Public Radio funded by Planned Parenthood?

Aug 26, '16, 7:17 am

goout Regular Member   Join Date: July 29, 2016 Posts: 2,033 Religion: Catholic

Public Radio funded by Planned Parenthood? If I just heard correctly, my local NPR station, WGTE out of Toledo, proudly accepts funding from Planned Parenthood. I was sort of amazed to hear this. Anyone more familiar with this relationship between public stations and PP?

#2   Aug 26, '16, 9:38 am

DaveBj Veteran Member   Join Date: May 19, 2004 Posts: 10,651 Religion: Catholic, Tiber Swim Team Class of 2005

Re: Public Radio funded by Planned Parenthood? NPR, both as a national organization and as individual stations, accepts donations (for which they give public acknowledgement) from a number of individuals and organizations. It is not surprising at all that PP would donate to that station, especially if they have any kind of presence in that part of Ohio. Full disclosure: I don't listen to NPR, because the station doesn't come in well at all, and I have never contributed to NPR. __________________ Author of The Children of the Maker, Kindle Edition

#3   Aug 26, '16, 9:40 am

Padres1969 Regular Member   Join Date: October 28, 2015 Posts: 5,291 Religion: Episcopalian

Re: Public Radio funded by Planned Parenthood? Quote: Originally Posted by goout If I just heard correctly, my local NPR station, WGTE out of Toledo, proudly accepts funding from Planned Parenthood. I was sort of amazed to hear this. Anyone more familiar with this relationship between public stations and PP? They're probably one of NPR's funding sources yes. Albeit they're likely a very small source of NPR's funding. http://www.npr.org/about-npr/1786607...radio-finances

#4   Aug 26, '16, 9:41 am

ToeInTheWater Regular Member   Join Date: September 23, 2010 Posts: 2,882 Religion: Thinking About Catholicism...

Re: Public Radio funded by Planned Parenthood? I don't know about PP in particular, and I don't listen to NPR, but I will note that at least when it comes to "public television" these days, there isn't much of a difference between public and commercial TV. Public TV may not have commercials interrupting the shows, but most of the popular shows have corporate sponsors, and the sponsors aren't just named and thanked, but actually allowed to insert slick TV spots touting their brand, that are a little more subdued compared to commercials run on network/cable TV, but not by much.

#5   Aug 26, '16, 5:50 pm

Dwyer Regular Member   Join Date: February 26, 2007 Posts: 1,361 Religion: Byzantine Catholic

Re: Public Radio funded by Planned Parenthood? Quote: Originally Posted by ToeInTheWater I don't know about PP in particular, and I don't listen to NPR, but I will note that at least when it comes to "public television" these days, there isn't much of a difference between public and commercial TV. Public TV may not have commercials interrupting the shows, but most of the popular shows have corporate sponsors, and the sponsors aren't just named and thanked, but actually allowed to insert slick TV spots touting their brand, that are a little more subdued compared to commercials run on network/cable TV, but not by much. I think you're overstating it. It is possible it may differ from area to area, but I get two PBS TV stations and I would say there are probably about 2 minutes worth of commercials at the beginning of each PBS program. That's waaay better than the load of commercials between the bits of programming on almost every Cable Network out there. It's different now from a few decades ago when a PBS announcer would just mention the name of a corporate sponsor and a still of the corporation's logo would be shown for about 5 seconds because PBS's funding by the government has been cut. Remember the time when paying for Cable Network TV = No commercials? In my opinion, PBS and NPR are solidly politically liberal institutions. __________________ "It's a free country; you can say whatever you want." --Old American Saying (U.S. Postal Service stamp-- from 1977 Americana series which extols freedom of speech and features a Speaker's Stand decorated with an American Flag shield.)