Did you watch Sesame Street as a kid? What about Bob the Builder or Dora the Explorer?
Donald Trump's proposed tax plan wants to cut funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which supports both PBS and NPR. Vox reported that over 65 percent of the federal funds given to the CPB go towards keeping rural PBS and NPR stations up and running. Ironically, rural or "flyover country" overwhelmingly supported Trump in the election.
"Public media provide the platform on which 'Sesame Street' and other noncommercial programs offer preschool literacy and math learning for millions of children, especially those in low-income families," wrote conservative commentator Jo Ellen Chatham in the L.A. Times.
Despite the cuts, urban stations of PBS and NPR will continue operation using donations and private funding. The new budget will, however, make it more difficult for stations to produce over-the-air broadcasts in places like rural Arkansas or Tennessee.
Polls show that each month, over 95 million people watch their local PBS stations. The numbers also show that public programming helps prepare kids for school by developing literacy, math and even social-emotional skills.
This petition sent out via email from WJCT asks for Trump to reconsider funding cuts for local media stations. "Our community...could lose access to educational content for children, emergency communication services, local programming, trusted news and more," it says. WJCT is Jacksonville's local public media station that produces the local NPR station and live streaming local legislative sessions on TV and the web.
A fuller, revised budget proposal will be released in May, reports Reuters. Until then, continue to utilize the invaluable resources that public media gives us - while you still can.
This blog is part of a series for Social Media Management class at the Univ. of North Florida.
Donald Trump's proposed tax plan wants to cut funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which supports both PBS and NPR. Vox reported that over 65 percent of the federal funds given to the CPB go towards keeping rural PBS and NPR stations up and running. Ironically, rural or "flyover country" overwhelmingly supported Trump in the election.
"Public media provide the platform on which 'Sesame Street' and other noncommercial programs offer preschool literacy and math learning for millions of children, especially those in low-income families," wrote conservative commentator Jo Ellen Chatham in the L.A. Times.
Despite the cuts, urban stations of PBS and NPR will continue operation using donations and private funding. The new budget will, however, make it more difficult for stations to produce over-the-air broadcasts in places like rural Arkansas or Tennessee.
Polls show that each month, over 95 million people watch their local PBS stations. The numbers also show that public programming helps prepare kids for school by developing literacy, math and even social-emotional skills.
This petition sent out via email from WJCT asks for Trump to reconsider funding cuts for local media stations. "Our community...could lose access to educational content for children, emergency communication services, local programming, trusted news and more," it says. WJCT is Jacksonville's local public media station that produces the local NPR station and live streaming local legislative sessions on TV and the web.
A fuller, revised budget proposal will be released in May, reports Reuters. Until then, continue to utilize the invaluable resources that public media gives us - while you still can.
John Oliver explains Trump's proposed budget, as well as delving into some of the reasons why public media is essential.
This blog is part of a series for Social Media Management class at the Univ. of North Florida.
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