Pour one out for NPR and PBS thread

Back in the 80's early 90's I would listen occasionally when driving through ID, MT and UT. Even then I knew it was a dem dominated broadcast.
Why would 97% of the people working at NPR and PBS vote democrat? They are hired by other liberals who want to keep NPR and PBS liberal and they have no room for a divergence of opinion. THEY ONLY HIRE LIBERALS WHO WRITE AND BROADCAST LIBERAL THOUGHTS!!!!!!!!!!!
Every time I hear a person claim that npr and pbs are neutral I know one of two realities: They are either ignorant of reality, or they are lying.
The leadership of npr and pbs have spent the last year trying to tell us only 1% of their budget is Federal funding. Now that it is done, we are hearing the wailing from both organizations. In typical liberal fashion we are being treated to the same old bullshit: Middle America isn't going to get storm alerts (as if everyone didn't have television, internet and cell phones), and kids aren't going to get Sesame Street, blah blah blah
The irony here is, all they had to do was get rid of their bias as a "news organization" and they couldn't force themselves do it. Now we get bombarded by liberals telling us how this is going to cost lives and stunt mental growth in children.
Trump’s victory over PBS and NPR ‘bias’ will be ‘devastating’ for rural areas, station leaders say | CNN Business
Public television stations will be “forced to make hard decisions in the weeks and months ahead,” PBS CEO Paula Kerger said Thursday, after lawmakers advanced a bill that cancels all the federal funding for the network and for NPR.
Radio and TV stations may need to lay off staffers and cut back on programming. Popular shows like “Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood” may reach fewer people. Big Bird of “Sesame Street” fame isn’t going away, but the financial system that supported him for decades is being stripped away.
 
Anyone else find it interesting that a 1% reduction in funding is "devastating"? Just last week I heard CNN commentators discuss 2%-3% tax increases on the general public as money that won't be missed.
 
Back in the 80's early 90's I would listen occasionally when driving through ID, MT and UT. Even then I knew it was a dem dominated broadcast.
Why would 97% of the people working at NPR and PBS vote democrat? They are hired by other liberals who want to keep NPR and PBS liberal and they have no room for a divergence of opinion. THEY ONLY HIRE LIBERALS WHO WRITE AND BROADCAST LIBERAL THOUGHTS!!!!!!!!!!!
Every time I hear a person claim that npr and pbs are neutral I know one of two realities: They are either ignorant of reality, or they are lying.
The leadership of npr and pbs have spent the last year trying to tell us only 1% of their budget is Federal funding. Now that it is done, we are hearing the wailing from both organizations. In typical liberal fashion we are being treated to the same old bullshit: Middle America isn't going to get storm alerts (as if everyone didn't have television, internet and cell phones), and kids aren't going to get Sesame Street, blah blah blah
The irony here is, all they had to do was get rid of their bias as a "news organization" and they couldn't force themselves do it. Now we get bombarded by liberals telling us how this is going to cost lives and stunt mental growth in children.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/17/media/pbs-npr-trump-rescission-devastating-public-media
Public television stations will be “forced to make hard decisions in the weeks and months ahead,” PBS CEO Paula Kerger said Thursday, after lawmakers advanced a bill that cancels all the federal funding for the network and for NPR.
Radio and TV stations may need to lay off staffers and cut back on programming. Popular shows like “Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood” may reach fewer people. Big Bird of “Sesame Street” fame isn’t going away, but the financial system that supported him for decades is being stripped away.
Per any government agency facing budget shortfalls or cuts, the first thing they'll cut is services and goods to customers, and the last thing they'll ever cut is overhead.
 
Much like the State of Oregon when wanting to hike taxes, they trot out the alternative is always laying off teachers and cops.
 
Much like the State of Oregon when wanting to hike taxes, they trot out the alternative is always laying off teachers and cops.
And the proper response should be "So"?
Oregon doesn't let their police police anyway, so what the fuck difference does it make?
Not sure how Oregon is structured but the best thing that could happen to WA public schools is to have about 3 levies in a row get voted down so the fuckhead administrators could right size their bloated budgets, staff and capital projects.
 
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