← Back to context Comment by softwaredoug 21 hours ago This is a better outcome than Trump minions taking over CPB 6 comments softwaredoug Reply tptacek 21 hours ago What would they have been able to do? CPB mostly just funnels money to stations. They don't produce content. burkaman 21 hours ago They could have chosen which specific shows they would fund, they weren't required to give out no-strings-attached grants. They once hand-picked Tucker Carlson to host a new PBS show that they would fund. tptacek 21 hours ago OK, but now they're funding zero shows. 1 reply → the_gastropod 21 hours ago Put conditions on said funneled money? softwaredoug 21 hours ago "If you want CPB money, you'll have to make/broadcast a Trump PSA" seems totally within the realm of possibility.Which might still happen if rural PBS stations now need to take sketchy sources of money
tptacek 21 hours ago What would they have been able to do? CPB mostly just funnels money to stations. They don't produce content. burkaman 21 hours ago They could have chosen which specific shows they would fund, they weren't required to give out no-strings-attached grants. They once hand-picked Tucker Carlson to host a new PBS show that they would fund. tptacek 21 hours ago OK, but now they're funding zero shows. 1 reply → the_gastropod 21 hours ago Put conditions on said funneled money? softwaredoug 21 hours ago "If you want CPB money, you'll have to make/broadcast a Trump PSA" seems totally within the realm of possibility.Which might still happen if rural PBS stations now need to take sketchy sources of money
burkaman 21 hours ago They could have chosen which specific shows they would fund, they weren't required to give out no-strings-attached grants. They once hand-picked Tucker Carlson to host a new PBS show that they would fund. tptacek 21 hours ago OK, but now they're funding zero shows. 1 reply →
the_gastropod 21 hours ago Put conditions on said funneled money? softwaredoug 21 hours ago "If you want CPB money, you'll have to make/broadcast a Trump PSA" seems totally within the realm of possibility.Which might still happen if rural PBS stations now need to take sketchy sources of money
softwaredoug 21 hours ago "If you want CPB money, you'll have to make/broadcast a Trump PSA" seems totally within the realm of possibility.Which might still happen if rural PBS stations now need to take sketchy sources of money
What would they have been able to do? CPB mostly just funnels money to stations. They don't produce content.
They could have chosen which specific shows they would fund, they weren't required to give out no-strings-attached grants. They once hand-picked Tucker Carlson to host a new PBS show that they would fund.
OK, but now they're funding zero shows.
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Put conditions on said funneled money?
"If you want CPB money, you'll have to make/broadcast a Trump PSA" seems totally within the realm of possibility.
Which might still happen if rural PBS stations now need to take sketchy sources of money