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The Corporation for Public Broadcasting voted Monday to dissolve itself
after Republicans in Congress rescinded $1.1 billion in federal
funding, cutting off the primary government revenue stream that has
long sustained NPR and PBS.

The CPB began winding down operations in August, notifying 100
employees that most staff positions would be eliminated by the end of
the fiscal year on September 30, with MondayAs vote making the closure official.

In a press release, the CPB said the decision resulted directly from oCongressAs rescission of all of CPBAs federal funding and comes after sustained political attacks that made it impossible for CPB to continue operating as the Public Broadcasting Act intended.o

President Donald Trump formally called on Congress to cancel public broadcaster funding over the next two years via a rescission request
after the 2024 election. Congress approved that plan in mid-July,
taking back $1.1 billion earmarked for public broadcasters over the
next two years.

oIt is very important that all Republicans adhere to my Recissions
[sic] Bill and, in particular, DEFUND THE CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC
BROADCASTING (PBS and NPR), which is worse than CNN & MSDNC put
together,o Trump said in a post on Truth Social in mid-July.

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting was created in 1967 to support
radio stations in underserved areas. In recent years, conservatives
have criticized the agency for funneling millions of dollars annually
to NPR and PBS.

As The Daily Wire previously reported, a Media Research Center (MRC)
study found the taxpayer-funded PBS program oWashington Week with The Atlantico consistently exhibited a staggering 93% negative bias against Republicans and the Trump administration over three months, despite
claiming to provide oobjectiveo political coverage.

oThe panelists spent 83 minutes opining on Republicans, focusing on
Trump and his administration, in 93% negative fashion (77 minutes
negative, six minutes positive),o the MRC report reads.

House Republicans grilled NPR chief executive Katherine Maher in July
on the organizationAs bias against conservatives, focusing in
particular on the cover-up of the Hunter Biden laptop story during the
2020 election u claims Maher attempted to walk back.

Former NPR senior business editor Uri Berliner, who resigned after
publishing an essay critical of the networkAs leftward shift, was
referenced by Republican lawmakers as further evidence of the outletAs
bias, The Daily Wire previously reported.

In a text message to The New York Times, Berliner wrote that he
believes the organization should oopenly acknowledge and embrace its progressive orientationo and decline federal support, contradicting
MaherAs claims of NPRAs supposed objectivity.
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Verily, in article <XY-cnUczL-51vsD0nZ2dnZfqn_YAAAAA@giganews.com>, did weberm@polaris.net deliver unto us this message:

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting voted Monday to dissolve itself after Republicans in Congress rescinded $1.1 billion in federal
funding, cutting off the primary government revenue stream that has
long sustained NPR and PBS.

[snip]

Things people actually wanted, like classic Sesame Street, didn't need
the support.

There is something to be said for funding commercially unsuccessful art,
since some of it proves over time to be great. We no longer have a lot
of private art patrons, so it seems natural for government to fill the
gap. On the other hand, the stuff the government funds very seldom
proves great over time.
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Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting voted Monday to dissolve itself after Republicans in Congress rescinded $1.1 billion in federal
funding, cutting off the primary government revenue stream that has
long sustained NPR and PBS.

The CPB began winding down operations in August, notifying 100
employees that most staff positions would be eliminated by the end of
the fiscal year on September 30, with MondayAs vote making the closure official

$1.1 billion divided by 100 employees is only $11 million per employee per year.

In a press release, the CPB said the decision resulted directly from oCongressAs rescission of all of CPBAs federal funding and comes after sustained political attacks that made it impossible for CPB to continue operating as the Public Broadcasting Act intended.o

President Donald Trump formally called on Congress to cancel public broadcaster funding over the next two years via a rescission request
after the 2024 election. Congress approved that plan in mid-July,
taking back $1.1 billion earmarked for public broadcasters over the
next two years.

oIt is very important that all Republicans adhere to my Recissions
[sic] Bill and, in particular, DEFUND THE CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING (PBS and NPR), which is worse than CNN & MSDNC put
together,o Trump said in a post on Truth Social in mid-July.

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting was created in 1967 to support
radio stations in underserved areas. In recent years, conservatives
have criticized the agency for funneling millions of dollars annually
to NPR and PBS.

As The Daily Wire previously reported, a Media Research Center (MRC)
study found the taxpayer-funded PBS program oWashington Week with The Atlantico consistently exhibited a staggering 93% negative bias against Republicans and the Trump administration over three months, despite
claiming to provide oobjectiveo political coverage.

oThe panelists spent 83 minutes opining on Republicans, focusing on
Trump and his administration, in 93% negative fashion (77 minutes
negative, six minutes positive),o the MRC report reads.

House Republicans grilled NPR chief executive Katherine Maher in July
on the organizationAs bias against conservatives, focusing in
particular on the cover-up of the Hunter Biden laptop story during the
2020 election u claims Maher attempted to walk back.

