RE: Media taking action in proposed sale

["Paul Hopfgarten" <paul@03038.com>]

I do agree that legislatively is the only way to change it. Listen, I DO
think NPR is quite biased, but I'd be the first to acknowledge that it is
'LOW" on the priority list for any office holder.

Guess I'll continue to try to have at least 1 of 435 House and 2 of 100
Senate members that would act that way, since that is all my vote can
address.

Paul Hopfgarten
East Derry NH 03041


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Faneuf [mailto:tklaundry@juno.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 11:59 AM
> To: paul@03038.com
> Cc: tklaundry@juno.com; joepappalardo2001@yahoo.com;
> boston-radio-interest@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu
> Subject: Re: Media taking action in proposed sale
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> On Tue, 3 Sep 2002 17:34:13 -0400 "Paul Hopfgarten" <paul@03038.com>
> writes:
> > As has been said by others here before, it's that my tax $$ pay for
> > NPR that
> > I resent. If a network privately held wishes to operate NPR, then
> > your
> > advice is not only well placed, but would certainly be heeded.
> >
> > Paul Hopfgarten
> > East Derry NH 03041
>
> Well, since public radio presents what I consider to be a balanced
> perspective as opposed to a bunch of people calling a syndicated talk
> show and saying ditto I think it's money well spent, especially since
> public broadcasting is supposed to fill the gap that commerical
> broadcasters leave behind.  As for tax dollars funding NPR that's true,
> there is some tax money involved but the vast majority of it comes from
> corporate underwriting and listener contributions, take the tax dollars
> away and it would hurt but it would not kill NPR, it would of course make
> NPR just another commerical network ending public radio.  There are many
> things our government, local state and national, does with my tax dollars
> that I don't like or approve of, the only way to change it is
> legislatively.  Good luck
> df