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LudwigPastorius

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6. "What I totally don't get is why they shut down..."

Reply to PoindexterOglethorpe (Reply #4)

Tue Sep 2, 2025, 11:10 PM

Sep 2

The CPB was almost entirely funded by Congress, and its sole purpose was to disburse funding to local public broadcasting operations. When all the money was cut off, it could no longer pay rent for office space or pay salaries for its employees, much less fulfill its mission.

I suppose it could try to continue to operate with volunteers and donated office space, but without money to send to local PBS stations, what's the point?

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The defunded Corporation for Public Broadcasting will get one of TV's biggest prizes [View all] BumRushDaShow Sep 2 OP

Damn, so much good done over so many decades just trampled. Biophilic Sep 2 #1

Award them with continued funding. Deuxcents Sep 2 #2

Too bad the award isnt a monetary award...nt Figarosmom Sep 2 #3

What I totally don't get is why they shut down 20 minutes PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2 #4

"What I totally don't get is why they shut down..." LudwigPastorius Sep 2 #6

Why can't ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox Delmette2.0 Sep 2 #5

because abc and the others support krasnov and always have. rampartd Sep 3 #8

I guess it was a stupid question. Delmette2.0 Sep 3 #11

... Oeditpus Rex Sep 3 #14

I'm still just stunned and shocked that the Corporation for Public Broadcasting is ending. calimary Sep 2 #7

If I were a billionaire... FeelingBlue Sep 3 #9

i hope they are planning on a big come back once trumps dead samnsara Sep 3 #10

This is still America, count on a return of PBS. oasis Sep 3 #12

PBS did not go away obamanut2012 Sep 3 #17

After the Trump horror show is over... could the Corporation for Public Broadcasting ever be revived? Oopsie Daisy Sep 3 #13

Considering that Republican Senators will still exist, maxsolomon Sep 3 #15

Sigh. (We'll have to do something about that... ASAP.) Oopsie Daisy Sep 3 #16