let me take the first question first. explain why npr should get funding. we re talking about the cop ration for public broadcasting. it s bigger than npr. npr is a series of member station but also about public television. and it s about small stations in particular and what was stated by ron schulyer was an opinion and quickly turned into fact that npr could live without public funding. it s not an established fact. one in five member stations receive 25% of their budget from npr. people don t have access to news because a lot of news station and radio have fallen away. take the state of indiana. if public broadcasting went away there are people in small towns, small stations that wouldn t have access to news. we re strong, we re committed to providing excellent journalism and at the end of the day that s
groups of republican activists last month and they see in mitt romney the ingredients that they are looking for for somebody take on the economy. they think he has the experience to do that. he fits that mold. but they are not sure they trust him. i think it is a hang over from the last campaign and the minute he gets in to this and voters begin to size him up that s the question they will be asking themselves. do i trust this person. michele, i want to ask you about another topic at the organization you work at. you signed a letter basically denouncing what some of these executives did at npr, the stuff that was caught on tape. explain why or why not npr should get federal funding at this point and frankly your expecting that you ll be looking at whether they will have it. let me take the first question first. explain why npr should get funding. we re talking about the cop ration for public broadcasting. it s bigger than npr. npr is a series of member