So they didn’t need my tax dollars – Private donors rush to keep NPR/PBS alive

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So they didn’t need my tax dollars – Private donors rush to keep NPR/PBS alive
July 26, 2025 | Vivek Saxena

Private donors have been flooding NPR and PBS with cash, thus proving that the two “news” stations never needed government subsidies.

“Over the last three months … roughly 120,000 new donors have contributed an estimated $20 million in annual value” to public radio stations including NPR and PBS, according to The New York Times.

“Amanda Mountain, the president and chief executive of Rocky Mountain Public Media, a PBS and NPR member network in Colorado, said she received 6,620 donations [just] from Friday to Sunday, including 1,000 from new contributors,” the reporting continued.

But there’s plenty more. WUNC, an NPR station in North Carolina, raised over $1 million with a simple donation drive. WMNF, an NPR member station in Florida, raised over $250,000.

Celebrities are also participating:

https://twitter.com/yashar/status/1890624866425946198

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https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/07/26/so-they-didnt-need-my-tax-dollars-private-donors-rush-to-keep-npr-pbs-alive-1571207/

[catfish1957]

If this is the case, I think NPR/PBS need to give the taxpayer a rebate for all those years of grift.

[IsailedawayfromFR]

Now we need an audit to ensure they truly are not-for-profit institutions and are able to receive tax-deductible contributions.

[corbe]

   With all the money Sheryl has saved all these years using only 1 sheet of TP you'd think she would donate more.

[IsailedawayfromFR]

   With all the money Sheryl has saved all these years using only 1 sheet of TP you'd think she would donate more.

[catfish1957]

   With all the money Sheryl has saved all these years using only 1 sheet of TP you'd think she would donate more.

Few realize, but old Crow is basically a music industry "C" lister, and has been on a steep downward career slide her entire time on the scene.

Here's SC's discography sales since her successful debut...

1993- 4.5M sales
1996- 2.4M "
1998- 2.0M "
2002- 2.1M "
2005- 949K '
2010- 219K '
2013- 65K  "
2017- 20K  "
2019  49K  "

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheryl_Crow_discography

Why anyone is listening to this hag is beyond me.

[Hoodat]

Every dollar these leftists donate to NPR will be one less dollar they have to donate to the DNC.

[Smokin Joe]

Every dollar these leftists donate to NPR will be one less dollar they have to donate to the DNC.

Exactly! Fungibility works both ways...