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This is a better outcome than Trump minions taking over CPB

• tptacek 1y ago
  What would they have been able to do? CPB mostly just funnels money to stations. They don't produce content.
  • the_gastropod 1y ago
    Put conditions on said funneled money?
    • softwaredoug 1y ago
      "If you want CPB money, you'll have to make/broadcast a Trump PSA" seems totally within the realm of possibility. Which might still happen if rural PBS stations now need to take sketchy sources of money
  • burkaman 1y ago
    They could have chosen which specific shows they would fund, they weren't required to give out no-strings-attached grants. They once hand-picked Tucker Carlson to host a new PBS show that they would fund.
    • tptacek 1y ago
      OK, but now they're funding zero shows.
      • burkaman 1y ago
        I understand, just answering your question about what they would have been able to do.