October 25, 2010
LONG PAST TIME TO PULL THE PLUG ON THE CPB
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting which feeds that organization formally known as National Public Radio, that is. Read Andrew McCarthy's piece over at NRO. I am tired of having been lectured by the likes of Bill Moyers, Tina Totenberg, and Daniel Schorr on the taxpayer dime over the years and the time is long past to cut CPB and NPR loose.
Posted by LMC at October 25, 2010 05:34 AM | TrackBackToday's the anniversary of the Charge of the Light Brigade.
Posted by: rbj at October 25, 2010 12:48 PMAmerica does not have a "Ministry of Information" and so I don't know what public purpose the Corporation for Public Broadcasting serves, beyond serving as some sort of would be erudite programming source, patronized by liberal whites.
If NPR serves such a vital public interest, then let the tender sympathies of the market determine its worth. With luck, Nina Totenberg might make Juan Williams new salary at Fox. But I doubt it.
If the coming Republican majority can't defund NPR, then I propose the next appropriations bill include a rider to hire "Bagdad Bob" as its new mouthpiece, so the veneer of objectivity can be stripped off.
Posted by: kmr at October 25, 2010 08:47 PM
Image courtesy of the lovely and talented 