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I'm not even being sarcastic or anything, I genuinely don't know

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[–] novibe@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

NPR* gets like less than 10% of their funding from the government. The VAST majority do their funding is from donations.

So that’s why…

[–] EmmaGoldman@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Yeah, PBS/NPR get basically nothing from the government, actually. Anyone who says otherwise is entirely mistaken. They're not getting like secret NED money or something, they're almost entirely donation-funded but they are still a mouthpiece for the government and its interests. All of the propaganda, with none of the spending!

[–] novibe@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not to quote Chum-ski, but manufacturing consent and blah blah blah.

To rise inside of NPR you have to be a shitlib and spouse shitlib takes. Doesn’t matter where their funding comes from. But I mean, it does come from shitlib donations so yeah.

[–] EmmaGoldman@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago