Posted on 01/12/2026 6:53:34 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
PBS will premiere separate programs on science and foreign affairs next weekend after shutting the doors on its Saturday and Sunday breaking newscasts because of the federal government’s cut of $1.1 billion in funding to public broadcasting.
The Republican-controlled Congress, responding to President Donald Trump’s wishes, eliminated funding for PBS and NPR in July. The president has complained about news programming on public broadcasting being biased against conservatives.
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So sad…-sarc
They could stream Fox News.
And nobody noticed.
I apologize but I’m still not tired of winning
Surely a tragedy of unprecedented proportions.
This is like a dream come true.
Oh no, anyway…
“Single-topic” programs?
Let me guess the topic. OrangeManBad?
Grandstanding.
They are slipping. They normally would have written "The president has complained about news programming on public broadcasting being biased against conservatives but that has been completely and thoroughly debunked and is a flat-out, bald-faced Trumpian lie."
Sure is.
“because of the federal government’s cut of $1.1 billion in funding to public broadcasting.z”
gee, i remember when they claimed Fed money was just a tiny fraction of the total, and that gazillions of dollars were pouring in, well enough to make up the loss and then some ...
i guess that all was just two more lies at top of the pyramid of lies that “public” broadcasting has been spewing for decades ... the two LAST official lies for that matter ...
“separate programs on science”
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Lol.
Yup—you caught the lefties lying again.
They never quit the con.
They should just sell the news division of PBS to the Democrat party... It’s already essentially a propaganda arm of the Democrat party.
Good. State-sponsored media has no place in a republic.
Remember “Adventures in Good Music” with Karl Haas on PBS radio 1970 to 2007. That was great radio!
This was my first thought as well. I suspect a lot of their budget came from the NGO's that no longer exist.
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