Trump signs EO to defund PBS and NPR -

You dont have time to watch Sesame Street when you have to do a shift at the meat packing plant

 

AI has something to say about this. So once again the MAGA republicans managed to do more harm to themselves trying to own the libs.

 

I’ll give you a hint, the AI engine is just regurgitating the cues in the question. You can also make it do the exact opposite:

 

Or you can ask in an unbiased way, without any cues in the question, and see what happens;

From Grok;

Who loses more from the defunding of public media, urban liberals or rural conservatives?

Defunding public media, like NPR or PBS, impacts both urban liberals and rural conservatives, but the losses differ based on their media consumption habits and access to alternatives. Urban liberals, who often lean left and live in areas with abundant media options (cable, streaming, local outlets), might feel the loss of public media’s in-depth, less sensationalized reporting. NPR and PBS often align with their values, offering nuanced coverage of social issues, climate, and culture. However, they have easier access to substitutes like private news outlets, podcasts, or online platforms, so the practical impact is softened.

Rural conservatives, often in areas with limited broadband or media infrastructure, rely more on radio and TV broadcasts, including public stations. NPR and PBS may not always reflect their worldview, but these outlets provide local news, emergency alerts, and educational content (e.g., Sesame Street for kids) that are harder to replace in sparse media markets. Data from the FCC (2023) shows rural areas have 20-30% less broadband access than urban ones, limiting digital alternatives. Public media’s defunding could thus leave rural conservatives with fewer reliable information sources, especially for local issues.

On balance, rural conservatives likely lose more in practical terms due to their limited access to alternative media, while urban liberals can more easily pivot to other sources. However, liberals may feel a stronger ideological loss given their higher trust in public media (Pew Research, 2020: 68% of Democrats vs. 31% of Republicans trust NPR). Neither group is fully spared, but the rural impact cuts deeper due to structural constraints.

 

Or you could ask a different AI source, without any cues in the question, in an unbiased way;

Who loses more from the defunding of public media, urban liberals or rural conservatives?
ChatGPT said:


The defunding of public media affects both urban liberals and rural conservatives, but rural conservatives tend to lose more in practical terms, despite the political alignment of many defunding efforts. Here's a breakdown of why:

1. Access to Information

• Rural conservatives often rely on public media (especially radio and TV via NPR and PBS) because commercial media is less available or less economically viable in remote areas. Local public media affiliates often fill the gap.
  
  
• Urban liberals have many more media options—print, digital, and broadcast—and are generally less dependent on public broadcasting for news or educational content.

2. Educational and Cultural Programming

• Public media provides free, high-quality educational content (like PBS Kids, literacy programs, and local history shows), which disproportionately helps lower-income and geographically isolated populations, often found in rural areas.
  
  
• Urban families may supplement with streaming services or private educational materials, but rural communities may lack reliable internet or disposable income for alternatives.

3. Emergency Broadcasting

• Public media stations often serve as part of the Emergency Alert System. In rural areas, public radio may be the only reliable source of emergency communication.
  
  
• Urban areas tend to have more diversified infrastructure for alerts and information dissemination.

4. Local Coverage

• Rural public media affiliates often provide local news, weather, and community information not covered by national outlets. Losing these services creates a vacuum in civic awareness in already underserved communities.
  
  
• Urban residents are more likely to have access to multiple sources of local news.

Political Irony

• Many proposals to defund public media come from conservative lawmakers, but the constituents most affected are often rural conservatives—the same people who benefit most from its services.
  
  
• Urban liberals might ideologically support public media more, but they’re less materially dependent on it.

Conclusion
While both groups can be impacted, rural conservatives lose more in practical, tangible ways—access to information, education, and emergency communication—whereas urban liberals lose more on an ideological or cultural level, supporting a public good they value but may not rely on as heavily.

 

Well, here we have an excellent example of how the CPB, PBS, NPR funds were spent.

One should wonder if this is the only malfeasance at this station …. and just how much more fraud and waste has occurred at CPB, PBS, and NPR over the past 58 years. I suspect none of the operations under the CPB umbrella had adequate prevention and detective controls to identify financial theft. Heck, I suspect they are unable to generate meaningful financial statements.

MSN


As WKYC Channel 3 reports, a former office manager at TV20 — the city's public access television channel — is accused of paying $672,050 to a “ghost” employee who didn’t work at the station.

Cleveland’s HR director provided the police with 14 years of invoices that reportedly show a man, who is believed to be the former office manager’s nephew, was paid for freelance work from September 2011 to February 2025.

However, there are no records of this man working with TV20 as a freelancer.

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This alleged scheme was finally discovered when Cleveland’s City Hall hired a new director for TV20. The director was reportedly reviewing financial records when several invoices with forged signatures were found, according to the police report.

 

Maybe shut down ALL of pubic broadcasting and radio since poster has this one instance of a crooked office manager to show us out of 1500 stations involved with CPB. This type of Maga thinking is so juvenile it is painful to observe.