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

July 26, 2025 | | Print Article

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:

Now, in fairness, the money raised thus far still pales in comparison to the $550 million in government subsidies that public stations used to enjoy but that were recently excised by the GOP-led Congress.

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However, number one, this is just the beginning, and number two, $20 million is still way better than nothing.

Indeed, responding to the Times report, PBS and NPR’s many critics were quick to argue that this influx of money proves that the stations never needed taxpayer-funded welfare in the first place.

Look:

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Notice what one critic wrote about the left’s “fake ‘we’ll crumble’ speeches.” There were indeed many of those after Congress finally defunded NPR and PBS.

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“These cuts to local stations couldn’t happen at a worse time, with floods and natural disasters front of mind,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said in a floor speech about the defunding.

“And sometimes, all too often, public broadcasting is the only way for people to hear what’s going on. It’s a matter of life and death. So why is Donald Trump so hellbent on taking away funding from local stations that can literally save lives?” he added.

Listen:

Many other leftists echoed his doomsday rhetoric.

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“The Trump administration and Republicans in Congress have weaponized the rescissions tool to defund their perceived political enemies – public radio, Sesame Street, and starving children overseas,” Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse tweeted.

“House Republicans just passed Trump’s rescissions package — billions of dollars in cuts to public broadcasting that serves rural America and global aid that saves lives,” Rep. Pramila Jayapal added. “I voted HELL NO.”

See more of the left’s lunatic responses below:

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