I feel obliged to point out that PBS isn’t shutting down. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting voted to shut down, but they allocated federal funding to local PBS stations so their role is now somewhat moot with the funding rescission. Local stations, and the PBS network, will continue to produce excellent programming because a majority of their funding comes from local donors, not the CPB.

I don’t think you’ll see any changes to the PBS website or archives.

[–] mesamunefire@piefed.social 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Oh! That's great news. The news articles call made it seem like the website and streaming will go down soon. Maybe they are just sensational titles then.

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Tbh, it's still pretty huge the funding got completely cut. And that the CPB shut down rather than leave the door open for a takeover of their legitimacy by the right-wing propaganda machine. We all need to be giving money to our local NPR and PBS stations to keep them going if possible.

I'm not yet able to give enough money to persuade mine to adopt my proposal that they never play another clip of Trump's nauseating voice, much less his speeches. I want the stories of what he's doing and saying reported, but Scott Simon or whoever quoting or summarizing would be much more tolerable.

Still, I give what I can, and I hope y'all will too

[–] wraith 1 points 1 week ago

Tbh, it's still pretty huge the funding got completely cut. And that the CPB shut down rather than leave the door open for a takeover of their legitimacy by the right-wing propaganda machine. We all need to be giving money to our local NPR and PBS stations to keep them going if possible.

Totally agree, we need to press legislators to refund public media as soon as possible, but at least stations are continuing with what local funding they can muster.