Comments on: Crikey: Public Radio and Public TV want a $550 million bailout

By: Fairness Doctrine Coming to an Intarweb Near You [Dan Collins; UPDATE]

Fairness Doctrine Coming to an Intarweb Near You [Dan Collins; UPDATE] — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 18:23:37 +0000

[...] may feel they don’t deserve that trust. Update: And the Dems want a Fairness Doctrine? Add that to this. I wonder if they got their pay-off? If Republicans had any $%^^&, they would have shut PBS [...]

By: Riehl World View

Riehl World View — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 09:37:07 +0000

Dodd: A New Outrage!…

Get ready to be either frustrated or angry. You funded it. I had to go to the Irish Press to find this. It’s at the bottom of a very long page, so scroll at link – maybe 6 paragraphs from……

By: Michelle Malkin » And now, back to our regularly scheduled spending orgy

Michelle Malkin » And now, back to our regularly scheduled spending orgy — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 10:08:00 +0000

[...] wit: Public radio and public television — already funded with your money to the tune of some $400 million in direct federal handouts and [...]

By: Let the Absurdity Begin (or Continue) « Zipline Conservative

Let the Absurdity Begin (or Continue) « Zipline Conservative — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 14:12:37 +0000

[...] “ Public radio and public television— already funded with your money to the tune of some $400 million in direct federal handouts and tax deductions for contributions made by individual viewers, not to mention untold state grants and subsidies — are demanding a hugetastic chunk of the stimulus pie. That’s right: Government-supported NPR and PBS want even more of a bailout than they’ve lived off the last 40 years. According to Current.org, which covers public TV and radio, the two entities along with the Corporation for Public Broadcasting have petitioned Obama for $550 million in funding to help create more workers suckling on the public teat.” [...]

By: AllMilitary.com - Official Military Blog, Military Updates » Blog Archive » The Weekly Claw 1-13-09

Tue, 13 Jan 2009 06:38:24 +0000

[...] without being paid for with the tax dollars of people who oppose everything they stand for, are asking for a BAILOUT of $550 BILLION! They’re not entitled to ONE DOLLAR of my tax “contributions,” but are [...]

By: Freddy

Freddy — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:47:58 +0000

On January 12th, 2009 at 6:10 am, SpeakEasy said:

How odd that I get NPR on my Sirius satellite radio. Apparently they can compete with other programming. Cut off the funding immediately.

Actually, as part of the deal to allow the satellite companies to merge, the channels are made available to NPR regardless of listeners.

So, no, they do not actually compete on equal footing. Just another communist public service.

By: Next In Line In The Bailout Aisle: Public TV And Radio « Jane Q. Republican

Next In Line In The Bailout Aisle: Public TV And Radio « Jane Q. Republican — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 19:09:51 +0000

[...] Michelle Malkin - At least the porn industry was sort of kidding about their bailout bid. Public radio and public television — already funded with your money to the tune of some $400 million in direct federal handouts and tax deductions for contributions made by individual viewers, not to mention untold state grants and subsidies — want a big chunk of Barack Obama’s stimulus pie (a.k.a. the Generational Theft Act of 2009). And they are deadly serious. [...]

By: Steynian 307 « Free Canuckistan!

Steynian 307 « Free Canuckistan! — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 18:20:39 +0000

[...] CRIKEY: Public Radio and Public TV want a $550 million bailout …. [...]

By: Wizbang

Wizbang — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:56:14 +0000

Worst Economy of the Last 50 Years?…

I decided to look at the Dow Jones Industrial Average from 1920 up to the present, in order to see how many serious market downturns we have weathered, and to perhaps see whether or not we are in a bear market/recession cycle so unusual and so catastro…

By: TacitEagle

TacitEagle — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:54:37 +0000

National Propaganda Radio (NPR) and the Propaganda Broadcasting Service (PBS) would like to strengthen and deepen their socialist tentacles into our lives at a time when marxist democrats talk openly about silencing conservative broadcasting with something they have the audacity to call the Fairness Doctrine.

We are loosing out freedom.

By: Swamp Hermit’s QUICK Bits « The Swamp Hermit’s Report

Swamp Hermit’s *QUICK* Bits « The Swamp Hermit’s Report — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:45:25 +0000

[...] Public Radio and Public TV want a $550 million bailout – Public radio and public television — already funded with your money to the tune of some $400 million in direct federal handouts and tax deductions for contributions made by individual viewers, not to mention untold state grants and subsidies — want a big chunk of Barack Obama’s stimulus pie… Democratic Party supporters are lining up for their ‘Pay-Back’… Obama: We’re all going to have to sacrifice for the greater good – Exit question: What does The One have in mind? His non-supporters will be the first to suffer … then the Country. Trillion-Dollar Spree Is Road to Ruin – We are in the midst of a crisis caused by so many financial institutions borrowing too much money. Somehow, a critical mass of policy makers now believes that the correct response is for the U.S. government to borrow too much money. We can’t stop it now … which is bad news … really BAD NEWS! [...]

By: southsideironworks

southsideironworks — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:04:44 +0000

Bailout, the new pork!

By: meatpieandtatters

meatpieandtatters — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 15:57:33 +0000

I guess by user-supported radio they mean all the users of America who own a radio? Can we all agree: NPR means National Publicly-financed Radio?

By: Tantor

Tantor — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 15:27:03 +0000

So Public Radio & TV want to create a dedicated pipeline direct to schools for their politicized product can be piped directly to the kids unobserved by the general public? Hmmmm. What could go wrong with having a bunch of radical lefties propagandize kids every grade of elementary and high school that their country sucks?

If we’re trying to sort out the difference between industries deserving bailouts, what’s the difference between sexual porn and political porn? At least Penthouse doesn’t pretend to be intellectual nor foist its politics, if it has any, on you. I’d favor bailing out the porn industry over NPR. At least the kids would learn something useful watching porn.

By: sonofdy

sonofdy — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 15:13:34 +0000

I am not really against updating the inferstructure, it has to be done, but can we do it another way???