PBS and NPR always reassure us that only a tiny fraction of their budget comes from taxpayers. Then they scream bloody murder when a candidate promises to cut government funding, which suddenly they can't survive without. They need to make up their minds.
Here's a segment on "rising hate" from PBS NewsHour. The guest is the SPLC's CEO, Margaret Huang, who talks about the hate speech from Donald Trump on the campaign trail. Note that the host just takes all this as fact and asks if there will be more or less tolerance for this kind of "hate speech" during Trump's second term. Huang said the election has emboldened all of the hate-filled Trump supporters, who see his win as encouragement to spew hateful rhetoric.
🚨CALLING DOGE: Over a banner of “RISING HATE,” taxpayer-supported PBS teams up with radical-left SPLC CEO to demagogue and disparage Trump and his supporters:
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) November 29, 2024
"It’s really clear to us that hate and extremist groups are using the election of Donald Trump as an encouragement to… pic.twitter.com/bNzp4heLjs
… as an encouragement to cause fear and anxiety in communities of color and religious communities and in the LGBTQ community."
"He's essentially encouraged his followers to spew hateful rhetoric, and he's emboldened them to embrace this hateful ideology."
This is insane, and it has to end.
Not one dime of US taxpayer money should be used to fund the Corporation for Public Broadcasting — a leftwing propaganda outlet — currently receiving $500M+ per year in federal funding.
DEFUND.
CC: @DOGE
PBS and NPR have got to go.
— Shipwreckedcrew (@shipwreckedcrew) November 29, 2024
Give everyone who works there 2 weeks notice, pay them 6 months severance, lock the doors on Feb. 1 and sell off the assets.
Make it impossible to recreate in the future.
Just get rid of every component in a liquidation sale so it simply doesn't… https://t.co/SkqZOCCMMA
… so it simply doesn't exist in any form.
No spin-off as an operating enterprise.
Firesale of all the assets.
And nothing of value would be lost.
PBS needs to be defunded immediately.
— Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) November 29, 2024
I don't know anyone that takes them seriously anymore. They have been transformed into a propaganda outlet.
They, along with NPR, should be completely stripped of all federal funding. Then we watch them sink…
— Bruce Ballou 🇺🇸 (@VetBruce) November 29, 2024
These outlets will not survive in the media marketplace.
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) November 29, 2024
Americans should not be forced to fund media organizations that actively work to undermine their interests.
I have yet to see a good argument for why the Corporation for Public Broadcasting needs to be government funded. It provides absolutely no public good and serves only to spread propaganda.
— The Right Answer (@theright_answer) November 29, 2024
DEFUND.
"He's essentially encouraged his followers to spew hateful rhetoric, and he's emboldened them to embrace this hateful ideology."
— Cat who knows there's only 2 genders 🐾🇺🇲 (@catahouligan_) November 29, 2024
Exactly HOW has he done this? No follow-up questions. No examples. This is why we are the media now. 🙂
Defund PBS on day one. These bozos are deranged.
— Paul A. Szypula 🇺🇸 (@Bubblebathgirl) November 29, 2024
I'm sorry. Who are the "haters" here?
— Andrea E (@AAC0519) November 29, 2024
End taxes going to PBS now. They are a PAC. Force them to tell the truth about their aims and goals. PBS will not change so end the gravy train for them.
— Lynn Wallace (@Elonskirules) November 30, 2024
These two people are part of the problem with the threats against his cabinet picks. Saying this kind of stuff will just push that narrative that the current administration pushed during the election. I hope DOGE takes a deep dive at their funding .
— It’s PerspeXtive (@itsPerspeXtive) November 29, 2024
Did PBS NewsHour report on the threats to Trump's cabinet picks? The BBC did:
"Karoline Leavitt, a spokeswoman for Trump's transition team, said the Trump appointees “were targeted in violent, unAmerican threats to their lives and those who live with them”. She said that several people had been targeted and "law enforcement acted quickly to ensure" their… pic.twitter.com/swRFPMwQZM
— Tammy Bruce (@HeyTammyBruce) November 27, 2024
… to ensure" their safety.
"With President Trump as our example, dangerous acts of intimidation and violence will not deter us,” she said."
Here's Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth:
This morning, a police officer arrived at our home—where our seven children were still sleeping. The officer notified my wife and I that they had received a credible pipe bomb threat targeting me and my family. We are all safe and the threat has been cleared. We want to thank law…
— Pete Hegseth (@PeteHegseth) November 27, 2024
… We want to thank law enforcement for their professionalism and bravery.
I will not be bullied or intimidated. Never. President Trump has called on me to serve—and that is what I intend to do.
Report on that, PBS NewsHour.
Don't forget that NPR's CEO recently said, “I think our reverence for the truth might have become a bit of a distraction that is preventing us from finding consensus and getting important things done.”
"Our reverence for the truth."
Democrats made a huge deal about presidential candidate Mitt Romney's plan to "kill Big Bird," and it actually resonated with voters.
Defund.
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