High NPR Star Salaries Curb the Appeal of Small-Dollar Donations

Tim Graham
July 23rd, 2013 8:25 PM
The next time a public-radio station goes into pledge-drive mode and begs listeners to chip in $100 for those snazzy premiums like the Nina Totin'-Bag, it would be wonderful if, in the spirit of balance and fairness, they would read off some salary numbers for NPR stars. Do people on modest incomes really want to chip in $25 to make sure an anchor can take home $375,000? Instead, pledge-drive…
 

NPR: 'Get Tough' Texas GOP No Longer 'Welcoming' of Illegal Immigratio

Matthew Balan
March 30th, 2011 5:22 PM
NPR's Wade Goodwyn noticeably minimized the presence of anti-illegal immigration conservatives from Texas on Tuesday's All Things Considered. Goodwyn tilted towards so-called "welcoming" and "tolerant" Republicans in the state by a three to one margin, and gushed over the "thousands of illegal immigrants building neighborhoods" during the "Hispanic-friendly" term of then-Governor George W. Bush…
 

NPR Thrice Promoted Salon.com’s Rehash of Abu Ghraib

Tim Graham
February 18th, 2006 12:46 PM
National Public Radio provided publicity to the leftist website Salon.com on three shows Thursday for their release of previously unseen (if not notably different) pictures of American abuses at Abu Ghraib. Nowhere in their three dollops of publicity did NPR label Salon as liberal or left-wing, or explain that they oppose President Bush and the war in Iraq.