Corporation for #PublicBroadcasting, a private agency that has steered federal #funding to #PBS, #NPR & hundreds of #public #television & #radio stations across the country, voted Monday to dissolve the organization that was created in 1967.
#CPB had been winding down since #Congress acted last summer to defund its operations under orders from #Trump. Its board of directors chose to shutter CPB completely instead of keeping it as a shell.

#media #FourthEstate #journalism
https://apnews.com/article/public-broadcasting-pbs-npr-b68f441c227ec7e076c038821b4a5931?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2026-01-05-CPB%27s+final+act

Rest in power #CPB, thank you for my entire childhood. Your murder will be avenged.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/business/media/corporation-for-public-broadcasting.html

I am literally in tears right now. I weep for the country we could have been.

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting’s board of directors voted to dissolve the organization, officials announced Monday night, ending the 58-year-old agency that distributed federal funds to #NPR, #PBS and more than 1,500 local public radio and television stations.

This formalizes the shutdown after Republicans in Congress rescinded $1.1 billion in funding because of Trump’s tantrum demand.

Created by Congress through the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967, #CPB served as a middleman between taxpayers and public media, distributing most of its appropriations directly to local stations. The funding was particularly crucial for small and rural stations, especially those in areas where internet isn’t. Most of them will be forced to close.

Tax the #EpsteinClass, or eat them, one of the two.

https://cpb.org/pressroom/corporation-public-broadcasting-board-votes-dissolve-organization-act-responsible
(Edit:typo)

Rest in power #CPB, thank you for my entire childhood. Your murder will be avenged.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/business/media/corporation-for-public-broadcasting.html

I am literally in tears right now. I weep for the country we could have been.

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting’s board of directors voted to dissolve the organization, officials announced Monday night, ending the 58-year-old agency that distributed federal funds to #NPR, #PBS and more than 1,500 local public radio and television stations.

This formalizes the shutdown after Republicans in Congress rescinded $1.1 billion in funding because of Trump’s tantrum demand.

Created by Congress through the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967, #CPB served as a middleman between taxpayers and public media, distributing most of its appropriations directly to local stations. The funding was particularly crucial for small and rural stations, especially those in areas where internet isn’t. Most of them will be forced to close.

Tax the #EpsteinClass, or eat them, one of the two.

https://cpb.org/pressroom/corporation-public-broadcasting-board-votes-dissolve-organization-act-responsible
(Edit:typo)

Corporation for #PublicBroadcasting, a private agency that has steered federal #funding to #PBS, #NPR & hundreds of #public #television & #radio stations across the country, voted Monday to dissolve the organization that was created in 1967.
#CPB had been winding down since #Congress acted last summer to defund its operations under orders from #Trump. Its board of directors chose to shutter CPB completely instead of keeping it as a shell.

#media #FourthEstate #journalism
https://apnews.com/article/public-broadcasting-pbs-npr-b68f441c227ec7e076c038821b4a5931?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2026-01-05-CPB%27s+final+act

@matthimon this demand.alone should be illegal, espechally since the "Visa-free entry" into the #USA is not a "right" but a mere "ask" and even with a visa the #CPB is known to randomly deny entry without any due process nor appeals.

• Any #cooperation and #DataSharing with the #US regime is #treason against #Europe's core valies of #HumanRights!

#EUpol #CivilRights #Privacy #Cyberfascism #Fascism #USpol

@matthimon this demand.alone should be illegal, espechally since the "Visa-free entry" into the #USA is not a "right" but a mere "ask" and even with a visa the #CPB is known to randomly deny entry without any due process nor appeals.

• Any #cooperation and #DataSharing with the #US regime is #treason against #Europe's core valies of #HumanRights!

#EUpol #CivilRights #Privacy #Cyberfascism #Fascism #USpol

@liaizon granted, I wounder why @sixtus got one...

• Maybe it was since the #US doesn't seem to have #PressFreedom and demands #Jour.alists to register in advance?

Cuz AFAICT there's no benefit fir a #Visa compared to #ESTA since the #USA (and #Japan, abeit the latter one isn't notorious for it) allows it's #CPB to reject entrants at random with neither dispute resolution nor appeals.

With its shutdown imminent, does anyone know of efforts to systematically save all the media archives from #CPB #NPR #PBS etc. for future generations?

Like this invaluable NPR #TinyDeskConcert by #Stromae? 💔

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dkDepLX0rk&list=RD6dkDepLX0rk

#PublicMedia #PublicBroadcasting #PublicInfrastructure

Latest comic on destruction of the public good

#comic #cartoon #pbs #cpb #media #government #radio

Latest comic on destruction of the public good

#comic #cartoon #pbs #cpb #media #government #radio

Post from Democrats on some service

"Millions will lose access to emergency alerts, kids' education, and local news because of this."

The post includes an image from Sesame Street set with Big Bird, Burt, Ernie, puppeteers and others

Text on the image: "Breaking: Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which funds PBS and NPR, shuts down after federal funding cuts"

#alttext #alt4you#SesameStreet#NPR#PBS#CPB#USpol #kids#BigBird#Burt#Ernie#JimHenson

"Incredible.⚡Fed prosecutors are seeing many cases of ppl accused of assaulting BP agents being turned down by grand juries!

LA fed prosecutors are privately saying it’s bc CBP agents are just “arresting first & asking questions later.”
-A Reichlin-Melnick

"I can't overemphasize how rare it is for both: a grand jury to return no true bill & -a reporter to get around grand jury secrecy rules to confirm it."
-Q Jurecic
#Immigrants#ICE#CPB#PoliceState#Protest#USPol
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-07-23/protester-charges-essayli