>>Let's not forget that NPR receives huge grants from the federal government.
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>Wrong. The grants NPR receives are 'matching', not 'huge'. Additionally, the match percentage has continued to decline since inception. Little donation equals little grant. Huge donation equals 'huge' grant.
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Huge or not is all relative. 30% of their budget or about 250 million dollars, IMO, is huge. Which means that they also get the same (matching) from donations. The bottom line that they now have 60%, just for asking <g>.
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