NY Times (Same "NPR Defends..." article I linked earlier today):

Fox has been something of a home base for the anti-NPR campaign, with hourly reports about the controversy on both its news and opinion programs. Mr. Williams hosted "The O'Reilly Factor" on Friday night, the same venue where, on Monday, he made the comments that led to his firing on Wednesday.

Ms. Schiller said she perceived a media "overreaction" to Mr. Williams's firing, one that had even set off threats against her children. A camera crew from Fox News followed her from her home on Friday, she added.

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Associated Press (on the NPR website):

NPR radio stations are independently owned and operated and, like the nation's public TV stations, receive government funding through the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which got about $420 million this year from Washington.

As for NPR's headquarters operation, federal grants account for less than 2 percent — or $3.3 million — of its $166 million annual budget. It is funded primarily by its affiliates, corporate sponsors and major donors.

(See graph in that article.)

NY Times ("NPR Defends..." article I linked above):

Invoking the deficit, some Republican congressmen said on Friday that they would be introducing legislation to revoke NPR's federal funding. Mr. Williams himself said on Fox News' morning show that since 1999, NPR had not needed "public funds."

Some said the complaints about NPR's funding were reminiscent of a similar movement after Republicans took control of Congress in 1994. The effort, led by Newt Gingrich, failed.

"These things tend to come in cycles," said Steve Bass, president and chief executive of Oregon Public Broadcasting and a member of the NPR board.

Ms. Schiller said that the "public" in NPR's former name, National Public Radio, referred more to the contributions of listeners than to the contributions of taxpayer dollars. Taxpayer money goes to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which apportions money for local radio and television stations across the country.

NPR gets no direct money from the federal government for its $161.8 million annual budget. It does receive some dedicated grants from Corporation for Public Broadcasting for projects like covering the country's economic crisis; in fiscal years 2009 and 2010 combined, those grants totaled just over $5.2 million. NPR also gets occasional grants from from sources financed by the federal government. In all, NPR said those grants accounted for 1 to 2 percent of its income on average.

The biggest portion — about 41 percent in recent years — of NPR's revenue comes from member station programming fees and dues. Those stations themselves receive $90 million in federal funds each year. On average, that accounts for about 10 percent of the stations' income, according to NPR.

The remainder of NPR's revenue comes from sponsors and, to a lesser extent, foundations, non-federal grants and investments.

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