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Prager U is set to replace PBS, I think.
The people who want to spread disinformation to the public.
The people who don't want an educated electorate.
He prophesied. We didn’t listen.
He also told people not to vote.
Plenty of us did, just not the ones with the power to change course.
Educational prospects in red states were a bleak proposition before.
Pretty soon large swatchs of the country will be barely able to read the ballots.
Elections? Pfff, who needs those? Trust the glorious state to fulfill all your needs without you having to lift a finger. The party is one and is all encompassing.
Requiring choice is doubting that the party is truly good.
Fair. And they have oil and shit.
it's not about providing benefits, it's about removing benefits. anything that helps people or serves the common good is being eliminated. the only people receiving "benefit" from anything the government does now are billionaires
People who profit from ignorance. So basically all corporations.
A bunch of conservative folks felt that some media that received funding from the CPB
e.g. NPR
promoted issues on the left.
I'd say that it was probably center-left, but not by much, and very little of NPR's funding actually came from the CPB.
A lot of radio in the US is, as far as I can tell, on the right, like, Christian religious stuff is a very substantial portion of it. I suppose if you're fighting for mindshare among the rural public, you probably don't much want competition.
searches
| Rank | Format - Number of Stations | Dec 23 | Jan 24 | Dec 24 | Gain/Loss YOY | Gain/Loss YTD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Country | 2,164 | 2,163 | 2,168 | 4(0.2%) | 5(0.2%) |
| 2 | Religion (Teaching, Variety) | 2,036 | 2,037 | 2,072 | 36(1.7%) | 35(1.7%) |
| 3 | News/Talk | 2,005 | 2,000 | 1,984 | -21(-1.1%) | -16(-0.8%) |
| 4 | Contemporary Christian | 1,363 | 1,366 | 1,407 | 44(3.1%) | 41(2.9%) |
No count of NPR stations that I can quickly find, but about three-and-a-half pages here:
https://legacy.npr.org/stations/pdf/nprstations.pdf
Maybe very roughly 900 NPR stations, as a quick estimate based on how many are in a single column.
EDIT:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_2025
Project 2025 proposes reconsidering the accommodations given to journalists who are members of the White House Press Corps.[6] It proposes defunding the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a private, nonprofit corporation that provides funding for the Public Broadcasting Service and National Public Radio, as "good policy and good politics" because it accounts for "half a billion dollars squandered on leftist opinion each year".[100]: 246 [189]
It also entertains the idea of revoking NPR stations' noncommercial status, forcing them to move outside the 88–92 range on the FM dial, which could then be taken by religious programming.[190] Brendan Carr, who wrote the article on the Federal Communications Commission in Project 2025,[100] was appointed by Trump to lead the FCC, and subsequently launched an investigation into NPR and PBS, in accordance with Project 2025.[191]
Shitler and the Turd Reich
GOP desperately needs to show reduction in gov spending. Even if it hurts rural conservatives more than others, and even if it has higher hidden costs.
Local programming (hyper-local news, alerts, announcements) will go away and be replaced with pre-recorded programming.
Exactly!
Fuck
MAGA is basically a screaming toddler at the beach, running around wrecking everyone else’s sand castles because they never bothered to build their own and don’t like seeing other people happy.
I haven’t read article, yet, however I heard a report on NPR of another funding group with same goals has spun up. If I can find report I will update my comment.
Update: Here is report I was referring to
How philanthropic organizations are working to support smaller public radio stations https://one.npr.org/i/nx-s1-5507050:nx-s1-9419020
This is a damn tragedy