Thread
:
I just watched this political documentary on PBS
View Single Post
10-11-2012, 10:54 AM
baddog
So Fucking Banned
Industry Role:
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: the beach, SoCal
Posts: 107,089
Quote:
Originally Posted by
Paul Markham
Prove they make a profit.
If they do, I would be the first to say cut the funding.
As a non-profit, all they have to do is spend it all and you are happy.
Quote:
In a Wall Street Journal column today, Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) rails against ?massive salaries? the executives at NPR and PBS are ?raking? in, and how cutting their subsidies would save taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars:
While executives at the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) and National Public Radio (NPR) are raking in massive salaries, the organizations are participating in an aggressive lobbying effort to prevent Congress from saving hundreds of millions of dollars each year by cutting their subsidies.
The salaries he finds so egregious? PBS President Paula Kerger earned $632,233, NPR former President Kevin Klose $1.2 million, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting CEO Patricia de Stacy Harrison earned $298,884, plus $70,630 in additional compensation.
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/tim-gra...ion-bucks-year
Quote:
The big news this morning is the resignation of NPR CEO Vivian Schiller, after NPR executives were caught on videotape mocking the Tea Parties, appearing to concur with the contention that Jews control newspapers, and discussing a $5 million donation from two men claiming to represent an organization tied to the Muslim Brotherhood.
The departure of heads of NPR can prove costly for the organization, which is funded in part by the U.S. taxpayer. According to NPR?s 990 financial disclosure form with the IRS, in 2008, former NPR CEO Kenneth Stern received $872,189 in severance payments. Stern was reportedly forced out by the NPR?s corporate board after less than 18 months in the top job.
baddog
View Public Profile
Visit baddog's homepage!
Find More Posts by baddog