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Looks Like The Rightwing Wet Dream Of Killing Public Broadcasting Is Finally Here
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NPR is kind of just shrugging it off since it's only about 1-4% of their funding as it was, but like everything this admin and Congress does, it's apparently mostly going to fuck with rural people who rely more on it.
That said, Internet exists so I'm pretty sure the blues in the red will still have access.
Access is one thing, the stories that's actually pertinent to the people is another.
I live in one of those areas where the local NPR stations run stories for the local farming communities, the things that will make a LOT of difference for the people around, the investigative journalism for things that come up for this area. When doing online news... you get a lot of the coasts. One of those local stations is VERY in danger of shutting down with this.
Oh well. I know my local station is going to be okay, those out there, it's gonna suck for them. I'll keep saying it, I'll feel bad for those that voted against it, you have my condolences as we all live in this shitshow together. But those that voted for or didn't bother to vote that get affected by this, well I'll just take the consolation prize of shaudenfruede