Former NPR senior business editor Uri Berliner, who resigned after publishing an essay critical of the networkAs leftward shift, was
referenced by Republican lawmakers as further evidence of the outletAs
bias, The Daily Wire previously reported.

In a text message to The New York Times, Berliner wrote that he
believes the organization should oopenly acknowledge and embrace its progressive orientationo and decline federal support, contradicting
MaherAs claims of NPRAs supposed objectivity.

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Fox News and Newsmax will fill the gap on public access and children's programming because rightists have many children to groom for their sexual cravings. Many are anti-abortion because abortions lower the supply of children.


45 Convicted Republican Pedophiles:

1. Republican anti-abortion activist Howard Scott Heldreth is a convicted
child rapist in Florida.

2. Republican County Commissioner David Swartz pleaded guilty to molesting
two girls under the age of 11 and was sentenced to 8 years in prison.

3. Republican judge Mark Pazuhanich pleaded no contest to fondling a
10-year old girl and was sentenced to 10 years probation.

4. Republican anti-abortion activist Nicholas Morency pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography on his computer and offering a bounty to
anybody who murders an abortion doctor.

5. Republican legislator Edison Misla Aldarondo was sentenced to 10 years
in prison for raping his daughter between the ages of 9 and 17.

6. Republican Mayor Philip Giordano is serving a 37-year sentence in
federal prison for sexually abusing 8- and 10-year old girls.

7. Republican campaign consultant Tom Shortridge was sentenced to three
years probation for taking nude photographs of a 15-year old girl.

8. Republican racist pedophile and United States Senator Strom Thurmond
had sex with a 15-year old black girl which produced a child.

9. Republican pastor Mike Hintz, whom George W. Bush commended during the
2004 presidential campaign, surrendered to police after admitting to a
sexual affair with a female juvenile.

10. Republican legislator Peter Dibble pleaded no contest to having an inappropriate relationship with a 13-year-old girl.

11. Republican Congressman Donald oBuzo Lukens was found guilty of having
sex with a female minor and sentenced to one month in jail.

12. Republican fundraiser Richard A. Delgaudio was found guilty of child
porn charges and paying two teenage girls to pose for sexual photos.

13. Republican activist Mark A. Grethen convicted on six counts of sex
crimes involving children.

14. Republican activist Randal David Ankeney pleaded guilty to attempted
sexual assault on a child.

15. Republican Congressman Dan Crane had sex with a female minor working
as a congressional page.

16. Republican activist and Christian Coalition leader Beverly Russell
admitted to an incestuous relationship with his step daughter.

17. Republican congressman and anti-gay activist Robert Bauman* was
charged with having sex with a 16-year-old boy he picked up at a gay bar.

18. Republican Committee Chairman Jeffrey Patti was arrested for
distributing a video clip of a 5-year-old girl being raped.

19. Republican activist Marty Glickman (a.k.a. oRepublican Martyo), was
taken into custody by Florida police on four counts of unlawful sexual
activity with an underage girl and one count of delivering the drug LSD.

20. Republican legislative aide Howard L. Brooks* was charged with
molesting a 12-year old boy and possession of child pornography.

21. Republican Senate candidate John Hathaway was accused of having sex
with his 12-year old baby sitter and withdrew his candidacy after the allegations were reported in the media.

22. Republican preacher Stephen White, who demanded a return to
traditional values, was sentenced to jail after offering $20 to a
14-year-old boy for permission to perform oral sex on him.

23. Republican talk show host Jon Matthews pleaded guilty to exposing his genitals to an 11 year old girl.

24. Republican anti-gay activist Earl oButcho Kimmerling was sentenced to
40 years in prison for molesting an 8-year old girl after he attempted to
stop a gay couple from adopting her.

25. Republican Party leader Paul Ingram pleaded guilty to six counts of
raping his daughters and served 14 years in federal prison.

26. Republican election board official Kevin Coan was sentenced to two
years probation for soliciting sex over the internet from a 14-year old
girl.

27. Republican politician Andrew Buhr was charged with two counts of first degree sodomy with a 13-year old boy.

28. Republican politician Keith Westmoreland was arrested on seven felony counts of lewd and lascivious exhibition to girls under the age of 16
(i.e. exposing himself to children).

29. Republican anti-abortion activist John Allen Burt was charged with
sexual misconduct involving a 15-year old girl.

30. Republican County Councilman Keola Childs* pleaded guilty to molesting
a male child.

31. Republican activist John Butler was charged with criminal sexual
assault on a teenage girl.

32. Republican candidate Richard Gardner admitted to molesting his two daughters.

33. Republican Councilman and former Marine Jack W. Gardner was convicted
of molesting a 13-year old girl.

34. Republican County Commissioner Merrill Robert Barter* pleaded guilty
to unlawful sexual contact and assault on a teenage boy.

35. Republican City Councilman Fred C. Smeltzer, Jr. pleaded no contest to raping a 15 year-old girl and served 6-months in prison.

