Did you know that the federal government doesn’t even directly fund NPR? They give money to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the people who bring you Big Bird. The latest bill just prohibits the CPB from giving any federal money it receives to NPR and local stations from buying NPR programming with federal money.
Oh, and it doesn’t save any money, either. This doesn’t change the funding for the CPB so it doesn’t cut the budget. However, there is a good chance that it will cost thousands of jobs at those local stations.
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