On: The Push for a “PBS for the Internet”

[tootie]

If the money comes from listeners (and most of it does) then they are beholden to listeners. It's quite different than being beholden to companies.

[fsckboy → tootie]

I'm pretty sure most of the money does not come from listeners, that's a myth they promulgate. The local stations are mostly rinkydink organizations that raise money from listeners (and say "listener support") and funnel it to the national organization to purchase the programming, but the national organization thrives on govt subsidies and keeps the budgets pretty much secret.