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Comment by digitalsushi

21 hours ago

When I was a teenager in the 90s an old guy took me aside and told me there'd be a day we get rid of public radio, and a day we'd have our final serving of affordable tuna sushi, and that after that, I'd be living in what he deemed the future.

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annoyinglawyer  21 hours ago

Idk where you're living, but where I am, fresh tuna has gone from $16.00 a # to $25.00 a # in only the last couple years.

tptacek  21 hours ago

Public television and public radio isn't going anywhere, at least not anywhere any of the rest of linear media isn't already going.

  • JeremyNT  21 hours ago

    Of course, if you live in a large metro the local stations will survive due to large numbers of wealthy and middle class benefactors. This is not necessarily so if you live in a typical red state middle size city or less.

    Somewhat ironically a lot of the extreme cuts (this included) only serve to reinforce the status of major blue state metros as more desirable, since they have more resources available to fill the gaps left by federal austerity.

    • tptacek  19 hours ago

      People in red states mostly watch PBS online. Linear media is obsolete and has been for a long time.

    • timr  20 hours ago

      > Somewhat ironically a lot of the extreme cuts (this included) only serve to reinforce the status of major blue state metros as more desirable, since they have more resources available to fill the gaps left by federal austerity.

      If the people in the red states aren't willing to pay for it, it would seem that they don't think it's desirable. Capitalism is funny that way.

      I get that you're trying to say that the pie is smaller overall, but the principle still applies.

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  • vel0city  21 hours ago

    Public television and public radio stations are literally being shut down, now, as per the topic article. Any station meaningfully relying on CPB is done.

    • tptacek  21 hours ago

      I'm sure they will, but public funding for my local NPR and PBS stations amounts to something like 5% of their budget; they aren't going anywhere. NPR and PBS as institutions are more threatened by the Internet than they are by this funding cut.

      I don't support the cut, but I get the vibe that many people commenting on this thread don't know what CPB is.

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    • bpt3  19 hours ago

      The people who voted for the politicians implementing this generally live in those areas, so I think everyone is getting what they wanted on the whole?

      To be clear, I am not in favor of these cuts, but nothing is preventing state, local or private contributions from keeping these stations on the air.