Relations between Fox and its star animation creator Seth MacFarlane are at a perilous low after the Family Guy creator denounced Fox on Twitter last weekend and told fans that he was embarrassed to be working with the company.
Now, MacFarlane has upped the ante in the battle with his employer by donating $2 million to National Public Radio (NPR), and an additional $500,000 to Los Angeles’ NPR membership station, KPCC. The non-profit NPR is a widely respected news source in the United States, and its reporting is viewed as a more objective alternative to cable news networks, such as Fox News Channel, founded by MacFarlane’s boss Rupert Murdoch and overseen by Murdoch and his sons.
“We are deeply appreciative of the generous gift from Seth MacFarlane, which will go to supporting local news coverage, allowing NPR and Member stations to continue working together to tell the story of the whole country from everywhere in the country,” an NPR spokesperson said in a statement to Deadline, which first reported the news.