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		MBCook on July 28, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: NPR One They're not government owned. They're get a subsidy through the appropriate government agency (don't remember the name at the moment) but it's only about 10% of their budget and they are free to act however they wish. NPR is not state media. That would be Voice of America, which is not allowed to broadcast in the US.

tormeh on July 28, 2014 [–]

I just looked it up and it is allowed to broadcast domestically since 2013. Anyway it kind of seems a bit quaint in the face of BBC world service.

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