By Chris Powell Why shouldn’t the Corporation for Public Broadcasting be able to survive without the $500 million subsidy it has been getting every year from the federal government, a subsidy President Trump and the narrow Republican majority in Congress have just taken away? Why all the hungry children? And raises devour rehabilitation money WillContinue reading “Let public broadcasting try living without government subsidy”
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CT Public’s wild salaries; and make school answer
By Chris Powell This column’s recent criticism of the Connecticut Public radio and television organization for repeatedly refusing to respond to inquiries about its executive salaries and federal tax return induced the organization to come out of hiding. Democrats would abolish public control of Connecticut’s schools ‘Rule of law’ advocates have many blind spots Connecticut Public isn’tContinue reading “CT Public’s wild salaries; and make school answer”
Connecticut Public isn’t public about its salaries
By Chris Powell Connecticut Public, the state affiliate of the Public Broadcasting Service and National Public Radio, may be a bit ill-named. It calls itself as “Connecticut’s only statewide, community-supported public media service,” striving “to be an essential source for truth and ideas.” Connecticut fails to notice that poverty is exploding Defeat police cover-up billContinue reading “Connecticut Public isn’t public about its salaries”
Murphy accuses Trump of what Democrats did
By Chris Powell A principle of propaganda is to accuse your adversaries of doing what you are doing or have done yourself. Connecticut U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy has taken this to heart. Public schooling’s danger exceeds home schooling’s Cheng scandal suggests that higher education needs scrutiny Immigration law enforcement shocks Connecticut’s nullifiers In a recentContinue reading “Murphy accuses Trump of what Democrats did”
Only one Connecticut news organization gets special government aid
By Chris Powell Government in Connecticut now may have more publicists than there are independent journalists keeping watch over it. Indeed, it’s starting to seem as if government in Connecticut has a more or less official news media organization on top of all those publicists. For the Hartford Business Journal reported last week that ConnecticutContinue reading “Only one Connecticut news organization gets special government aid”
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