levels with the government, etc. If that's not an outlet for the US Government and if the US Government is somehow not a state level actor... then I don't know what those words even mean anymore.