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Only about 15% of PBS and 1% of NPR come from federal funding. The vast majority of both come directly from community, non-profit, and corporate support. The Voice of America is the only state funded media.
There is a separate discussion about whether or not that is actually good for a society, or just adds a path for state-influenced propaganda.
Only about 15% of PBS and 1% of NPR come from federal funding. The vast majority of both come directly from community, non-profit, and corporate support. The Voice of America is the only state funded media.
There is a separate discussion about whether or not that is actually good for a society, or just adds a path for state-influenced propaganda.
It looks like NPR is more like 8% but they’re both still way lower than I thought. https://gigafact.org/fact-briefs/does-npr-receive-less-1-its-funding-directly-federal-government
I think in a perfect world you’d have access to both and both public and private funded news would be around the same in popularity.
I think the issue in the US right now is that it’s pretty much only private and no public funded news.