The real trick to defunding NPR is to remove its tax exempt status. c(3) organizations can usually only give money to other c(3)'s. It's the foundations & trusts & corporate donations that make NPR happen. Take away their tax exempt status and Pew, Rockefellar, Ford, and the other commie trusts and foundations can't give them any money. That won't stop Bill Moyers from funneling what money they do get into his own production companies, but it will put a major dent in their operations. Motherof 3 is correct when she points out that corporations are getting what amounts to a discount on their advertising. NPR is essentially commercial radio at this point although they bill themselves as an "educational foundation." Alleged non-profits are almost always behind socialist operations whether for propaganda or envirowhackos or whatever. The John T., and Catherine R. Afront Foundation operates tax free because it's a non-profit foundation. They and others like the Let'em Eat Cake Foundation funnel that tax free money into a "non-profit" like NPR, a large chunk of which gets funnelled into maggots like Bill Moyers pocket because he owns the production company that produces his shows. Not exactly "non-profit" if you ask me. Lose their tax exempt status and a lot of that "non-profit" money goes away. Much more than the 10% they get directly from tax payers.
Good post, agitator. NPR is welcome to get funding any way it can, but you are right, it is a commercial enterprise, not a public service. As an aside, was it not Bill Moyers who suggested that Republicans might mount a coup if we didn't win? Talk about the loony left.
Yes, remove tax exempt status.