junius wrote:
Right. Below is from http://www.npr.org/about/privatesupport.html :

NPR supports its operations through a combination of membership dues
and programming fees from over 780 independent radio stations,
sponsorship from private foundations and corporations, and revenue from
the sales of transcripts, books, CDs, and merchandise. A very small
percentage -- between one percent to two percent of NPR's annual budget
-- comes from competitive grants sought by NPR from federally funded
organizations, such as the Corporation for Public Broadcasting,
National Science Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Well, hell, then they can do without that one percent and finance themselves,
can't they?

They repeat the bulls*it claim that only one or two percent of their funding
comes from Uncle Sam, but they scream like they've been tortured with
underwear on their heads if anyone tries to touch that money, saying they
can't live without it. That alone should tell even the weak-minded that
they're lying.

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my vote for President will be a write-in for Jiang Zemin.