@CarlBeijer@isaiah_bb Damn man. Had that locked and loaded for a year and the best you had was a screenshot where he doesn't even disagree with your point. Got his ass
@smchatter1@RVAwonk That is what I have said from the beginning. CPB pays local stations. Local stations pay NPR to broadcast NPR-created content, among the other things they broadcast. NPR is a creator; the local stations broadcast
@smchatter1@RVAwonk They don't make anything. You linked to them providing money to local radio stations, who then use that money to buy NPR produced content, among other things
@smchatter1@RVAwonk Yes they provide grants to the local stations for the acquisition or production of content. That's the "subsidizing local stations" part. The station can use that grant money to purchase NPR content, someone else's qualifying content, or make their own
@smchatter1@RVAwonk You have it backwards in this context. NPR makes the content. CPB subsidizes the 1000+ local stations. Local stations pay NPR a fee to broadcast NPR's content.