Info for Your Pledge Drive: NPR Morning Host Makes a Half-Million for Hosting on Saturdays
20th August 2019
On Tuesday morning, syndicated talk-radio host Chris Plante mocked “National Panhandler Radio” for having some seriously high salaries for a taxpayer-subsidized network that begs for listener donations in pledge drives. Plante cited tweets by Washington Post media reporter Paul Farhi from the latest IRS 990 form for nonprofits revealing the high salaries of NPR stars.
Plante marveled first at Weekend Edition Saturday host Scott Simon, who is a one-day-a-week anchor and yet made $479,578. Farhi reported this was a 16 percent pay increase. Plante underlined “That is more than the President of the United States” for one day’s work, and insisted he would love to get a job with that much pay for that little on-air time.
Being a Voice of the Crust pays pretty well. Ask Paul Krugman.