PULL BACK THE CURTAIN ON NPR AND PBS SALARIES! That’ll Convince You Trump’s Right to Cut, Cut, Cut!Former Senator Jim DeMint speaks up in the WSJ about the obscene salaries the higher ups at PBS and NPR are getting:When presidents of government-funded broadcasting are making more than the president of the United States, it s time to get the government out of public broadcasting.While executives at the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) and National Public Radio (NPR) are raking in massive salaries, the organizations are participating in an aggressive lobbying effort to prevent Congress from saving hundreds of millions of dollars each year by cutting their subsidies.The so-called commercial free public airwaves have been filled with pleas for taxpayer cash. The Association of Public Television Stations has hired lobbyists to fight the cuts. Hundreds of taxpayer-supported TV, radio and Web outlets have partnered with an advocacy campaign to facilitate emails and phone calls to Capitol Hill for the purpose of telling members of Congress,  Public broadcasting funding is too important to eliminate! PBS President Paula Kerger even recorded a personal television appeal that told viewers exactly how to contact members of Congress in order to  let your representative know how you feel about the elimination of funding for public broadcasting.  But if PBS can pay Ms. Kerger $632,233 in annual compensation as reported on the 990 tax forms all nonprofits are required to file surely it can operate without tax dollars Meanwhile, highly successful, brand-name public programs like Sesame Street make millions on their own.  Sesame Street,  for example, made more than $211 million from toy and consumer product sales from 2003-2006. Sesame Workshop President and CEO Gary Knell received $956,513 in compensation in 2008. With earnings like that, Big Bird doesn t need the taxpayers to help him compete against the Nickleodeon cable channel s Dora the Explorer.Read more: WSJleft-news
pull back the curtain on npr and pbs salaries that convince you trump right cut cut cut former senator jim demand speaks wsj obscene salaries higher ups pbs npr getting when presidents broadcasting making president united states time get government public executives public broadcasting service pbs national public radio npr making massive salaries organizations participating aggressive lobbying effort prevent congress saving hundreds millions dollars year cutting commercial free public airwaves filled pleas taxpayer cash the association public television stations hired lobbyists fight cuts hundreds tv radio web outlets partnered advocacy campaign facilitate emails phone calls capitol hill purpose telling members congress public broadcasting funding important eliminate pbs president paula merger even recorded personal television appeal told viewers exactly contact members congress order let representative know feel elimination funding public broadcasting but pbs pay merger annual compensation reported tax forms nonprofits required file surely operate without tax dollars meanwhile highly successful public programs like sesame street make millions sesame street example made million toy consumer product sales sesame workshop president ceo gary nell received compensation with earnings like big bird need taxpayers help compete nickelodeon cable channel dora
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: PULL BACK THE CURTAIN ON NPR AND PBS SALARIES! That’ll Convince You Trump’s Right to Cut, Cut, Cut!Former Senator Jim DeMint speaks up in the WSJ about the obscene salaries the higher ups at PBS and NPR are getting:When presidents of government-funded broadcasting are making more than the president of the United States, it s time to get the government out of public broadcasting.While executives at the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) and National Public Radio (NPR) are raking in massive salaries, the organizations are participating in an aggressive lobbying effort to prevent Congress from saving hundreds of millions of dollars each year by cutting their subsidies.The so-called commercial free public airwaves have been filled with pleas for taxpayer cash. The Association of Public Television Stations has hired lobbyists to fight the cuts. Hundreds of taxpayer-supported TV, radio and Web outlets have partnered with an advocacy campaign to facilitate emails and phone calls to Capitol Hill for the purpose of telling members of Congress,  Public broadcasting funding is too important to eliminate! PBS President Paula Kerger even recorded a personal television appeal that told viewers exactly how to contact members of Congress in order to  let your representative know how you feel about the elimination of funding for public broadcasting.  But if PBS can pay Ms. Kerger $632,233 in annual compensation as reported on the 990 tax forms all nonprofits are required to file surely it can operate without tax dollars Meanwhile, highly successful, brand-name public programs like Sesame Street make millions on their own.  Sesame Street,  for example, made more than $211 million from toy and consumer product sales from 2003-2006. Sesame Workshop President and CEO Gary Knell received $956,513 in compensation in 2008. With earnings like that, Big Bird doesn t need the taxpayers to help him compete against the Nickleodeon cable channel s Dora the Explorer.Read more: WSJleft-news
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: pull back the curtain on npr and pbs salaries that convince you trump right cut cut cut former senator jim demand speaks wsj obscene salaries higher ups pbs npr getting when presidents broadcasting making president united states time get government public executives public broadcasting service pbs national public radio npr making massive salaries organizations participating aggressive lobbying effort prevent congress saving hundreds millions dollars year cutting commercial free public airwaves filled pleas taxpayer cash the association public television stations hired lobbyists fight cuts hundreds tv radio web outlets partnered advocacy campaign facilitate emails phone calls capitol hill purpose telling members congress public broadcasting funding important eliminate pbs president paula merger even recorded personal television appeal told viewers exactly contact members congress order let representative know feel elimination funding public broadcasting but pbs pay merger annual compensation reported tax forms nonprofits required file surely operate without tax dollars meanwhile highly successful public programs like sesame street make millions sesame street example made million toy consumer product sales sesame workshop president ceo gary nell received compensation with earnings like big bird need taxpayers help compete nickelodeon cable channel dora