----- Original Message ----- From: "Gautam Mukunda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 6:04 PM Subject: Re: LIBERAL TALKRADIO NETWORK TO LAUNCH MARCH 31
> --- Dan Minette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What percentage of NPR funding do you think is from > > tax money? And, is it > > overall funding going right to the general budget, > > or specific grants for > > specific features? > > > > Dan M. > > I believe that it goes to the general fund, but it > doesn't really matter to me. Nor does the percentage > matter (I believe it's around 40%, but say that with > no confidence). It's the principal of the thing. The > fact that _my tax dollars_ go to fund leftist > propaganda is an outrage. It's coerced speech - the > sheerest violation of the First Amendment. Well, unless they deliberately lie it's 2%. "The only direct government funding NPR receives is through competitive grants from government agencies for specific projects. Such grants are awarded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the National Science Foundation, and the National Endowments for the Arts and the Humanities, and typically represent only 2% of total revenues." at http://www.npr.org/about/place/corpsupport/financials.html Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
