[mmanfrin]

And the only institution with a mandate to educate and inform just got defunded.

[rammer]

... And why did they get defunded?

[intended]

Because the media sold a story to one set of the population - the topic of this thread.

[Braxton1980]

As a lesson to other government funded entities about the power of government and to please voters who are easily manipulated with mere accusations that align with long held unproven beliefs