PBS and NPR Want "Stimulas Investment" in Publically Owned Media

Current.org reports:

CPB, NPR and PBS, in consultation with APTS, have asked President-elect Obama to include $550 million for noncommercial public-service media in his far larger package of spending and tax cuts to stimulate the economy and upgrade the nation’s infrastructure. The groups' joint letter (PDF), sent Jan. 2, suggests federal aid for six projects involving public radio and TV that will create jobs and “produce sustainable improvements to the nation’s communications infrastructure.”

The request is one of a number sent to Obama’s transition team by nonprofits, following up on his campaign promise to create a “social investment fund network.”

Public service media “stand ready to serve and respond to an increasingly diverse America in ways that are both innovative and inclusive,” the leaders assure Obama.

Not much altruism here.Some people have a vested interest in TARP and higher and higher taxes: state run media.