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All essential government services are shut down - except for the propaganda mill

On October 1st, after all non-essential services were shut down, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting received $455 million dollars from our government. Lower right, first page, this document (PDF) from the Treasury: They already sell advertising -- I remember the furor when they first started selling it. A tip of the hat to CNS news who also did some follow-up:

After Shutdown: Administration Gives $445,000,000 to Corporation for Public Broadcasting
On the first day of the �shutdown� of the federal government, when members of the U.S. Senate were going to the well of their house to point out that the shutdown would prevent the National Institutes of Health from starting clinical trials for cancer patients and others facing possibly terminal illnesses, the administration was giving $445,000,000 to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, according to the Daily Treasury Statement.

That means PBS NewsHour, National Public Radio and Sesame Street got a taxpayer subsidy during the shutdown, but not would-be cancer patients at the NIH.

A bit more:

CNSNews.com contacted a spokesman for CPB to ask for an explanation of why CPB got $445 million in taxpayer money on the first day of the federal government �shutdown. The spokesman suggested that CNSNews.com call the Office of Management and Budget--which is part of the White House--and responded by emailing to CNSNews.com two statements on CPB�s website.

The Office of Management and Budget is the same agency that is shutting down the privately operated parks and they are a direct report to Obama. These directives are coming from our President. Posted by DaveH at October 3, 2013 11:11 PM