National Public Radio has hired the lobbying firm Navigators Global, according to disclosure forms filed Thursday.
NPR has come under fire from some Republican lawmakers who want to cut off all federal funding to the nonprofit media organization.
Dana Rehm, an NPR spokeswoman, explained that in addition to being a national radio service, NPR is also a trade organization representing its local member stations. She noted that no federal funds are being used to pay for the lobbying firm.
More @ Weasel Zippers
The last year I did contract work for a fed.gov agency, the statistic was that the average agency spent 16% of its annual budget on lobbyists trying to get CONgress to give them more money.
ReplyDeleteOther than DHS - created after 9-11 - the largest budgetary increase in peacetime was 10%.
Let's think about this...
How long would you be in business if you spent 16% of your *GROSS* on targeted advertising that might - IF YOU WERE VERY VERY LUCKY - might increase your business by a MAX of 10%?
Just more evidence (if any was needed) of the INSANITY that has taken over...
Just more evidence (if any was needed) of the INSANITY that has taken over...
ReplyDeleteAmen.