[Nikkkola]

Anyone who knows how NPR operates understands the end point of this. Killing off NPR funding will not end NPR as a network, but will eliminate the ability for NPR to sustain funding for stations to carry its news programming in rural areas.

And frankly, the GOP is not pleased that rural areas hear anything that doesn't come from Fox News or right-wing radio hosts, because facts can get in the way of GOP strongholds in those areas.

The Hill:
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefi...-npr-defunding

House Republicans announced Wednesday they plan to force a floor vote on defunding NPR in response to the firing of analyst Juan Williams last month.

House GOP Whip Eric Cantor (Va.) and Rep. Doug Lamborn (Colo.) said that cutting funds to the publicly subsidized news organization was the winner of the conference's weekly "YouCut" contest, in which the public votes online on spending items they want eliminated.

Republicans had indicated that they sought to take action against NPR after it dismissed Williams for making controversial remarks about Muslims.

Under the "YouCut" program, the GOP has promised to force votes on spending cuts chosen by online voters each week that the House is in session. Each week, a series of proposed spending cuts is posted online and the House GOP takes up the cut chosen by the most voters.