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NPR and PBS Should Be Defunded: Here’s Why: 

This article makes an argument I’ve been making for many years: The government should not be using US taxpayer dollars to support organizations and institutions that are politically biased.

NPR and PBS are the two good examples. Their news has a distinctly leftist perspective, promoting left-wing propaganda narratives on such issues as the COVID-19 virus, the effectiveness of the vaccinations, and anything to do with Donald Trump. Their editorials and opinion pieces are consistently pro-Socialist and anti-US.

All that is fine if you are the NYT or The Washington Post, but when an institution that dispenses news and opinions gets tens of millions of dollars each year from the government, it behooves it to be fair and impartial in its reporting. Neither NPR nor PBS can pass that test. On top of that – and this is particularly irksome to me – their stories about business and finance are almost always simplistic, if not naïve. And if all that were not bad enough, both stations have the worst taste in culture, literature, and the arts.

Think about this…

* NPR and PBS receive substantial government funding despite being branded as independent public media. NPR receives about $100 million annually, primarily through member stations funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB). PBS indirectly receives over $400 million in federal support, mostly through the CPB and direct congressional allocations.

* The CPB is funded by taxpayers but operates with limited oversight. It distributes about 70% of its federal funds to local radio and TV stations.

* NPR and PBS are demonstrably biased. NPR employees have donated to Democratic campaigns 87 times more than to Republican ones. High-profile departures from NPR (e.g., Uri Berliner) have criticized NPR’s editorial culture as an echo-chamber for leftist journalism. A 2023 Pew survey found that 63% of Republicans distrust NPR, and nearly 50% distrust PBS, signaling a growing partisan perception of these platforms.

Source: Suzy Weiss, The Free Press, “NPR and PBS Aren’t Entitled to Your Money,” May 26, 2025

Who Is This?

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Hint: I’ve written about him several times. You know his name. He has a wife and three children.

Answer: Yes, you guessed it. This is Nigel, my AI butler!

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From AS re the May 27  issue: 

“I saw your column today and was excited to read it, especially the Nice story. I noticed your first subject was very long and I was about to embark on reading it when I saw it was about Joe Biden’s senility going back five years. I gave a sigh of relief. I didn’t have to read it!

“When I woke up at 5 am, I watched the news and the news anchor said there was a tweet from Trump last night. According to Trump, Joe Biden was assassinated five years ago and all his appearances were AI generated. Who knew?

“One of my favorite places I ever visited was Nice. For a week we were in a 3rd floor apartment next to the boardwalk facing the Mediterranean Sea. It was so beautiful I couldn’t believe it was real. I shopped for food at the market every day, and right now I wish I had a pastry from one of the concessions.

“We rented bikes and rode to Monte Carlo, a 15-minute ride. When I returned to the States, I told my brother about the trip and asked him, ‘Did you ever ride your bike to another state?’ With pride he said, ‘yes.’ Then I asked, ‘Did you ever ride your bike to another country?’ With an inquisitive look he said, ‘No.’ With pride and joy I said, ‘I have.’”

My Response: About the Trump tweet – I had no idea that he had access to that level of information! But seriously, that’s what I like most about Trump. He is the ultimate troll.

The idea that he can post that and the Legacy Media will pick it up as an “unsubstantiated conspiracy theory” is fantastic. Everyone who understands Trump is laughing at everyone who doesn’t understand what is so blatantly obvious: that Trump is seeing how far he can embarrass the mainstream media and all those who don’t get the joke.

 

From DF on why I think vaccines are especially subject to corruption 

“You’ve said more than once that vaccines have some kind of special exemption that makes them more susceptible to corruption. I find that hard to believe. Please clarify.”

My Response: In 1986, Congress passed the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act (NCVIA). It was written and enacted after lots of costly lawsuits were filed against Big Pharma for the DPT vaccine and, as a result, Big Pharma was threatening to discontinue production of the vaccines due to escalating legal costs and liability fears.

To mitigate this, the NCVIA established the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP), a no-fault alternative to the traditional legal system for resolving vaccine injury claims. Under this program, individuals alleging injury from certain vaccines must first file a claim with the US Court of Federal Claims, often referred to as the “vaccine court,” before pursuing civil litigation. The VICP is funded by an excise tax on each dose of covered vaccines.

I asked Nigel for details on the NCVIA. Here is what he gave me:

* Liability Protections: Vaccine manufacturers and administrators are shielded from liability for unavoidable adverse events, provided the vaccine was properly prepared and accompanied by appropriate warnings.

* Compensation Limits: The act caps awards for pain and suffering at $250,000 and prohibits punitive damages.

* Advisory Commission: The Advisory Commission on Childhood Vaccines was established to advise on the implementation of the VICP and recommend changes to the Vaccine Injury Table.

* Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS): The act mandated the creation of VAERS, a national system for monitoring vaccine safety and reporting adverse events.

Since its inception, the VICP has awarded over $4.6 billion in compensation to individuals who have experienced vaccine-related injuries. While the program has been instrumental in maintaining vaccine supply and public confidence, it has also faced criticism regarding the burden of proof required for claimants and the limited scope of compensable injuries.

 

Re my reports on COVID in the April 11, May 6, and May 27  issues:

“Thanks, Mark. Great research. Some shocking revelations.” – RI

“Mark, you should be commended for such a compelling research effort on the COVID-19 debacle. I always enjoy your newsletter, especially the tidbits that most often motivate me to do more digging on the subject. Keep up the great work – I am a big fan!” – RF

My Response: I am making COVID articles a mainstay because I believe it was the biggest humanitarian crime since the Holocaust. I’ve gotten some negative feedback on this from some people who think I’m overdoing it, but I can’t stop writing about it just because they don’t like it.

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The Oscar Meyer Wienie 500?!!!

I’ve never watched the Indianapolis 500, but I watched this.

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