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Just for full accuracy: $9b is the total in the claw back bill. About $1.1b of that is CPB (PBS+NPR).
by pitpatagain 1y ago
Just for full accuracy: $9b is the total in the claw back bill. About $1.1b of that is CPB (PBS+NPR).
- lenerdenator 1y agoSo what you're saying is, Trump or Elon could, in theory, write a check and fund it for the next fiscal year?
- CamperBob2 1y agoIf you want to go back to the medieval patronage model, that's certainly a possibility. There were good reasons for moving away from that model, though.
- manwe150 1y agoSurely you don’t think it could be that bad if we were to sell all of our news media to a few rich companies in what some have called an oligopoly
- nilamo 1y agoSomeone could also fund it forever, with a donation large enough such that the endowment's dividends exceed yearly costs. But no one has.
- disposition2 1y agoBased on the text of the legislation passed by the Senate, it looks like the ~$1 billion was for 2026 & 2027 fiscal years. > (20) (A) Amounts made available for “Corporation for Public Broadcasting” for fiscal year 2026 by Public Law 118–47 are rescinded. > (B) Amounts made available for “Corporation for Public Broadcasting” for fiscal year 2027 by Public Law 119–4 are rescinded. https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4/text https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4/te...