The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) will shut down, with 100 staffers leaving in September and total shutdown in January, 2026. PBS and NPR will still continue, but without government subsidies.
This is music to our ears. National Public Radio (NPR) is our competition. Money taken from our paycheck goes to our competitor. It’s like GM is forced to give money to Ford. It’s about time this happened. Half a century ago, there were three television networks and a radio station in the rural areas were few and far between. Fast forward to today, and everyone has a cellular phone. Internet is everywhere. Elon Musk has satellites providing internet. You have the internet on passenger planes. In fact more people stream entertainment than watch network television.
In terms of programming: total crap! NPR has boring left wing programming. With no commercials. NPR catered to the liberals in the big cities. Not the people in “white bread America.” No radio legends came from NPR. No “Cousin Brucie” Morrow, Bob Grant, Rush Limbaugh, Scott Muni, or 75 Radio.
Public Broadcasting System (PBS) also some total crap. Now, don’t get us wrong, PBS did us a great service by filming the Doors, Rare Earth, Mountain, and other music legends as well as teaching us on Sesame Street, Mister Rodgers Neighborhood and The Electric Company. But; cable, streaming and YouTube can do what PBS does with no money. And like NPR, PBS has given us left wing propaganda with shows like Democracy Now. And when PBS played something that non-PBS viewers might check out: a fund drive! Years ago PBS played a Rolling Stones concert. And every 10 minutes, the concert stops so viewers can give more money to PBS.
Should we give PBS and NPR money? No. Should we get rid of it? No. Let the viewers decide. If they want it, they will pay for it!
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