President still supports pubcasting funding in wake of NPR controversies, press secretary says

The White House today (March 9) signaled that it still supports taxpayer funding for NPR, despite news of the video sting and NPR President Vivian Schiller's resignation. The Associated Press is reporting that White House spokesman Jay Carney said that both Democratic and Republican presidents have supported such funding in the past and that there remains a need to support public broadcasting.