Trump Plan Would Privatize Public Broadcasting, Kill Arts & Humanities Endowments: Report

Deadline Hollywood ^ | January 19, 2017 | Jeremy Gerard

[C19fan]

Hours before his inauguration tomorrow, Donald Trump appears ready to approve budget-cutting plans that would outsource public radio and television financing while killing altogether federal support of the arts and humanities.

[from occupied ga]

YES!! Get rid of taxpayer support for jackasses like Tavis Smiley etc.

[SubMareener]

Not funding the enemies of the Republic !!! What a concept!!

[LostInBayport]

Trump Plan Would Privatize Public Broadcasting, Kill Arts & Humanities Endowments

[glorgau]

If true, it’s going to be delicious listening to the local NPR station - WGBH - over the next couple of weeks.

After the election they seemed genuinely confused and aimless. Like they hadn’t gotten their marching orders/talking point organized yet.

[servantboy777]

The head of the IRS needs to be canned tomorrow at 12:02.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Now that the libs have taught toddlers to spend more time trying to figure out which sex they are instead of watching Sesame Street, I don’t think Big Bird is going to save Public Broadcasting’s ass this time.

[Buckeye McFrog]

My local PBS station already runs thinly disguised infomercials.

[ScottinVA]

Good deal. If PBR, the NEA, etc are as awesome and critically necessary as claimed, corporate sponsors should be lining up to back them.

[SgtHooper]

GAAAAAAAAH! I CAN’T STAND IT!! :-)

[angcat]

I hate NPR I always mute when I listen to my classical music on the weekends. No matter what part of the house I’m in, I run to the Bose and mute.

[NohSpinZone]

Hey Hollywood liberals. You love sanctimoniously lecturing President Trump from your high horses. Why don’t you step up here and donate some of your vast wealth into propping up these forms of art.

I’m speaking to you Meryl Screech. Shut up and pay up.

[bgill]

Please let this be true.

[Joe Bfstplk]

Yea!

[proud American in Canada]

But, but, but ... what will Ken Burns say? Or Garrison Keilor? (sp?)

*insert the “oh noes” .gif with the little guys running around with signs*

LOL!!!!!

[Sacajaweau]

Ain’t gonna happen.....

[miss marmelstein]

OH, well. I’ll miss Masterpiece Theater and some cooking shows but won’t miss the evil Frontline or Judy Woodruff if she’s still alive.

[RedWulf]

Trump continues to impress me. The man is awesome.

[jaydubya2]

Will I still be able to get bad automobile advice from Click and Clack?

[Pollster1]

Good!

None of those are proper roles for our federal government. Also, our children and grandchildren are too deep in debt, thanks to Barack Hussein Obama, and they cannot afford those frivolous expenses.

[HombreSecreto]

And arrest Lois Lerner!