36. Republican activist Parker J. Bena pleaded guilty to possession of
child pornography on his home computer and was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison and fined $18,000.

37. Republican parole board officer and former Colorado state
representative, Larry Jack Schwarz, was fired after child pornography was
found in his possession.

38. Republican strategist and Citadel Military College graduate Robin Vanderwall* was convicted in Virginia on five counts of soliciting sex
from boys and girls over the internet.

39. Republican city councilman Mark Harris, who is described as a ogood military mano and ochurch goer,o was convicted of repeatedly having sex
with an 11-year-old girl and sentenced to 12 years in prison.

40. Republican businessman Jon Grunseth withdrew his candidacy for
Minnesota governor after allegations surfaced that he went swimming in the
nude with four underage girls, including his daughter.

41. Republican director of the oYoung Republican Federationo Nicholas
Elizondo molested his 6-year old daughter and was sentenced to six years
in prison.

42. Republican benefactor of conservative Christian groups, Richard A.
Dasen Sr., was charged with rape for allegedly paying a 15-year old girl
for sex. Dasen, 62, who is married with grown children and several grandchildren, has allegedly told police that over the past decade he paid
more than $1 million to have sex with a large number of young.

43. Republican state senator Ralph Shortey from Oklahoma admitted to being involved in sodomy with a 17 year old male prostitute and transporting
child pornography.

44. Republican Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert in jail for the
payments he made to cover up raping his wrestlers when he was a high
school coach.

45. Republican Judge and campaign official Tim Nolan for Donald Trump
indicted for human trafficking and forcing a minors (9) to engage in
sexual activity.


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The True Melissa wrote:

There is something to be said for funding commercially unsuccessful art, >since some of it proves over time to be great. We no longer have a lot
of private art patrons, so it seems natural for government to fill the
gap. On the other hand, the stuff the government funds very seldom
proves great over time.

Are you saying The President made a bad decision by being involved in The Trump Kennedy Center?

Kiss, The Village People and Stallone are the pinnacle of American taste
and art and will last forever.
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The True Melissa <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> wrote:

Ubi plagarized an article from https://www.dailywire.com/news/bye-bye-big-bird-corporation-for-public-broadcasting-votes-to-dissolve-after-trump-cuts-funding

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting voted Monday to dissolve itself >>after Republicans in Congress rescinded $1.1 billion in federal
funding, cutting off the primary government revenue stream that has
long sustained NPR and PBS.

[snip]

Things people actually wanted, like classic Sesame Street, didn't need
the support.

There is something to be said for funding commercially unsuccessful art, >since some of it proves over time to be great. We no longer have a lot
of private art patrons, so it seems natural for government to fill the
gap. On the other hand, the stuff the government funds very seldom
proves great over time.

CPB budget for grants were something like 2/3 operations of the license holder's public radio or public tv station, and 1/3 for programming. In
major markets, with a lot more moochathons, local broadcasting will
survive. There is no sustainable path forward for public radio or
television in rural areas -- places that voted heavily for Trump -- as
the lack of population means there won't be sufficient fundraising. Now,
the subsidy could easily come from local taxes if any state legislature
wanted that model but I doubt any will.

National public broadcasting is essentially syndication, the opposite of
how the national commercial television networks ABC, CBS, and NBC work
in which the local television license holder is paid to "clear" prime
time. Fox has a revenue split.

In public television, the PBS affiliate chooses programming and pays for
it based on local population. All PBS programs are produced by one
member station (or if foreign programming, purchased by one member
station), then offered nationally. Major programming sources are WGBH,
WNET, WTTW, and KQED. There is a recommended national programming
schedule but it's not contractual. The local public broadcast station
can move prime time programming to other time slots or not broadcast it
at all.

There are other program sources like American Public Television that
distribute domestic and foreign programming. Since we were discussing
Doc Martin in the other thread, this was foreign programming offered
through APT. These don't require a specific PBS member station to
sponsor.

Public radio is similar in that it works like syndication but only
specific programs originate at member stations and there are three
networks. With NPR membership, the local public radio station must carry national news programs like Morning Edition and All Things Considered,
and they will typically carry national news at the top of the hour.
Everything else is pick and choose. The other two major programming
sources are PRX (which is now a podcasting model in whichs shows are
available for broadcast) and APM.

In a few cases, small market stations are carrying a lot less national programming. There are stations that dropped their national affiliations entirely as they simply could not afford the fees.

When Congress was egalitarian during the Johnson and Nixon
administrations, they were making television and radio available to
viewers and listeners in rural areas, like past programs of Rural Free
Delivery (mail), and rural electrification and rural telephony. It was
once considered to be a critical national priority to enhance rural communication and electrical infrastructure. Note that both telephone
and electric share line poles.

This is just another instance of Trump deliberately harming rural
Americans, his constituents. Sure there's an argument that federal
funding is inappropriate, but a transisition to no subsidy at all is
just going to result in complete loss of broadcasting.

They are still coming for the post office.
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