What’s at Stake for PBS Viewers? Budget Cuts Could Harm More Than Big Bird and Elmo

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First, the Feds supply only 14% of PBS and NPR funding, and second, Sesame Street has moved to HBO, and third, Sesame Street had a HUGE revenue from selling Muppets and it’s brand for lunch boxes and the like.

Originally, public broadcasting was set up because they were supposed to support the sort of programming that was not commercially viable. This is no longer the case.

And they are extremely biased in their reporting; why should my taxes go to that?
 
St_Francis said:
First, the Feds supply only 14% of PBS and NPR funding, and second, Sesame Street has moved to HBO, and third, Sesame Street had a HUGE revenue from selling Muppets and it’s brand for lunch boxes and the like.

Originally, public broadcasting was set up because they were supposed to support the sort of programming that was not commercially viable. This is no longer the case.

And they are extremely biased in their reporting; why should my taxes go to that?
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I’m fairly certain that federal funds only account for a small amount of PBS’s budget. They could get rid of Calliou.
 
WKW_69 said:
It is time to end support for PBS. There are hundreds of channels available for cable and satellite. They can fund their programming with advertisements and stay a not for profit corporation. :
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I’m ok with Trump cutting PBS as long as he stops gouging taxpayers for his weekly golfing trips to Mar-a-Lago (a demonstrable strain on both national security and taxpayers’ pocketbooks.) It seems odd that he always has the money for golfing when he’s already on track to out-deficit spend Reagan.
 
St_Francis said:
First, the Feds supply only 14% of PBS and NPR funding, and second, Sesame Street has moved to HBO, and third, Sesame Street had a HUGE revenue from selling Muppets and it’s brand for lunch boxes and the like.

Originally, public broadcasting was set up because they were supposed to support the sort of programming that was not commercially viable. This is no longer the case.

And they are extremely biased in their reporting; why should my taxes go to that?
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I couldn’t agree more!👍
 
St_Francis said:
First, the Feds supply only 14% of PBS and NPR funding, and second, Sesame Street has moved to HBO, and third, Sesame Street had a HUGE revenue from selling Muppets and it’s brand for lunch boxes and the like.

Originally, public broadcasting was set up because they were supposed to support the sort of programming that was not commercially viable. This is no longer the case.

And they are extremely biased in their reporting; why should my taxes go to that?
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PBS…the right’s favorite whipping boy. Somehow no one is concerned that we’ve just spent as much blowing up a few square feet of earth in foreign countries as PBS gets in a year. It’s also one of the only remaining sources of good documentary TV left. The Discovery and History channels are more interest in fat dudes living in a swamp and people that can’t stop having children. Whether you think is has a more liberal bias not it has much higher journalistic standards than most. In a world of news driven by corporate profits that are maximised by getting people angry at a sectarian level, it represent the way it used to be done. Cable news has played a big part in the polarization of this country.
 
I think it is up to Congress to decide whether or not to support public broadcasting. If it goes, it won’t affect me, since we watch other channels, but I know some poor people who cannot afford many of the channels on cable.
 
Budget cuts won’t hurt Elmo or Big Bird, which are more than capable of surviving on their own. They won’t hurt Ken Burns documentaries which makes millions per year. What it will hurt is shows that about 12 elitists in NYC and Washington DC watch, like Opera Tonight, or The Latest in Performance Art (Now With More Chocolate Covered Artists).
 
Sesame Street can survive just fine in the free market. There are large demands.
 
PBS has been pushing the gay agenda (and now Trans agenda) for a long time.

For example from PBS.org:
Celebrate Pride Month this June and every day with PBS! Explore a special collection of films, series and short stories that explore the LGBT experience in the United States and around the world…​

Growing Up Trans is an intimate look at the struggles and choices facing transgender kids and their families.
Just a generation ago, it was adults, not kids, who changed genders. But today, many children are transitioning, too — with new medical options, and at younger and younger ages. In “Growing Up Trans,” a 90-minute special​

A Self-Made Man is a look at what it means to be transgender told through Tony Ferraiolo.
Gender identity issues often appear in early childhood. Some kids, feel they were born in the wrong body and this belief creates conflict in how they view and define themselves. Educator and activist Tony Ferraiolo knows this from experience. As an adult, he successfully transitioned from being female to male.​

First Person is a new show about gender identity, sexuality and queer community. Hosted by Kristin Russo of Everyone is Gay on PBS Digital Studios.​

Out & Proud in Chicago examines the history of Chicago’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT). Presented by WTTW.​

Kumu Hina tells the inspiring story of Hina Wong-Kalu, a transgender hula teacher who brings to life Hawaii’s traditional embrace of māhū - those who embody both male and female spirit. Over the course of a year, Hina inspires a young student to claim her place as leader of an all-male hula troupe, while Hina herself pursues a fulfilling romantic relationship with a headstrong Tongan man​

Limited Partnership is the story of one gay couple, a Filipino American and an Australian, who fell in love and over the course of 40 years took on the U.S. government to fight for marriage and immigration equality.

Etc. etc.

It is time that my taxes stop paying for Trans advocacy.
 
People rip their hair out like the government funds 100% of PBS, which it does not (as stated earlier). I’m sure some rich liberal will be happy to fund that 14%.
 
victrolatim said:
People rip their hair out like the government funds 100% of PBS, which it does not (as stated earlier). I’m sure some rich liberal will be happy to fund that 14%.
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Getting liberals to fund things from their own stock would be harder than pulling hair of head. But, Sesame Street is popular and there is high demand.
 
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