Talk:Corporation for Public Broadcasting/Archive 1

POV
This article needs to be revised to eliminate POV. The opening discussion about "forcing" mergers, and the asserted reasons therefor, is simply and categorically false. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.232.212.61 (talk) 20:28, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

Republican Dominated?
3 Republicans 2 Democrats 1 Independent

Sounds like it's 50% Republican.
 * The comment above is from 08:39, July 7, 2006 Dubc0724. Dubc- sign your comments. The phrase "republican dominated" made more sense prior to Tomlinson's resignation, when there were 4 republicans. If you take a look at CPB's actions, especially under Tomlinson, there is undoubtedly a bit of a right-wing agenda, but yes, maybe "republican dominated" is not accurate at the moment. Personally, I wouldn't bother changing the phrase since there will be a clear republican majority again as soon as Bush gets around to making appointments. --Osbojos 21:07, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

Logo Idents
If no one protests, I'm going to delete this section. It strikes me as irrelevant, and raises issues of WP:RS, WP:TRIV, WP:V, and WP:OR.--Osbojos 04:59, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

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Board updates?
In the article, the information about the CPB board seems pretty outdated - one section says presently (as of May 2007) and another gives the current membership as of February 2007. Is it possible to get more up-to-date information about the membership? Has an appointment been made? lithium3141 (talk) 12:42, 19 March 2008 (UTC)


 * From http://www.cpb.org/aboutcpb/leadership/board/

Chris Boskin, Chair

Beth Courtney Vice-Chair

Gay Hart Gaines

Lori Gilbert

David Pryor

Bruce Ramer

Elizabeth Sembler

Ernest J. Wilson III

(one vacancy)--DThomsen8 (talk) 15:13, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

Logo
It says in the article that the new logo has been in use since 2003. However, while searching the Internet Archives, I discovered that the new logo had been used on CPB's website since 2000. GlobetrotterUltima (talk) 16:28, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

This is a "private" corporation?!
I don't see how the above phrase can be correct, when it is applied to an organisation which: has an "annual budget ... composed almost entirely of an annual appropriation from Congress"; was set up by the US government and; has a board made up of members appointed by the White House! Grant |  Talk  09:38, 7 May 2010 (UTC)
 * I have some problems with this too. This is like saying the fed or the post office is "private."  Can I suggest adding the modifier "Quasi" in front of the word private? Onefinalstep (talk) 03:00, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
 * I'm going to go ahead and put the 'quasi' modifier in the article. No one has commented.  Onefinalstep (talk) 02:51, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

Funding of NPR
This article currently asserts that the CPB partially funds NPR. That is a popular misconception and untrue. See http://www.npr.org/about/aboutnpr/publicradiofinances.html

The CPB provides partial funding for public radio stations (10.1% of station revenue) The CPB provides partial funding for the PBS Television Network.


 * No, actually NPR receives grants from the CPB. On the very page you linked to, it describes that funding to NPR:
 * Grants from institutions such as the Ford and MacArthur Foundations, and non-profits such as the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) have made it possible for NPR to maintain its current programming and to launch new programs and initiatives.
 * In addition, much of the CPB funding to public radio stations is returned to NPR to pay for programming. Drrll (talk) 19:45, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

More on funding
See this:. Please explain removal.Miradre (talk) 19:35, 5 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Because it doesn't match the source and isn't about the CPB. aprock (talk) 21:59, 5 August 2011 (UTC)
 * See table 1 and the line "State & local tax-based" as well as "Federal grants & Contracts". It is a report by CBS who obviously considers such information relevant since they repeatedly mentions what sources are tax-based and not.Miradre (talk) 22:07, 5 August 2011 (UTC)

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