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To: Brumar89 who wrote (389993)	11/1/2010 4:05:55 PM
From: Snowshoe	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) of 794004

On De-Funding NPR By Jonah Goldberg nationalreview.com Again, I am for getting rid of taxpayer subsidies for all news. What I don’t think makes sense is for the GOP to get into office and make this a loud priority. The return on the political investment will be minimal. Lots of independents and even quite a few conservatives will be turned off by what will ultimately be a culture war fight, not a budgetary one (Let’s face facts: NPR is beloved by liberals first and foremost because it is a cultural institution). Instead, without fanfare or advanced notice the GOP should simply whittle away at public broadcasting subsidies that go to news over time. These cuts shouldn’t be cast as “anti-NPR” but as one small part of a broader program of fiscal responsibility along the lines of British effort currently underway. The GOP shouldn’t crow “We’ve crushed ‘National Peacenik Radio’” it should be “Hey, it’s tough all over and I don’t see why an otherwise profitable organization should be immune from the painful cuts that are necessary across the board.”

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