Putting it in Perspective: News Corp Gets More Than 60 Times the Federal Funding of Planned Parenthood (Corrected)

Check this out, from the New York Times in February (emphasis mine):

Almost unnoticed in the wars over the federal budget has been a pitched battle over money for Planned Parenthood, which provides contraception, medical services and abortions at 800 clinics around the country.

For the last several weeks, those on opposite sides of a sharp cultural divide have engaged in dueling rallies, virtual conferences, online petitions and phone banks as crucial Congressional votes drew near. At stake is more than $75 million that Planned Parenthood receives to provide family planning assistance to low-income women, money that its opponents say only frees up funds for abortions.

Now, from my previous post on what News Corp receives:

“News Corporation made over $10 billion in profits over the last four years. And their tax came to $4.8 billion, negative,” [Reuters news service columnist David Cay] Johnston says. “That is, they made $4.8 billion from tax refunds.”

One organization provides needed women’s health services, the other hacks the phones of dead kids, fallen soldiers, and victims of 9/11 — all while spreading propaganda through Fox News. In short, it provides service needed by no one.

And one gets $75 million from the feds, the other gets $4.8 billion.

I think we can all see which would be the wiser cut. It’s time to defund News Corp.

Update: My math sucks. 0.1 billion is 100 million, not 10 million. So News Corp gets about 64 times what PP gets. I’ve updated the headline accordingly.

Further update: Reuters has retracted the story about News Corp’s taxes. Explanation here.

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    Oh look! Hypocrites being hypocrites!
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    ask what these refunds were for, though.
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    Dang, talk about a waste of money when it comes to News Corp.
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