Defunding NPR Likely Wouldn’t Go Into Effect for 2 Years

[HAPPY2BME]

Defunding the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, an idea floated by the Trump administration, would likely take two years to go into effect.

The funding for CPB, which receives roughly $450 million a year for public television and public radio, is allotted two years in advance. Any appropriations bill that did not include new funding for the CPB would mean that it would not be defunded until fiscal year 2019.

President Donald Trump is expected to release his budget blueprint on Monday. Transition officials have signaled that the president plans dramatic cuts, including privatizing the CPB and eliminating both the National Endowment for the Arts and Humanities.

The move would cut funding to National Public Radio, widely considered liberal-leaning, which recently failed to disclose during an interview with Trump-bashing former CIA analyst Ned Price that he was a Hillary Clinton donor.

http://freebeacon.com/issues/defunding-npr-likely-wouldnt-go-effect-2-years/

[BlueStateSaint]

Ya gotta start sometime.  What better time than the present?

[SSG Snuggle Bunny]

2 is sooner than 3 or more...

...or never.

[Wineslob]

Not soon enough, but still a good thing.

[Eupher]

The odd thing is, I like NPR's programming -- when they do stuff that's apolitical, it's actually pretty good.

Problem is, their apolitical stuff isn't nearly as prevalent as it should be.