So, no more Sesame Street.
Cancel cable. It’s a diseased shell. Don’t allow the cable news complex to stay in business. We have qualified and respectable alternatives for getting our news and info.
came here to say this: they will still lose their funding. but whichever koch brother that is still alive will buy it up on the cheap so it can become state run media.
Reagans lasting gift - Fairness Doctrine. policy that required news stations to provide balanced coverage of controversial issues by presenting opposing viewpoints. Established by the FCC in 1949, it remained in effect until Reagan revealed it in 1987. This led to biased and full of BS news.
I will never forgive his repeal of the FD that allowed shit like Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity to proliferate. It set the stage for what we are dealing with now
Brilliance is in making connections.
Einstein’s brain was stained with purple and it showed an astonishing reach and complexity in the neural networks.
I'm not sure what percentage of their budget comes from Viewers Like Me, but it's gonna be hard for me to send my finite charitable dollars their way with this.
I hate to be in a position to let them know we will no longer be subscribing to them to protest this. It would be a sacrifice since we watch a lot of PBS shows on TV.
Idk if this is the right move! They are likely trying to comply to avoid losing their fcc license and all gov’t funding so they don’t shut down completely. If anything we supporters need to contact our local stations and voice opinions and support.
PBS doesn't carry an FCC license, so that's not why. And they only get small percentage of their funding from the government, so that's not why, either.
{𝙖𝙅𝙎𝘿}: Authoritarians thrive on confusion, fear, and doubt to breed apathy. It’s up to citizens and the remaining brave journalists to resist, stand firm, and prepare for what’s coming.
This one hurt. The programing on PBS has always been so diverse. The history programs. Ken Burns documentaries! And Finding your Roots! I have to say this, Fuck those mother f#@*ERS at PBS. We needed those shows. Asshats
Come ON does no one have a spine?! There is going to have to be some sacrifice if we want to resist this. Don't cave. Don't bend. Together, we will not break.
Elmo says it's fun to call ICE on the people in your neighborhood! Let's count how many people we can get deported..... Deported just means they get to go home.
OMG, I AM IN COMPLETE SHOCK.
Threats of criminal charges to force compliance. This is the behavior of a criminal organization.
Donors to PBS and NPR will disappear.
PBS(call it GBS)caved & left staffers w/o jobs. To save their butts & their government funding 💰 . Investigations go away when the ring gets slobbered on.
Most folks that donate for their fund drives are progressive, not MAGA.
They will get to be the Government Broadcast System/ GBS.
@bsky.app @support.bsky.team we need a ☹️ button alongside our like button.
We now require a bit more nuance than just liking a post.
I may be happy that people are helping to make everyone aware of what's happening, but that doesn't mean I like what has happened, such as PBS caving to the hate.
There has to be consequences for compliance. I started with cancelling their streaming service. I’m waiting for a response from my local pbs stations to cancel membership.
I’m not doing that yet. I’d prefer for cooler heads to prevail there. They’re likely to lose Fed. funds regardless. Will they reconsider this rash move & lean into private funding to replace minimal Federal funding they receive? Removing our funding just will increase the need to retain fed funds
Wow - my first instinct is to take back my monthly donation. I love PBS and always thought they had the integrity to stand up for DEI. PBS you know he will take away your CPB funding, now that he sees how easy you caved. Shame.
It has been clear for quite a while that NPR/PBS are terrible at news and really no person who is sane (liberal) should support NPR or PBS
maybe not true about small local stations, but certainly true about the national parts and the big stations like Boston WBUR and WGBH, those places are rotten
I disagree. Yes, he could yank their license, but giving into him empowers and emboldens him. I’m condemning all of the who have bent to his will and paid “settlements.” They have abandoned the entire purpose.
Tough spot for PBS/NPR. Vast majority of their funding comes from foundations and “viewers like you.” But Trump’s people have vast power to harass staff and executives alike.
And, if those who donate pull their funding in protest, the whole thing collapses, which is what Trump would prefer anyway.
Why is everyone so scared of this fucker ? If he really wants to fight then he should come get his ass beating like man. For the love of god people STOP BEING SO SCARED HE CANT DO SHIT!
Your statement is a contradiction, you can’t get rid of that department then say you will still do programming that serves everyone? Three letters DEI has scared his base that doesn’t watch PBS!! We are letting the few rule the many.
They actually planned to just reshuffle and continue doing it and keep those employees, but some whistleblower within PBS leaked that information to Fox News.
No surprise. They are reliant on the govt for funding. I will never forget how all of these media outlets complied with the Fourth Reich. I’m never going to watch these networks again. They could’ve just went back to their auctions and membership drives but noooo
It’s also laughable if they think that kissing the ring is going to save their $500m/year. It isn’t. Not only did they just lay down in front of the steamroller, they’re going to end up in frequent fundraiser mode anyway.
