Trump Signs Executive Order Seeking to End Federal Funding for NPR and PBS
Trump Signs Executive Order Seeking to End Federal Funding for NPR and PBS
The Trump administration has accused the two broadcasters of using public funds to produce biased coverage and “left-wing propaganda.”
Thats fucking wild. End public radio and broadcasts?
Not quite. All the groups listed only get a portion of their funding from the US Government, the highest amount listed was 15%. So the broadcasts would likely continue, just with fewer resources. The article also states that the funding is guaranteed by Congress, and the President can't impound it, but we've seen that Congress is letting the President break the law with impunity.
The article says that member stations rely the most on federal dollars. It would be ironic if cuts force member stations to close, and those stations happen to be predominately rural (and Republican). I bet Trump would use that as "evidence" of further bias ....
As if their funding wasn't already not enough.
Neo-con playbook 101: bleed public services dry until you can claim that they're no good anyhow, and abolish them completely.
Yes, but the stations in wealthier areas have enough donations that they'll likely stay alive. Just poor rural areas will lose public broadcasting
Trump, NYTrash, and PBS/NPR talking about propaganda...
Oh, Enlightened Centrism 🥰
Tell me again how this will fix the economy?
Wait. Do we actually want our news funded by the government?
Yes, because if they fuck it up we can vote them out of office, unlike Bezos and Murdoch and Zuckerberg and etc.
You get that news in like a tenth of what they do and if that's your issue just end the journalism and keep the shows because basically everyone loves them minus Nazis, bigots and morons.
You understand that it isn’t the government’s money right?
We should go further and fund local journalism like we fund libraries.
Yes. Also apparently they get to decide how it’s distributed. Great way to get a citizen funded propaganda machine. 👌