Musk Calls for NPR and PBS Defunding

[davideduardo]

Google “Should White be capitalized when referring to race” and the overwhelming number of answers that come up support doing so. The AP style guide appears to be a holdout, and the overall change in thinking on this seems to have occurred over the past decade. “White” is now considered a proper noun in this context, thus the capitalization.

I agree, but until the recognized "authorities" say so, the usage rules are ambiguous or conflicting.

 

[TheBigA]

My bad. I should have said "financed" as part of their budget does come from the government. I know most of the funding is private, but my concern is that your and my tax dollars are helping in part.

Not for programming. The CPB money that goes to NPR is for the interconnection system. Tax dollars are referred to as "restricted funds." That means the money can only be used for the intended purposes, as outlined in the appropriation. The organization that is responsible for making sure the tax dollars are not used for unintended purposes is CPB. They look out for the taxpayers. The bad news is the current administration is firing all of these safeguards that were put in place by congress to make sure the money is properly spent.

But government money goes there. Thus, ever taxpayer is helping support it.

The majority of the taxpayer money goes to the stations. If MJG hates NPR and wants it stopped, she should address the stations carrying the programming in her home state. Take a look at their daily schedule. Almost the entire day is filled with NPR programs:

GPB Radio Statewide Broadcast Schedule

GPB Radio Statewide Weekly Broadcast Schedule

www.gpb.org

If she thinks they're communists, she should deal with it in her own backyard.

I am cautious of any research done by a former staff member who is not known in the broader radio research field.

He passed away a while ago. But he started the company and it's well respected. Non-profit radio is very different from commercial, and these people focus on the special needs of non-profits.

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[tbolt909]

Question: the media uses terms like Latino, Hispanic, Mexican, Mexican American, Tejano, and, of course LatinX. How do you feel, how do your friends feel about such terms? Or are they so used and sometimes misused that "it's not worth being bothered about"?

I can recall back when I first started in radio at R&B WJMO in Cleveland where I was the "token white guy" there was already discussion of whether the term "Negro" should be used on the station... and that was 1960.

What terms should they use? Descriptions of race have changed and likely will continue to change. "Coloured" and "Negro" were once considered polite, but are now antiquated. The NFL had a team called Redskins. The Yankees still exist, even though that was a derogatory term used in the South. Who writes the playbook for all these racial nicknames?

If your face is not white, then you belong to the "Other". It's questionable if any non white is a legitimate American, right? This is the crux of the NPR funding grievance. The current administration doesn't want diversity. They don't want different points of view on the airwaves...