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It is an interesting ommission in most discussion of government funding of radio & TV is the boondoggle propaganda wing of the government: the VOice of America. Their annual budget is $652 million - a 45% INCREASE over the past four years.
As a point of comparison, the COrporation for Public Broadcasting–which funds minimal percentages of the budgets of NPR, PBS and independent producers & stations–has an annual budget of $400 million.
First, lets cut VOA and its affiliates. It achieves absolutely nothing other than to cultivate resentment towards the US.
In the case of Radio Marti and TV Marti, the US spends $26.9 million for broadcasts THAT ARE NOT EVEN WATCHED since they are blocked by Castro.
Talk about worthless government spending.
I say this, by the way, as a critic of public broadcasting–not because of it’s alleged bias (which is often made without systematic analysis of programming) but because it is horribly out of touch with the diverse constiuencies that make up the US public.
Comment by kappiy — Monday, May 16, 2024 @ 6:38 pm
I am no fan of VOA. The whole concept of government run media gives me hives.
Comment by Steven Taylor — Monday, May 16, 2024 @ 8:07 pm