It Begins: Republicans Will Introduce Legislation To Cut NPR’s Federal Funding
In the wake of Juan Williams-gate, supporters of Williams have begun to demand that the federal government “defund” the news organization formerly known as National Public Radio. Sarah Palin explained the reasoning behind that demand in a Facebook note yesterday: NPR shouldn’t get support because it’s “unable to tolerate an honest debate about an issue as important as Islamic terrorism.”
Now Senator Jim DeMint of South Carolina has announced that he’s planning to introduce legislation aimed at taking away NPR’s federal backing. And DeMint isn’t alone—FoxNews.com reports that former governor and Fox News host Mike Huckabee, as well as Rep. Peter King of New York, are also calling for the government to stop giving NPR money. According to King, “NPR has disgraced itself by caving into CAIR (Council on American-Islamic Relations) and by firing Juan Williams for exercising his right of free speech… This is political correctness carried to its extreme form.”
For the record, NPR says that less than 2 percent of its total funding actually comes directly from the federal government. The rest is a combination of grants (like the $1.8 million George Soros recently forked over), station fees, and corporate sponsorships. So, as Gawker’s Adrian Chen wryly notes, even without federal funding, “NPR will still exist—only their fund-raising drives will be that much more obnoxious.” Food for thought!
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