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The CPB wants NPR listeners to have access to less news? Is this like in the Soviet Union when they broadcast Tchaikovsky to cover up the death of leaders? They want NPR listeners to stop being so well-informed? This is a stated goal of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting? Insane.In one of several points of conflict in recent months, the chairman of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which allocates federal funds for public radio and television, is considering a plan to monitor Middle East coverage on NPR news programs for evidence of bias, a corporation spokesman said on Friday.
The corporation's board has told its staff that it should consider redirecting money away from national newscasts and toward music programs produced by NPR stations.
Perhaps with the $1 billion granted it by McDonalds' heir Joan Kroc, NPR can tell the CPB chair to kindly email his ideas to the intern who handles that sort of thing.