Yes. They are backed into a corner but letting The Coup Creeps dictate an anti-DEI format flies in the face of their mission statement. Have been a member since 1972 and my heart is breaking.
Why is everyone caving??? Why is everyone so scared of him? I’d give both of my arms to have the chance to talk to him because he doesn’t scare me…at all! I’d tell him EXACTLY how most of the world feels about him and I’d be BRUTALLY HONEST and then laugh my ass off at him
Right? This is stunning and terrifying. And very eye opening to know that we have been lied to all along. I had no idea America could, and would willingly, crumble this fast.
@pbs.org Closing your offices related to DEI is the very definition of cowardice. You should be ashamed. I’ve been a frequent donor when you’ve had member drives. Never again
Ending my annual membership and donations to pbs and npr as of this day.. shitler and his nazi piece of shit sidekick are on a rampage on everything that used to be our country. Fuck him, fuck the supreme court, fuck mitch mcconnell and fuck the fascists in congress.
If PBS caved on this, what will they cave on next? Ban all program content that is critical of the Trump administration? Or maybe censor theatrical performances that have LGBTQ+ characters?
Dear US, you’re all complicit! Sitting back going “he can’t do this and he can’t do that!”
He doesn’t care! By the time he is done you will all be in the middle of the worst fascist regime since Hitler. Stop him now!
I listen everyday in my car, I started noticing changes in how they were normalizing their reporting a couple weeks ago, yesterday it was glaring and I turned it off. Really sad
Wow. Just wow. Talk about obeying in advance. I recognize pulling federal funding would do significant harm, but PBS attracts enough of viewers that it could’ve been a way to get the word out.
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We’ll remember during the next week long fundraiser
Definitely send my $$$ their way. What a shame. Damn.
Cancel cable. It’s a diseased shell. Don’t allow the cable news complex to stay in business. We have qualified and respectable alternatives for getting our news and info.
"The radio belongs to us, no one else. And we will put the radio in the service of our idea, and no other idea shall have a voice here." -
Goebbels
Goebbels
"The press of Italy is free, freer than the press of any other country, so long as it supports the regime." -
Mussolini
Einstein’s brain was stained with purple and it showed an astonishing reach and complexity in the neural networks.
I'm not sure what percentage of their budget comes from Viewers Like Me, but it's gonna be hard for me to send my finite charitable dollars their way with this.
They are all failing us.
TERRIFYING. Truly.
Home of Sesame Street and Mr. Rogers.
Insanity.
Fuck those cowards @pbs.org
I will be ENDING my subscription and donations.
DO NOT OBEY IN ADVANCE.
Fucking WHY.
You chose THIS over a qualified Black woman.
Or, sat out because you couldn't bring yourself to vote for her.
Anyone who argues gets automatically blocked.
I would have preferred they went down with a fight and not surrendered.
But Elmo, why are they crying?
Oh it's tears of joy!
Now let's talk about Hitler children....
Threats of criminal charges to force compliance. This is the behavior of a criminal organization.
Donors to PBS and NPR will disappear.
Most folks that donate for their fund drives are progressive, not MAGA.
They will get to be the Government Broadcast System/ GBS.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/pbs-closes-dei-office_n_67ab5b85e4b061cfb5dad7b5/amp https://www.huffpost.com/entry/pbs-closes-dei-office_n_67ab5b85e4b061cfb5dad7b5/amp
However, it is not legal for him to cut the funds. So the compliance is really disappointing.
We now require a bit more nuance than just liking a post.
I may be happy that people are helping to make everyone aware of what's happening, but that doesn't mean I like what has happened, such as PBS caving to the hate.
Just as Susan Collins said RFKJr. would reconsider his stance on NIH funding AFTER she voted for him to be confirmed, I'll believe it when I see it.
maybe not true about small local stations, but certainly true about the national parts and the big stations like Boston WBUR and WGBH, those places are rotten
I'm a donor and a lifelong supporter and I am highly disappointed.
https://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-mh-how-pbs-soldr-20140217-story.html
And, if those who donate pull their funding in protest, the whole thing collapses, which is what Trump would prefer anyway.
Any member of Possum lodge (chapter 13) would be a better president than Dump.
That person is why God invented crowbars.
How can we help?
It's all about finding and showing people's multi-race ethnicity.
Well, except for Colbert and Conan O'Brien - they were both 99%+ Irish.
He doesn’t care! By the time he is done you will all be in the middle of the worst fascist regime since Hitler. Stop him now!
"We the people" literally, have no one left in our corner.
Never give in to a bully!