'Telling': Donations surge after GOP defunds NPR and PBS

Republicans in Congress may have voted to defund publicly funded media outlets in the United States, but American citizens are trying to fill the gap.

The New York Times reports that donations to public media have surged ever since the GOP voted to eliminate $550 million in annual funding for the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) and National Public Radio (NPR).

Citing numbers from the Contributor Development Partnership, a firm that provides analysis of public media fundraising data...