Friday, May 18, 2007

National Public Ransom

NPR is finishing its spring pledge drive (just in time for summer!) today. I listen to NPR all the time in my car while balancing it out with vitriol from WABC and CDs or iPod music when I've had enough reality.

You can't argue with the value of commercial-free, listener-supported programing. Brian Lehrer, Leonard Lopate, Fresh Air, Car Talk, Studio 360, Sound Check -- all great stuff. So am I a freeloader for not pledging to donate $120 (just $10 a month!) to help support what I've been getting for free? Should I be guilty for never giving money to NPR? Or bums on the street? Or any charity, for that matter?

Probably. But when it comes to NPR, I think enduring their endless pledge drive banter is payment enough.

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