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Taxpayers Shouldn’t Be Forced to Subsidize NPR and PBS

By Timothy H. Lee
Thursday, May 08 2025

Should American taxpayers be compelled to subsidize Fox News or The Wall Street Journal’s editorial page? The very absurdity of the question prompts an obvious answer. The renewed debate over taxpayer funding for National Public Radio (NPR) and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), however, allows the question to provide helpful perspective. In today’s era of media abundance – from innumerable channel options to podcasts to internet sites to streaming services to on-demand journalism – the idea that taxpayers should continue subsidizing NPR…

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