I don’t believe we’re having THIS discussion here, on FR....C’est la vie.
>But where is the great “win” in shutting down PBS?
‘Tis but one baby step in the *correct* direction: it is not a valid expenditure of taxpayer $$.
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As flawed as its funding model is, it does offer a wealth of good programming and some of it is great, certainly a helluva lot more than replays of Lawrence Welk, as someone on this thread suggested. And, no, The Discover Channel and other for-profits won’t easily be able to supplant the higher quality PBS shows
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Then one is MORE than welcome to donate THEIR time\$$ for such endeavors. Like any\all biz, it should live by its own biz model.
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I think the Hill and Politico articles are simply meant to foment dissent and that there’s likely very little political will to get this done. In fact, I don’t think Trump will push this through. It’s more strategic for him and for us if he doesn’t.
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Oh, you were expecting accolades from the Socialist media?
What ‘strategy’ are you fomenting? To what goal? A Constitutional govt? Then defunding is the correct path.
Does your “correct direction” include unifying the country? I believe that is one of Trump’s stated strategic goals. Defunding PBS, a piddling budget item, takes us in the opposite direction, while satisfying the purist Conservative agenda merely for its own sake. Nothing much gained and a lot will be lost in the culture wars.
To have a unified country with a population as varied as ours, we will all have to give up a little something here and there.
Trump doesn’t do purist, he does practical. Let’s see what happens. I’m betting PBS stays pretty much as is.