Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicRadio</span></a> stations across the country lost a total of $350M for each of the next 2 years when <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> narrowly voted to approve <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s clawback of >$1B in funds for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicBroadcasting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicBroadcasting</span></a> that were already approved for the next two fiscal years.</p><p>“It's the short-term step for how we respond right now. We're going to use the rest of the year to plan for how we bridge what's to come in order to support & sustain the network for the future,”Maher said.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreePress</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a></p>
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Dave Rahardja<p>OK, here is a publicly-shareable dashboard of <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/PublicBroadcasting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicBroadcasting</span></a> stations most at risk (thank you <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Runkefer" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Runkefer</span></a></span>) . This list is sorted by “dependence”, defined as: </p><p>Federal revenue / Total station revenue.</p><p>In other words, a 90% dependence score means Federal money accounts for 90% of the station’s income.</p><p>Since Federal money is being cut by <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>, the more dependent a station is on Federal money, the more devastated they will be.</p><p>I encourage you to pick some station that calls out to you (don’t all pick the number one station!) and find their website and make a *recurring* donation of $5 or $10 a month. Make sure it’s a RECURRING donation, so you give these stations a dependable lifeline.</p><p>Don’t forget, some employers will match your donations. Make your bosses support public broadcasting!</p><p><a href="https://data.semipublic.co/public/dashboard/79538ae6-407d-49c0-bb7e-73e4a594f8a7" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">data.semipublic.co/public/dash</span><span class="invisible">board/79538ae6-407d-49c0-bb7e-73e4a594f8a7</span></a></p>
SWLing Post<p>Public Broadcasting Cuts Hit Hard in Remote, Rural Communities</p><p><a href="https://swling.com/blog/2025/07/public-broadcasting-cuts-hit-hard-in-remote-rural-communities/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">swling.com/blog/2025/07/public</span><span class="invisible">-broadcasting-cuts-hit-hard-in-remote-rural-communities/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/CPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CPB</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/NaturalDisasterPreparedness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NaturalDisasterPreparedness</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/NOAA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NOAA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/NPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NPR</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/NWS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NWS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/PublicBroadcasting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicBroadcasting</span></a></p>
Dave Rahardja<p>Can you spare $5/month or more for this <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/publicBroadcasting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>publicBroadcasting</span></a> station under threat? Make sure you sign up for *recurring* support, because that’s what they need!</p><p>Don’t forget to sign up for employer matching if you have it, and get your bosses to support an at-risk station.</p><p>Click the DONATE button at the top of this page:</p><p><a href="https://www.northcountrypublicradio.org" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">northcountrypublicradio.org</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Make sure it’s a *recurring* donation! <a href="https://mas.to/@3dogcouch/114888128435653886" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mas.to/@3dogcouch/114888128435</span><span class="invisible">653886</span></a></p>
Dave Rahardja<p>I wonder if there is a list of at-risk <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/publicBroadcasting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>publicBroadcasting</span></a> stations in rural areas that will shut down because of the recent defunding. Those stations may be a great candidate for sending your recurring support even if you don’t leave near them.</p><p>It’s better than subscribing to Paramount Plus, that’s for damn sure.</p>
Dave Rahardja<p>I signed up to <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/PBS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PBS</span></a> Passport and I’m donating $20/month to my local station, KQED. It’s a better investment than subscribing to Paramount Plus, for sure. Consider signing up for a *recurring* donation to your local station to show your support.</p><p>Even better, some employers will *match* your recurring donations. Get your bosses to support your local station!</p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/sfba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sfba</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/publicBroadcasting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>publicBroadcasting</span></a></p>
Chris Ostertag<p>If you're a student who wants to help save public media, Austin PBS fall internships are now open: <a href="https://recruiting.paylocity.com/recruiting/jobs/All/26af499b-7631-4d20-96ab-09c0a5b4d08e/Austin-PBS" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">recruiting.paylocity.com/recru</span><span class="invisible">iting/jobs/All/26af499b-7631-4d20-96ab-09c0a5b4d08e/Austin-PBS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pbs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pbs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/npr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>npr</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>texas</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/austin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>austin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PublicMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicMedia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PublicBroadcasting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicBroadcasting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/internship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>internship</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tv" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tv</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Bill Goodman, a former longtime host of “Kentucky Tonight” on KET-TV, which broadcasts statewide from Lexington, recalled watching a recent episode of his old show that devoted nearly an entire hour to an in-depth conversation about <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Medicaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Medicaid</span></a> cuts. The guests engaged in reasoned & intricate arguments from opposite sides of the national debate.</p><p>“You don’t find that on commercial television,” he said.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicBroadcasting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicBroadcasting</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The explosion in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> sources is what Capitol Hill <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> & their allies point to in justifying this year’s rescission package.</p><p>“With cellphones & internet & all that, I think the ability of people almost any part of the country to access all kinds of information sources is, you know, greater than it’s ever been,” Jeff Miron, a VP of Cato Institute, a libertarian research group, said this week—on none other than <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NPR</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicBroadcasting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicBroadcasting</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>“He was unpleasantly surprised that a lot of conservative politicians from red states resisted,” said Steve Oney, the author of “On Air,” a book on the history of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NPR</span></a>. “In their communities, their <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicRadio</span></a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicTelevision" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicTelevision</span></a> stations were seen as assets.”</p><p>Now, though, Oney said, “people get their news from anywhere they want, so there’s not the critical-mass support back in red-state America for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicBroadcasting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicBroadcasting</span></a>.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>But in the years that followed, the strength of local <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicTelevision" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicTelevision</span></a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicRadio</span></a> stations in conservative states was often what saved the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/federal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>federal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/funding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>funding</span></a>.</p><p>In 1995, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NewtGingrich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewtGingrich</span></a>, then the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/House" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>House</span></a> speaker, made one of the most aggressive moves since <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Nixon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nixon</span></a> to “zero out” federal support for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicMedia</span></a> before he found it politically untenable.