Do conservatives want to “strip all federal funds” from NPR because NPR is liberal? Or is NPR’s liberalism just a nice little bonus on top of the stripping?

Go figure, but Think Progress completely missed the point on the No More Tax Money for NPR! proposal:

Today, the House of Representatives will vote on a bill that would strip all federal funds from NPR. Conservatives have long targeted NPR because they believe it has a liberal bias…

Because they have a liberal bias? Or because, in the age of the internet and thousand-channel satellite TV, they don’t really offer anything special anymore?

Or because they’re perfectly capable of making it without dipping into my pocket?

Or because, in the grand scheme of $1.4 trillion deficits, they simply don’t rank up there priority-wise?

Could it maybe be some combination of those reasons? Y’know, I think maybe it could.

One more thing: here’s the title of that Think Progress post:

During NPR Funding Debate, Rep. Jim McGovern Proposes No Federal Funding Should End Up At Fox News

Because it’s the same thing, see. Republicans don’t want to subsidize NPR with taxpayer money, so we shouldn’t be subsidizing Fox News, either!

If you were surprised to learn that Fox News receives tax subsidies – not tax breaks, but actual subsidies like NPR – then you and I have something in common.

But wait, check out the transcript:

…MCGOVERN: Over the past several years, it has become clear that the Fox News channel is wildly biased. They continue to employ a talk show host who called President Obama a racist. They continue to employ several prospective Republican Presidential candidates as “analysts,” giving them hours and hours of free air time. And their parent company has donated millions to GOP-linked groups. My amendment would prohibit federal funds – taxpayer dollars – from being used for advertising on the partisan, political platform of Fox News.

Not subsidies. Advertising dollars.

If you weren’t surprised to learn that Think Progress doesn’t see the difference between giving away taxpayer money and purchasing advertising on a privately-owned network, then you and I have something else in common.

Via Memeorandum.