Indeed. I am SO with you!
PBS and NPR had such a wonderful opportunity to be a terrific resource for all, funded by donations, uncluttered by advertising, unbeholding to corporate interests, and free to play things that were not in the mainstream, like Classical Music, Broadway, Plays, Shakespeare, Educational Programming, Documentaries, etc.
They would have been beloved, and supported by those who enjoyed their programming. They could have been a refuge from agenda-driven propaganda that is promoted by the networks, Unsullied by Politics, and free from stupid advertising that interrupts and controls regular TV and radio.
They coulda BEEN somebody!
But NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO......
“Accept Caesar’s coin, do Caesar’s bidding”.
Although as willing and eager New Socialist Men And Wymmyn, the apparatchiks at NPR would have done Caesar’s bidding for free.