Hi Nomi -
Over the past couple/few decades, federal funding for public broadcasting has been decreased if not entirely denied - by Republican administrations. Far as I know, there’s always been a need for individual subscribers - like my wife and I - along with large charitable endowments. But over the past years I’ve noticed the increas…
Over the past couple/few decades, federal funding for public broadcasting has been decreased if not entirely denied - by Republican administrations. Far as I know, there’s always been a need for individual subscribers - like my wife and I - along with large charitable endowments. But over the past years I’ve noticed the increase in corporate sponsor visibility. Where there used to be thanks to corporate sponsors, there’s now advertising. It’s no secret that Koch Industries provides corporate support. I propose this enables them to influence content.
Yes, I've been trying to figure out who Koch industries have given money to, but it's quite tricky, maybe on purpose. So far, looks like they have given to one NPR member station, one PBS member station, and the show NOVA, but not NPR itself, or PBS itself. I don't have the patience to go too deeply into this. It may also be nearly impossible to determine how much this influences content.
Hi Nomi -
Over the past couple/few decades, federal funding for public broadcasting has been decreased if not entirely denied - by Republican administrations. Far as I know, there’s always been a need for individual subscribers - like my wife and I - along with large charitable endowments. But over the past years I’ve noticed the increase in corporate sponsor visibility. Where there used to be thanks to corporate sponsors, there’s now advertising. It’s no secret that Koch Industries provides corporate support. I propose this enables them to influence content.
Yes, I've been trying to figure out who Koch industries have given money to, but it's quite tricky, maybe on purpose. So far, looks like they have given to one NPR member station, one PBS member station, and the show NOVA, but not NPR itself, or PBS itself. I don't have the patience to go too deeply into this. It may also be nearly impossible to determine how much this influences content.
I get it. It’s important stuff - but we’ve only so much bandwidth.
Exactly. : )