I think NPR running their “annual” fund drive during the final week of the campaign season shows they’re much more concerned about making money than they are spreading their own brand of Independent news. It’s even more telling that they didn’t respond to my email asking them why they would do such a thing. NPR has ensured that I never make a pledge.

I’m going to miss This American Life, Wait-Wait Don’t Tell Me, and Sound and Spirit but honestly, are these shows not good enough for commercial radio? Maybe it’s time we all start pressuring our representatives to end NPR as a not-for-profit, government subsidized institution and start making these elitist panhandlers pay their own way.

How is an Underwriter different than a sponsor? Their ads are tax deductible – that’s it.