Defund this propaganda outlet already!
“Defund this propaganda outlet already!”
Federally subsidized PBS was started by the government to provide television drams and art programs the 3 major television networks would not provide. Essentially it was an entitlement program for elites and highbrow people who wanted to watch opera and talk shows where intellectuals pontificated.
In a world with hundreds of cable and streaming channels, plus niche content made specifically for streaming, PBS no longer has a reason for being. It is long past time for the government to stop funding a liberal propaganda organ and turn PBS loose from the federal teat by privatizing it in a public stock offering. Let the liberal elites buy the stock and run the company by selling advertising, subscriptions or whatever else they need to do to keep it running without being subsided by the taxpayers.
Sadly, from 2017- 2019 the Republicans controlled both houses of Congress and the White House. If the GOP Congress had passed a bill to privatize PBS, Trump would have signed it in a heartbeat. Unfortunately the Republicans, who cry about fiscal responsibility when Democrats are in the majority, can’t even end a long obsolete federally subsidized television network with a miniscule audience.