GOP Senators Jim DeMint and Tom Coburn Introduce Bill to Defund NPR, PBS…
Excellent!
(CNSNews.com) — Two Republican senators on Friday introduced a bill to stop taxpayer subsidies to public radio and television.
Since 2001, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting has received nearly $4 billion in taxpayer money for National Public Radio (NPR) and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS).
Sens. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) and Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) said with the nation on the brink of bankruptcy, some decisions to cut spending are difficult — but not this one:
“Americans struggling to make ends meet shouldn’t be forced to fund public broadcasting when there are already thousands of choices for educational and entertainment programming on the television, radio and Web,” DeMint said. “President Obama’s own bipartisan debt commission proposed ending these unnecessary subsidies to public broadcasting. NPR boasts that it only gets 2 percent of its funding from taxpayers and PBS gets about 15 percent, so these programs should be able to find a way to stand on their own.”
Coburn called subsidies for public broadcasting “indefensible.” “The federal government has no business picking winners and losers in today’s highly competitive media environment. NPR and CPB will do just fine without largesse from Washington,” Coburn added.
CPB was incorporated as a private, nonprofit corporation under the authority of the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967, and its first taxpayer subsidy in 1969 was $5 million. In the current fiscal year, CPB is slated to receive $430 million from taxpayers, and President Obama recently asked for an increase to $451 million, the senators said.
PBS President Paula Kerger received $632,233 in compensation in 2009, according to the tax forms that nonprofits must file, while NPR President Emeritus Kevin Klose received more than $1.2 million in compensation.
DeMint and Coburn also noted that in 2010, NPR accepted a $1.8 million grant from the Open Society Foundation, backed by liberal financier George Soros, to hire 100 reporters. Additionally, NPR has an endowment of over $200 million, they said in a news release.
Posted by ZIP on Friday, March 4, 2011, at 3:36 pm | 
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Should have included it in the budget cutting bill.
Let these people earn their right to spread their propaganda and hatred, just like the dreaded Fox News. The Left loves to dump on Fox News as creating an agenda, and if that were true it’s their right to do so and make a profit. NPR is hotbed of aged Liberal nasties that need federal funding in order to push their agenda. Not with my tax dollars. Pull the funding. Let Soros write them a check.
these commie propaganda machines should have never been funded from the get go
I think it would be a good idea to eliminate any and all subsidies along with any and all earmarks – it is probably doubtful that there are any good ones out there. I could be wrong, but I have to believe that subsidies are just not productive.
All congressmen and women should be required to read Total Money Makeover or at least show their ability to make a written budget before being allowed to take their seat.
Funny but it seems that a lot of the Repubs have been in the business/financial world. Seems the Dems tend to be lawyers (or community organizers)
Poor Elmo.
I heard Mark Levin the other day say he would get a group of (evil rich) investors together to purchase Sesame Street and put it on commercial TV where it could actually make money.
However, with all the lib/left/union bitching about evil money-hoarding corporations why has nobody ever questioned the Children’s Television Workshop that is directly linked to Sesame Street? You cannot go into a store, ANY store, where there isn’t Sesame Street merchandise. It has to be making billions/year. Yet, Babs Boxer wants to stand on the floor of the Senate and act as if the GOP cutting funding for PBS will steal Elmo away for the poor kiddoes??
And let us not forget one of the biggest corporations (Disney) bought Jim Henson’s Muppets … Not sure if that included the rights to Sesame Street or not, but come on …
They are always pulling industrial corporations up onto The Hill for hearings to be cross-examined for their CEOs and profits. How about doing the same for Sesame Street’s corporation, and ask them why they need taxpayer funding to be on TV? THEY should be paying PBS to be there.
Hening says: “Pull the funding. Let Soros write them a check.”
Soros already wrote them a check: George Soros’ Millions Buying ‘Political Reporters’ for NPR – http://tinyurl.com/25u885v
This is freaking awesome.!!! Keep going take out the EPA, the Czars next.. chop,chop chop.
Maybe Elmo can ask Dora the Explorer how she can survive without government funding.
LOL—-thats right you liberal loons-”elections have consequences” !
Go, Sen. DeMint! Go, Sen. Coburn! Keep chopping at this dreck with giant machetes!
National Proletariat Radio
Long past due…make them stand on their own.
Of course if that happens NPR will turn into Air America.
defund the UN and do something important forget the small stuff
They still have msnbc and cnn
Czars, NPR, EPA, UN (please)…keep the snowball rolling!
And yes… those ARE the cross hairs of a rifle scope. You betcha!
Babs McMa’am isn’t going to be happy about this…
Barbara Boxer (D-Ma’am) on PBS, NPR Funding Cuts: Republicans Have a “Vendetta Against Elmo”…
http://weaselzippers.us/2011/03/01/barbara-boxer-d-maam-on-pbs-npr-funding-cuts-republicans-have-a-vendetta-against-elmo/
This is the only documentary that PBS did that was thoroughly honest. Frankly I am surprised they didn’t cancel it…
http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/jonestown-the-life-and-death-of-peoples-temple/
you can watch the entire flick there…
Other than that they should be de-funded.
YOU MEAN THE LEFTIST PROPOGANDA TIT HAS RUN DRY. FUCK THE LEFTIST PROGRESSIVE LIBERAL COMMIE RAT BASTARDS AT NPR/PBS BULLSHIT ARTISTS
I know they are getting a 4 million dollar tax break for a new corporate office they are building .So its not just funding, they benefit in many ways. I’m happy to see it come to an end cause the SUCK!
I can’t wait to see Pelosi shit herself over this one!