WINGNUTS GET THE FACTS WRONG IN NEA ATTACK
Submitted by Tommer on August 6, 2009
Ian Moss on Createquity 8-6-09
As is rather par for the course for Fox, the network has trouble getting even the most basic facts in its story right. First, these programs are not actually funded with taxpayer dollars at all — the NEA grants were specifically earmarked for staff positions, not programming, a fact pointed out by everyone Abrams interviewed but presented in the article as if it’s some sort of unverified claim. As anyone who has actually applied for an NEA grant knows, there are these things called “contracts” that come along with them that make damn well sure you spend the money on what you said it would get spent on.