Your source to mainline mainstream media misdeeds and malarky.

This week we had some high (low) media melodrama as BOTH National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service made a huge stink about Elon Musk tagging their social media accounts with a label reading Government-funded Media. 

As a result, NPR made the bold declaration that it was leaving the social media platform, and then quickly following this decision, PBS made a similar announcement. This is a dubious decision, as I will be pointing out, considering the status of the outlets, but also because neither one has actually deactivated their accounts and I explain why this is an even odder decision.

Then, in light of the rampant misinformation out there about the government financial backing these news sources receive, I will lay out just how and how much government cash is doled out. (Do not buy into the “less than one percent canard.)

Now, crack one open and savor some mainstream media mayhem and malpractice.

LINKAGE PARK

• NPR decides to take its account and go home.
• PBS next makes for the exit in dramatic fashion.
• The Corporation for Public Broadcasting shows how much it distributes on a national scale.
• The NPR financials disclosure displays that it can claim no direct government payouts via indirect payments.
• The CEO of PBS is here stating how removing government funding is an “existential crisis.”
• The lobbying organization for public television raves about Joe Biden allocating $575 million for their cause.