NPR Slashes $5M While Stations Beg For Cash Like Broke Teens
In a fiscal drama worthy of daytime TV, NPR announced plans to trim its annual budget by over $5 millionâbecause who doesnât love balancing the books by cutting millions? Meanwhile, local stations, the humble peanut gallery, are asking for 'more help,' presumably because their idea of budget management equals 'pass the hat.' The toil spans the coming fiscal year, proving that NPRâs money woes are as ongoing as your yearly gym membership excuses. NPRâs headquarters must be loving this two-sided visit: trimming fat upstairs and hearing the downscale stations grovel for more cheddar. Who said public radio wasnât thrilling?
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NPR is trying that classic rich-person move: cut millions at HQ while local stations wave begging bowls, proving poverty is an equal-opportunity nightmareâeven public radio plays the âmake it rainâ game badly.
NPRâs idea of budget ninja moves: snip $5M from the top while local stations pretend this isnât just a charity event in disguise.
Nothing says 'temporarily stretched' like handing millions of cuts from the rich HQ and watching local stations hustle for spare change like addicts at a toll booth.
Source: Feeds | Published: 9/17/2025 | Author: David Folkenflik
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