I agree with all this, except for the part where he accurately described US media as state sponsored. The US state works for US corporations and US corporations own the media. Also, NPR does get some public money.
I would be interested in what cost/kg other providers are referencing.
Also, SpaceX deployed Starlink to provide guidance to (US provided) Ukrainian weapons. Field commanders said without it they wouldn't be in the fight. That sounds aligned with US foreign policy and statecraft to me.
They backpedaled after the use of the technology became so aggressive it would be reputationally damaging for starlink.
"Federal funding is essential to public radio's service to the American public and its continuation is critical for both stations and program producers, including NPR."
>7% Federal appropriations via CPB
>7% Federal, state, and local governments
Source: https://www.npr.org/about-npr/178660742/public-radio-finance...
Furthermore, NPR was built by public funding: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporation_for_Public_Broadca...
>Tesla and SpaceX get far more public money than NPR does.
And neither one is a media organization, so I'm not sure why that's even relevant.