House votes to defund NPR

[SwampdonkeyPLD]

Notice that not even Pohibaba (at whom the post was aimed) disagreed with this generalization of his beliefs.

Or some of the other million inferences that can be drawn are, he's to lazy to type a response, he hasn't read this thread since his last post, he doesn't care to respond, etc.

[MaachaQ]

BBC is actually quite decent, and it is gov't funded.

They're trying to change the way the BBC is funded as well, for many of the same reasons being brought up against NPR:

http://www.transdiffusion.org/emc/as...ng_the_bbc.php

To its critics, the licence fee is an iniquitous tax, forcing every household with a television to pay over a hundred pounds to a broadcaster whose content, in some cases, none of the inhabitants consumes. It’s a bit like trying to buy the Guardian, only to be told that you must also pay for the Mail or Telegraph.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-10815162

Negotiations between the BBC and the government on the next licence fee settlement are due to begin next year

[Dantrag]