NPR Asks for a Correction on May 9 Story
            We have received an official notice from National Public Radio that we made a serious mistake on May 9 which needs a “correction.”
            The official notice came from the Vice President for Communications, Andi Sporkin, who wrote:
            “Your May 9 column about Fox News referred to NPR as ‘state-owned. It is not:  NPR is a privately-supported non-profit membership organization.  It gets less than one percent of its program budget from federal funding – and that funding comes only through competitive grants.  I’d appreciate the correction.” 
            Our response to Vice President Sporkin was:
            Are You Serious?
            We appreciate your “correction.” However, our May 9 statement was NOT incorrect. Even your notice to us says that you get money from “federal funding.” But more important is the sad truth that neither we nor anyone else can dig through all the intricate layers that the lawyers at PBS have established around itself in order to confound the citizens who pay for this assault upon our free speech. As you must know, your parent corporation, PBS, received $368 million in tax dollars in 2005
            P.S. If you wish to respond, we will print it in full without any response from us.