Hundreds of private media companies all over the place, dumbing down the American public with mediocrity parading as art and professional journalism. Only one Public medium has existed since 1967, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), but the scammers, cheaters, profit-maniacs - mostly conservative neanderthals - couldn't even countenance one medium who operated outside their control. They had to cancel it. And now with the illiterate ignorant moron at the helm, CPB is no more. Trump starved it to death.
In Europe, public broadcasting thrives alongside privately-owned media, and delivers superior programming that is absolutely first-rate entertaining, educational and awareness-raising. For example, the German-French partnership in ARTE is stellar. It is non-profit, does a bit of commercials that do not shove stuff down your throat like American media do, literally covers the entire world with news, cultural education, environmental awareness, art.... and mostly works on cementing cultural and linguistic ties between two historic enemies: Germany and France. I found PBS the closest possible to the European excellence even if it had to spend lots of time and effort to raise funds.
The US is largely a cultural and intellectual desert. Smart people get bored quickly in America, which leaves the country populated by people with the intellectual caliber of peasants, the mindset of Mafia scammers and thieves, and drug addicts. The few outliers found their refuge in places like universities and public broadcasting, both of which have been savaged by Donald Trump. Even the "mainstream" private media do not dare stand up to the rampant mediocrity; they are "for profit" after all, and they cater to the lowest common denominator of abject and abysmal programming that is dwarfed by mind-numbing commercials and that infantilizes the audience into a brainless herd of "viewers". Other private companies call them "consumers", "patients", "users", etc. but rarely if ever "citizens".
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Corporation for Public Broadcasting Votes to Dissolve After Trump Administration Defunding
The CPB has overseen the government's investment in public media for 58 years
Josh Dickey
Mon, January 5, 2026
President and CEO of Corporation for Public Broadcasting Patricia S. Harrison, 2012. (Mathew Imaging/WireImage)
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting announced Monday that its Board of Directors has voted to dissolve the organization following Congress’ rescission of all federal funding, ending a 58-year role overseeing the government’s investment in public media.
The CPB announced plans to wind down in August, but the board’s Monday vote made the move official.
CPB’s leaders said Monday that sustained political attacks and the elimination of federal appropriations made it impossible to continue operating under the Public Broadcasting Act. Without funding, the board says the corporation could not lawfully support the nation’s public media system or fulfill its congressionally mandated responsibilities.
“For more than half a century, CPB existed to ensure that all Americans had access to trusted news, educational programming, and local storytelling,” CPB President and CEO Patricia Harrison said in a statement. She said dissolving the organization was necessary to protect the integrity and independence of public media.
After the 2024 election, President Trump formally called on Congress to cancel public broadcaster funding over the next two years via a rescission request, which needed a simple majority in both the House and the Senate for approval. Congress approved that plan in mid-July, taking back $1.1 billion that had been earmarked for public broadcasters over the next two years.
Board Chair Ruby Caylor called the loss of funding “devastating,” but said she remained confident public media would endure through local stations and future congressional action.
Founded in 1967, CPB helped build a nationwide network of more than 1,500 public radio and television stations and supported programming such as “Sesame Street” and “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,” emergency alert systems and investigative journalism.
CPB said it will complete an orderly closure, distribute remaining funds as directed by Congress, and preserve its archives and historic public media content in partnership with the University of Maryland.
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