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April 09, 2017

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Everyone wins with public media

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...

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