Corporation for Public Boredom

I just spat out my Spicy Hilton Hamburger when I heard the news that the Corporation for Public Broadcasting has plans to shift funding away from National Public Radio's news programming. Those patriots in D.C. think your tax dollars are more wisely spent on pretty music instead of news reporting and junk like that.

In one of several points of conflict in recent months, the chairman of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which allocates federal funds for public radio and television, is considering a plan to monitor Middle East coverage on NPR news programs for evidence of bias, a corporation spokesman said on Friday.

Last month, the corporation's board, which is dominated by Republicans named by President Bush, told the staff at a meeting that it should prepare to redirect the relatively modest number of grants available for radio programs away from national news, officials at the corporation and NPR said.