vegeta@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 5 days agoWhite House calls NPR and PBS a “grift,” will ask Congress to rescind fundingarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square57fedilinkarrow-up1418arrow-down14
arrow-up1414arrow-down1external-linkWhite House calls NPR and PBS a “grift,” will ask Congress to rescind fundingarstechnica.comvegeta@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 5 days agomessage-square57fedilink
minus-squareVitoRobles@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 days agoYep. NPR operates independently of the U.S. government. And while federal money is important to the overall public media system, NPR gets less than 1% of its annual budget, on average, from federal sources. https://www.npr.org/2023/04/05/1168158549/twitter-npr-state-affiliated-media
Yep.
https://www.npr.org/2023/04/05/1168158549/twitter-npr-state-affiliated-media