I signed up to #PBS Passport and I’m donating $20/month to my local station, KQED. It’s a better investment than subscribing to Paramount Plus, for sure. Consider signing up for a recurring donation to your local station to show your support.

Even better, some employers will match your recurring donations. Get your bosses to support your local station!

#sfba#publicBroadcasting

New post: After decades, conservatives finally achieve their goal of defunding PBS and NPR; what's next for non-commercial public broadcasting in the US?

https://www.diversetechgeek.com/pbs-npr-get-defunded-whats-next/

#PBS#NPR#Trump #media

#PublicMedia supporters say the commercial forces that made television a “vast wasteland” still exist in an era of #socialmedia algorithms that reward #content that attracts the most likes & shares. That’s rarely the hyperlocal issues or deep policy discussions that are the bread & butter of local public television & radio stations, which have their own locally produced programs that run alongside the national shows of #PBS & #NPR.

#Trump#Republicans #censorship #authoritarianism #autocracy

No sooner was the system established than the #Nixon White House attacked #PBS for being packed with correspondents & guests who were “anti-administration” or “Kennedy sycophants,” as a Nixon aide, Patrick Buchanan, put it at the time.

Nixon was so “disturbed” that PBS had started a new national #news show w/the hosts Robert MacNeil & Sander Vanocur — someone on his enemies list — that he requested “all funds for #PublicBroadcasting be cut immediately,” memos released years later showed.

The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives passed President Donald Trump's $9 billion funding cut to public media and foreign aid, sending it to the White House to be signed into law. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/18/world/us-congress-pass-trump-funding-cut/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #us #donaldtrump #pbs #npr #aid #development #republicans

One of the reasons I went to work for #PBS was a deep commitment to teaching which is something I care deeply about.

I’m very disappointed in rescinding the already congressionally approved funding. We’ve already had to lay off folks and more will follow with possible stations closing. Thank you to everyone who contacted your congresspeople supporting PBS

PBS is in danger. Please please please take just a couple minutes and fill this out if you're a US citizen. You don't even have to come up with an email yourself, there's provided boilerplate. (it does help though) https://protectmypublicmedia.org

#PublicMedia#PBS #pbskids #pbseons #pbsterra #pbsnova #pbsnature #pbsdefunding

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#USA#Politics#Trump#CDC#USDA #FDA#SNAP#PBS#NATO#Protest