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicBroadcasting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicBroadcasting</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Nixon’s admin didn’t follow through. Instead, it toggled between pressure on the independent Corporation for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicBroadcasting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicBroadcasting</span></a> to do its bidding & a plan to push more of its budget down to local stations — which, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Nixon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nixon</span></a> aides believed, tended to have more conservative management than the national <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/networks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>networks</span></a> run out of New York & Washington.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>No sooner was the system established than the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Nixon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nixon</span></a> White House attacked <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PBS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PBS</span></a> for being packed with correspondents & guests who were “anti-administration” or “Kennedy sycophants,” as a Nixon aide, Patrick Buchanan, put it at the time.</p><p>Nixon was so “disturbed” that PBS had started a new national <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> show w/the hosts Robert MacNeil & Sander Vanocur — someone on his enemies list — that he requested “all funds for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicBroadcasting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicBroadcasting</span></a> be cut immediately,” memos released years later showed.</p>
Nonilex<p>His speech was followed by an influential study on “<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EducationalTelevision" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EducationalTelevision</span></a>” from the Carnegie Corporation. It concluded that the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FederalGovernment</span></a> should finance a system of stations to produce programming that was “of human interest & importance” without regard for the free-market incentives of ratings or ad revenue. The Johnson admin then did just that, in line with its <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GreatSociety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GreatSociety</span></a> program.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicBroadcasting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicBroadcasting</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Its creation was spurred along by the declaration of Newton N. Minow, chairman of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FCC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FCC</span></a> during the Kennedy admin, that the competition for ratings & ad dollars had turned TV into a “vast wasteland” of “game shows, formula comedies about totally unbelievable families, blood & thunder.” He beseeched broadcasters to “make a conscientious, good-faith effort to serve the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicInterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicInterest</span></a>” with higher-quality fare.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicBroadcasting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicBroadcasting</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>But the willingness of congressional <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> to vote for a complete cutoff of federal money to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicBroadcasting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicBroadcasting</span></a> also says a lot about sweeping changes in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a>, & views of mainstream <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a>, since <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> passed the 1967 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> that led to the creation of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PBS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PBS</span></a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NPR</span></a>.</p><p>The ascendant ideology of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> era is the opposite of the one that spawned the modern public broadcasting system.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Markey argued that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s moves against <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PBS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PBS</span></a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NPR</span></a> were part of the admin’s larger campaign to undermine mainstream <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a>. It is in line, he said, with Trump’s lawsuits against the major broadcast <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/networks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>networks</span></a> & suggestions that the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FCC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FCC</span></a> might punish their stations over accusations of *liberal bias*.</p><p>“It’s all part of a plan to intimidate & control the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> & how they cover his presidency,” he said.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicBroadcasting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicBroadcasting</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Some were afraid of being accused of avicide (for “killing Big Bird” of “Sesame Street”), while others appreciated their local public stations (& the airtime they personally received) —always stopping the party short of turning their threats against <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PBS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PBS</span></a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NPR</span></a> into <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a>.</p><p>That they have finally been able to do it now, voting on Friday to claw back $1.1 billion in public broadcasting funds, on one level speaks to the power of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicBroadcasting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicBroadcasting</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Conservatives Get the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PBS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PBS</span></a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NPR</span></a> Cuts They’ve Wanted for Decades</p><p>The cuts speak to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s grip on his party but also to the sweeping changes in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a>.</p><p>They tried under Ronald Reagan & George H.W. Bush & George W. Bush. Newt Gingrich gave it a go when he controlled the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/House" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>House</span></a>, & Bob Dole did, too, when he held power in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Senate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Senate</span></a>.</p><p>But for 5 decades, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> failed time & again to choke off <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/federal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>federal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/funding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>funding</span></a> for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicBroadcasting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicBroadcasting</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/business/media/npr-pbs-funding-cuts-republicans.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/07/18/busines</span><span class="invisible">s/media/npr-pbs-funding-cuts-republicans.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p>
@BjornW@mastodon.social<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@cubicgarden" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>cubicgarden</span></a></span> speaks <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@fediforum" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>fediforum</span></a></span> at this moment as the first keynote speaker ever at <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fediforum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fediforum</span></a>. Congrats Ian! </p><p>Interesting talk, especially for civil/civic public organizations.</p><p>In my words: the Fediverse with a public broadcaster perspective & opportunities it brings. </p><p>Ian's talk was recorded. </p><p>Btw Ian will also be present at the <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.publicspaces.net/@publicspaces" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>publicspaces</span></a></span> conference next Friday (June 13th) in Amsterdam: </p><p><a href="https://conference.publicspaces.net/session/the-future-of-social-media-en" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">conference.publicspaces.net/se</span><span class="invisible">ssion/the-future-of-social-media-en</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PublicSpaces" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicSpaces</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FediForum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FediForum</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PublicBroadcasting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicBroadcasting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a></p>
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