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Originally Posted by Neal Stevens
NPR reported its five highest paid employees were:
1. Managing Editor Barbara Rehm, $383,139
2. All Things Considered host Robert Siegel, $350,288
3. Morning Edition host Renee Montagne, $332,160
4. Morning Edition host Steve Inskeep, $331,242
5. NPR afternoon programming director Richard L. Harris, $190,267.
Ok, right, let them do that without my $$$$
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this is really the short end of the stick in the world of television.
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Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen
And it's okay if they make that money. I think that Neal's point (and I agree with him) is that our tax dollars shouldn't be paying that salary. Fox and MSNBC can do it without subsidies, so I think it possible for NPR to do the same.
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They don't live solely on tax money, otherwise they wouldn't have sponsorships or fundraisings.
Not even regarding the quality of these channels in compariusion to PBS: FOX and MSBNC also get their funds by you: anytime you buy a product advertized in one of these stations, you pay them a sum.
The million dollar question is: how can they remain independent and make quality TV? A pay TV model can't be the answer, as this would cripple their purpose to make educational tv for everyone. Only living from advertisements, would kill their independence.
In Germany we have a (very controversial discussed) model that anybody with a tv has to pay a certain amount of money every month to fund the public channels.
Though their quality declined over the years, the public stations here still have the best reputation regarding unbiased news and educational programs - same as in the US.