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librechik

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12. a decade ago NPR got a $150,000,000 lifetime endowment from the Croc family (McDonalds)
Thu May 2, 2013, 03:17 PM
May 2013

to produce "family radio". i.e, they took a sharp turn to the right. Way Way Right.

Keep in mind radio is THE CHEAPEST form of mass media, and PBS TELEVISION NEWS (expensive)
got nothing. They get practically nothing from the CPB, either.

They don't rely on a public financing and they follow the Croc (Koch) agenda.

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