• Let’s put billionaire donations in perspective: the Ballmers

    One genre of news coverage I hate is the “generous billionaire” story. This one’s from Forbes: After an exceptionally tough year for public media, Connie Ballmer, billionaire philanthropist and wife of former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, donated $80 million to support NPR’s future.  I don’t have to read any more than this, which is cool, because I don’t have…