The media is arguably the most powerful force in the world, both for good and for evil, and the Left has been using it very deliberately and effectively for decades (along with academia) to minimize and ultimately eliminate traditional values and common sense from public discourse.
In contrast to all other media outlets, The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, now clearly a far-Left organization, has been granted Taxpayer funding since it's inception.
If we do not level the playing field, by removing Taxpayer funding for NPR and PBS, they will continue to have an unfair advantage, reporting only what advances Leftist/Liberal causes. Millions of unsuspecting people will thereby continue believing their very often grossly dishonest, anti-America messaging.
There is no reason The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) and, by extension, NPR and PBS should be funded by American Taxpayers...
NPR and PBS may have once been more even-handed or less biased, but they now overwhelmingly represent Liberal or Leftist causes and interests, as opposed to Conservative ones. The fact that the CPB is funded in large part (estimated 25% to 40%) by US Taxpayers is clearly unfair to all those who may disagree with their reporting and messaging, not to mention, unfair to all other news and information outlets. Furthermore, by definition, their clear bias certainly obstructs the free flow of ideas that CPB claims to be promoting, and upon which they were originally granted Federal Subsidies. Finally, the same, most often blatant bias is a clear and deceitful violation of NPR's own Ethics Handbook.
It is right that the US Government does not subsidize any Conservative or Right wing media or news outlets, so it follows that the US Government should not be subsidizing any media outlets with Taxpayer funding. Media and news outlets are naturally prone to bias and partiality. No Taxpayer should be forced by the US Government to pay for the propaganda of any political ideology or institution.
Excellent argument for defunding of the CPB:
https://www.cato.org/publications/congressional-te...
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PBS and NPR should be privately owned. Excessive staffing and overbudgeting is not deserved or warranted. Do our taxes employ chefs for these shows? No way.. It’s offensive to see the left wing political shows that our tax payers are forced to fund.
I have listened to NPR and PBS for many years and hope that both organizations will shift to a more just coverage of the crisis in the Middle East. I have been shocked and dismayed by the one-sided bias demonstrated by PBS since 10/7.
I liked Nova and Nature, but at this point I can not support a channel that is flooding its programing with racist material.
PBS made a forture off Sesame Street....they should refund all the taxpayers dollars...
How can these left wing entities be fair for all Americans . Let these entities raise their own monies like CNN and MSNBC. They push the same far left propaganda and I as a conservative should not have to pay for it. Same with Planned Parenthood.
bring back old PBS kids
Npr is sides with hasan piker!
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The media is arguably the most powerful force in the world, both for good and for evil, and the Left has been using it very deliberately and effectively for decades (along with academia) to minimize and ultimately eliminate traditional values and common sense from public discourse.
In contrast to all other media outlets, The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, now clearly a far-Left organization, has been granted Taxpayer funding since it's inception.
If we do not level the playing field, by removing Taxpayer funding for NPR and PBS, they will continue to have an unfair advantage, reporting only what advances Leftist/Liberal causes. Millions of unsuspecting people will thereby continue believing their very often grossly dishonest, anti-America messaging.
There is no reason The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) and, by extension, NPR and PBS should be funded by American Taxpayers...
NPR and PBS may have once been more even-handed or less biased, but they now overwhelmingly represent Liberal or Leftist causes and interests, as opposed to Conservative ones. The fact that the CPB is funded in large part (estimated 25% to 40%) by US Taxpayers is clearly unfair to all those who may disagree with their reporting and messaging, not to mention, unfair to all other news and information outlets. Furthermore, by definition, their clear bias certainly obstructs the free flow of ideas that CPB claims to be promoting, and upon which they were originally granted Federal Subsidies. Finally, the same, most often blatant bias is a clear and deceitful violation of NPR's own Ethics Handbook.
It is right that the US Government does not subsidize any Conservative or Right wing media or news outlets, so it follows that the US Government should not be subsidizing any media outlets with Taxpayer funding. Media and news outlets are naturally prone to bias and partiality. No Taxpayer should be forced by the US Government to pay for the propaganda of any political ideology or institution.
Excellent argument for defunding of the CPB:
https://www.cato.org/publications/congressional-te...
30 Comments
Money poorly spent. NPR is not unbiased and in fact, not in the interest of the majority who elected Donald Trump.
PBS and NPR should be privately owned. Excessive staffing and overbudgeting is not deserved or warranted. Do our taxes employ chefs for these shows? No way.. It’s offensive to see the left wing political shows that our tax payers are forced to fund.
I have listened to NPR and PBS for many years and hope that both organizations will shift to a more just coverage of the crisis in the Middle East. I have been shocked and dismayed by the one-sided bias demonstrated by PBS since 10/7.
I liked Nova and Nature, but at this point I can not support a channel that is flooding its programing with racist material.
PBS made a forture off Sesame Street....they should refund all the taxpayers dollars...
How can these left wing entities be fair for all Americans . Let these entities raise their own monies like CNN and MSNBC. They push the same far left propaganda and I as a conservative should not have to pay for it. Same with Planned Parenthood.
bring back old PBS kids
Npr is sides with hasan piker!
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Money poorly spent. NPR is not unbiased and in fact, not in the interest of the majority who elected Donald Trump.