Long Live Public Broadcasting!!

[littlemissmartypants]

CPB is not a federal executive agency subject to the President’s authority. Congress directly authorized and funded CPB to be a private nonprofit corporation wholly independent of the federal government.

I've donated to PBS for years. I have them in my will. They have given me things that can never be taken away from me.

Things that a small-minded, ignorant, ugly, stinky, disgusting wannabe dictator will never understand.

I flick him off like a stink bug and spit in his general direction.

LONG LIVE PUBLIC BROADCASTING!!

RESIST!!✊️
❤️pants

[bif]

1. Only a small portion of their budget comes from the govt.

Just like public radio.

[littlemissmartypants]

2. Yep. President Psychopath...

Needs to waddle on to his next 'fake executive' action and find something else to try and destroy. He's definitely going to fail at this.

Thanks for your reply, bif.
❤️

[bif]

3. It's all for show.

The veritable clown show!

[littlemissmartypants]

4. You're exactly right, bif! A clown show it is...

Too bad for all of us we got the serial killer clowns.

Thanks again.
❤️

[DENVERPOPS]

5. So then,

why did NPR bend to Newt Gingrich's threat to pull all of their government funding, back when he did his infamous "Contract for America" BS. We renamed it, more like what it actually was: Contract ON America........
At that point NPR conceded and agreed that they would start doing "He said, She said" reporting. Which allowed the Republicans to do nothing but tell total LIES on their "She Said" part of every story......

[mwooldri]

8. My guess is...

... at that time public broadcasting depended more on government funding than it does now. The PBS and NPR networks can survive just fine without government funding. It's their member stations I worry about. The big ones will survive, though they will have to find cutbacks somewhere. Or more on air pledge drives. It's the smaller stations and the more rural stations I'm concerned about. Best case scenario they find the money and stay on air. Worst case they close down and sell their licence to a religious broadcaster (just what we need, another K-Love /s) or middling case they get taken over by a nearby station and operations get combined.

[cadoman]

12. that's the big open question: is it really 1% or is there more to it?

It is unfathomable that they would roll for 1%.

If you are 1% short you just keep slinging tote bags till you get it. It is the most listened-to network in the country. People will pay for it when push comes to shove.

It doesn't make a lick of sense. Either they are drastically over-valuing that 1% (in which case bring in new management), or that 1% is not an accurate representation of what is flowing in (in which case, elect Democrats so we can secure that funding again).

[DENVERPOPS]

19. I don't truly know

I quit listening to NPR when Newt put the hit on them decades ago. And the He Said, She said, was in every story to appease the right wing............I also don't like listening to news that is a theatrical performance with birds singing in the background etc...
That's just me, evidently most listeners love that......my wife for one.........

[Figarosmom]

6. Yeah me too

And be increasing my monthly contribution.

[WmChris]

7. We've donated for years also

We've upped our donations by giving when there is a matching offer. Actual fair and balanced news even when Reich wingers get to spew their bullshit we still get a more honest interpretation of what's happening in the world.

[jimmil]

9. I so viscerally hate trump

I would cut his nuts off and feed them to him before drowning him in his family shit.

[erronis]

11. Get your magnifying glass and tweezers. Ain't worth a look, really.

[littlemissmartypants]

15. ❤️

[erronis]

10. Big upvote for your sentiments, and your language! "I flick him off like a stink bug and spit in his general direction."

[littlemissmartypants]

16. Thanks, erronis. I appreciate your support. ❤️

[surfered]

13. PBS is a national treasure.

[Xavier Breath]

18. When reviewing programming for the coming week I always scan the guide for my local PBS station.

Apart from my scheduled Nova, Masterpiece and Mystery shows, I always find a few unexpected things to record, even if its just a Rick Steves show I've already seen a few times.

[Mr.Bee]

14. LONG LIVE PBS!

Sinclair ruined commercial TV in my area buying 8 stations saying the same things.
I can't take the ad breaks every 12 - 15 minutes.
All Americans should discover the wonders of PBS.
It's not your parents PBS. It is a very modern broadcasting.
The programming on PBS is so far above anything on commercial TV.
There is also 'Create', travel, art, and cooking channel, 3 in one!
When I retired I started watching a few shows; Antiques Roadshow and Doc Martin.
But then I started watching more shows like Nova and Nature and soon found it harder to go back to commercial TV.
Now I'm at the point if nothing is on PBS, I turn the TV off or maybe watch a DvD.

[erronis]

17. If there is nothing on PBS then there is nothing on.

Maybe that's the reason for this regime trying to axe public programs. Force people to listen to the commercial drivel (or government NewSpeak.)