And whether it's unpopular or not, CPB gets federal and state grants for part of their operating budgets . Technically state funded or affiliated in the same way auto makers get government contracts.
I don't know why they are mad about the designation. Whether it implies bias or not, it's true they get state funds, ergo they are state funded media.
The issue is that they are marked as state affiliated, not state funded.
And i support every company that receive state funds, directly or via tax breaks to be called 'state funded company'. That would have interesting repercussions.
Wait wasn't the whole debacle that Twitter had special access to govt and received money for them regarding postings? Isn't twitter then also state affiliated media?
And whether it's unpopular or not, CPB gets federal and state grants for part of their operating budgets . Technically state funded or affiliated in the same way auto makers get government contracts.
I don't know why they are mad about the designation. Whether it implies bias or not, it's true they get state funds, ergo they are state funded media.