Public media across United States faces perilous future as Senate considers legalizing Trump's plot to defund NPR, PBS
by Joel Connelly
Except in going through Leavenworth, when I put on a Richard Wagner cassette, my habit is to tune in Northwest Public Radio when driving through Eastern Washington.
Public broadcasting offers escape from lies and the party line of right wing talk radio, the hijacking of Jesus’ message by preacher men, and homogenized corporate-honed music the welcome alternative, location-by-location weather forecasts.
And, increasingly, the direction of fire smoke.
You don’t need be a weather forecaster to know which way the wind is blowing, however, and to see the immediate peril facing public radio and public television. The U.S. Senate is supposed to vote on a bill that would slash $1.1 billion from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which dispenses money to PBS and local public radio stations. The rescission package has already passed the House on a 214–212 vote.
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