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tishaLA

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6. On Deadline White House, they mentioned

Reply to no_hypocrisy (Reply #2)

Thu Jul 17, 2025, 06:00 AM

Jul 17

That perhaps someone like Melinda Gates or Bezos's ex-wife (sorry but I forget her name( could help fill the void.

PBS and NPR already have advertising, although it's usually "presented with the help of ...." things and they could advertise more conspicuously, which would suck but add to the coffers nonetheless -- and both PBS and NPR have audiences that would be very attractive to advertisers.

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