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It's not just that it's state-funded - NPR's CEO got there after years of heading the relevant US government propaganda agency, as evidenced in https://www.usag
by trasz3 3y ago
It's not just that it's state-funded - NPR's CEO got there after years of heading the relevant US government propaganda agency, as evidenced in https://www.usagm.gov/who-we-are/management-team/john-lansing-chief-executive-officer-and-director/ https://www.usagm.gov/who-we-are/management-team/john-lansin....
- pionar 3y agoSo is your argument that NPR is a mouthpiece for the US government? I think that requires some evidence, rather than flinging about flimsy associations like this.
- trasz3 3y agoNo, my argument is that an institution managed by past government officials cannot be unironically called independent from said government.
- LastTrain 3y agoSo every institution employing former government officials are state affiliated? Or does this just apply to ones you don't like?
- anoonmoose 3y agoeither would be silly tbh
- trasz3 3y agos/employing/led by/. Yeah, pretty much.