Comment on Marjorie Taylor Greene calls on NPR, PBS to appear for hearing on media bias

• Doomsider@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  NPR receives a small number of competitive grants from CPB and federal agencies like the Department of Education and the Department of Commerce. This funding amounts to less than 1% of revenues.

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  • realcaseyrollins@thelemmy.club ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    In 2020 NPR got 23% of its funding from the federal government, and in 2023 PBS got 39% of its funding from the federal government.

    westernjournal.com/fact-check-much-pbs-npr-revenu…

    My point is that having news organizations be held to account publicly for their biases through congressional means only makes sense if their coverage is being paid for by the government.

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    • Doomsider@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      “Germany spends $142.42 per person on its public media. Norway spends $110.73, Finland $101.29, Denmark $93.16. Leave Scandinavia for Western Europe and you see the U.K. at $81.30, France at $75.89, and Spain at $58.25. Heading a bit east? The Czech Republic’s at $60.08, Estonia $55.70, and Lithuania $32.71.

      Only trust the Anglosphere? Try Australia $35.78, New Zealand $26.86, or Canada $26.51. How about Asia? Japan spends $53.15, South Korea $14.93. Africa? Botswana’s at $18.38, Cabo Verde $15.22.

      And then there’s the United States — which spends $3.16, per person, per year, on public broadcasting. Ten quarters, four dimes, five nickels, and a penny.”

      Please, just stop with your nonsense.

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      • t_chalco@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I appreciate your work.

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      • realcaseyrollins@thelemmy.club ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        None of that refutes anything in the article lol

        Good grief, engaging politically with you people is such a mistake

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