There’s nothing wrong with National Public Radio’s viewpoint leaning left-of-center. I’m not the only one who thinks that way, according to the latest Newsweek:
Would only liberals mourn a collapse of NPR? In an NPR survey last year, 37 percent of listeners described themselves as liberal or very liberal, 25 percent as middle of the road, and 28 percent as conservative or very conservative. …
The problem, of course, is using taxpayer dollars to prop up a venture that could — and should — survive on its own, as John Hood discussed in a recent Daily Journal column about public broadcasting in general:
[T]he state of North Carolina should no longer be in the business of owning and operating TV or radio stations, using tax dollars to compete with commercial enterprises and unwisely untangling political power with editorial control. And the federal government should no longer be in the business of subsidizing these stations through the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
There are many, many people who value these programs and would buy or donate to them. I am among them – as long as you are asking me rather than trying to compel me.
