NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly interviews Evan Osnos of The New Yorker about syndicated radio host Dan Bongino’s success and how he’s building a media empire, utilizing several different platforms, and doing it on his own terms. Read or listen to their report HERE.
Cumulus tried to hamstring Bongino and he pushed back. They’ve been very quiet ever since… Not many personalities have that ability, because most are scared “Yes-men” who are praying not to lose their jobs… Nice job, Dan!
Bongino should do a report about NPR and how a government-supported media outlet has become biased and nonrepresentative of all Americans by becoming an ultra liberal organization
Indeed. We should have ZERO state-run media, however tangential it might be.
I do not want one penny of my hard-earned tax dollars going toward CPB, PBS, NPR or any other media…and, yes, that would include any conservative media.
Every year, Congress must vote to approve any federal dollars that are sent to CPB. Every year, for over 50 years, the funding has been approved. They follow the law as detailed in the Public Broadcasting Act that was revised under Ronald Reagan. A lot of NPR and PBS stations are owned by state governments, including some in Republican-run states. Those states can refuse federal funding, but none have. Those states can withdraw local funding as well, or sell their stations to others. Public radio and TV stations are not “state-run media.” They are run by local people and community groups, rather than big corporations. They provide services that corporate owned media has stopped providing.
Bongino said he would quit unless Cumulus withdrew their vaccine mandate. The vaccine mandate is still in place and Bongino has not quit. Bongino has admitted he is vaccinated, thus in compliance with the Cumulus rule. What else is there to say?
He refused to show proof of his vaccination, the opposite of compliance to the Cumulus policy. He’s pro vax and anti-mandate. Cumulus simply took him at his word and silently moved along… No one else got to enjoy that. Then again, he’s a Cumulus cash cow and not one radio company can afford to lose another dollar…