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https://www.npr.org/donations/support
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Grew up watching Carmen SanDiego, Mr. Rogers, Ghostwriter, etc on PBS and turned into an adult listening to NPR radio on my commute. Both have been huge parts of my life, and I cannot imagine I'm alone. Hitting the donate button seems like the least I (we) can do.
Edit: Putting my money where my mouth is
Donated to my local affiliate since they probably need the money more than the national organization.
Thx bruh. Been meaning to donate to my stations. Just did.
Fuck. I didn't even think about the end of public radio and TV because of everything else.
They go way to far doing the "both sides" thing, but they're one of the last U.S. news outlets that try to not be beholden to corporations. They certainly have no problem reporting negative news about their corporate sponsors. I've even heard them report negative news about public media.
PBS gets about 15% of their funding from the feds. They’ll probably be fine.
Do you think you'd make it if you lost 15% of your paycheck from now on?
Besides a one time donation y'all might also consider cancelling your Spotify and NYT and WashPo subs and putting those monthly payments to NPR/PBS/other great independant or local news sources.
I did exactly that.
Donated my car to my local NPR station when it started dying. It was better for my peace-of-mind since I didn't have to haggle with people (and I'll get $500 when I file my 2025 taxes). I hope whatever they got for the sale of my car goes a decent ways because I listen to them all the time on my way to work.
"The only information and viewpoints that should be available to people in the US are those given by the rich and powerful."
Doesn’t NPR have a huge endowment from Ray Krok’s wife (McDonalds restaurants founder)?