Odd Comment
Submitted by John on Wed, 05/14/2008 - 1:38pm.

You got it right, Spiro. I was the offending party. (and by day 8 of a pledge drive, lots of odd things get said)

What I was trying to get across was that OPB could have chosen a different funding model, ala rich people buying the station or newspaper and dictating content (Wall Street Journal anyone?) but instead we consciously chose to have our funds come from thousands of small contributions to spread the accountability around.

And underwriting is very strictly controlled to keep exactly that separation from funding sources and content. To give you an idea of how conservatively it's interpreted around here, our radio news crew won't meet with donors so as to avoid even the appearance of undue influence.

Sorry I was unclear. Hope I convinced you to donate anyway...

John Bell
Associate Director of Membership
On-air, on-line and Event
Oregon Public Broadcasting

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