March 10, 2011
Host: Jim Schneider
Guest: Robert Romano
Robert Romano is the senior editor with Americans for Limited
Government.
From the firing of commentator Juan Williams, to the recent resignation of
the president and CEO of National Public Radio (NPR), the Corporation
for Public Broadcasting is currently under great scrutiny. This corporation,
which is the parent of National Public Radio, currently receives 420 million
annually in taxpayer funding. So, wouldn’t this move destroy public
broadcasting?
This is not the case as Robert notes how NPR’s own V.P for Development,
Ron Schiller, revealed that NPR does not need taxpayer funding; that in fact,
it hurts their own fundraising efforts because potential donors believe that
the stations get most of their funding via taxpayer dollars.
Republican lawmakers are making this same contention which just adds
weight to the public relations problems facing the Corporation for Public
Broadcasting.
Information/Contact:
Americans for Limited Government website:
www.getliberty.org
www.defundpublicbroadcasting.org
Fox News clip of an NPR executive attacking the Tea Party and
Republicans:
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/03/08/npr-exec-caught-camera-
slamming-tea-party-republicans/
Times Union article on the NPR funding fight:
http://www.timesunion.com/entertainment/article/NPR-turmoil-resignation-
comes-amid-funding-fight-1048354.php
To tell your legislators how you feel about taxpayer funding of the
Corporation for Public Broadcasting, call the Capital Switchboard at 202-
225-3121.
http://67.36.84.226/crosstalk2/ct110310.mp3
