[adfm]

I offer Fred Rogers testifying before the senate subcommittee on communications as a refresher on why we must continue to fund PBS and NPR.

https://youtu.be/fKy7ljRr0AA?si=Wei_cwJcF56rXl_w

The person on the other end of that call is thin skinned and likely not hugged much as a child. Sad.

[aeternum]

If PBS and NPR had shows of the caliber of Mr. Rogers then perhaps a strong case could be made continuing that funding.

Instead they now focus on messages like this: https://x.com/NPR/status/1491520306036543496

Sell the spectrum and let them compete fairly in the marketplace of ideas. Half the country should not be forced to fund broadcasting they do not agree with.

[anigbrowl]

You're mad about a 'split of opinions on new thing' story from nearly 4 years ago?

I don't believe you're serious. If Mr Rogers were broadcasting for the first time now opponents of public media would be deriding it as woke propaganda and worse.

[mcswell]

Nobody is forced to fund broadcasting, now that Trump has taken away NPR and PBS funding. That has nothing to do with spectrum: nada, zilch, nichts, rien, ma'yuk...