Joe Flint

and now Trump.

and now Trump.

You may have noticed a pattern here. It seems to be Republicans who want to explore this idea of cutting funding for public media because their idea is, you know, we have so many challenges and so many debts and everything else. Why do we need to fund public media when there's so many options for the consumer out there?

You may have noticed a pattern here. It seems to be Republicans who want to explore this idea of cutting funding for public media because their idea is, you know, we have so many challenges and so many debts and everything else. Why do we need to fund public media when there's so many options for the consumer out there?

You may have noticed a pattern here. It seems to be Republicans who want to explore this idea of cutting funding for public media because their idea is, you know, we have so many challenges and so many debts and everything else. Why do we need to fund public media when there's so many options for the consumer out there?

Well, I think it really depends on the particular markets. So you're in D.C., I'm in L.A. We're in big markets. The public stations here and in D.C. don't rely as much on those funds from CPB the way smaller market stations do. But you go out into smaller markets and you might be talking about 15, 20 percent of their funding comes from the corporation.

Well, I think it really depends on the particular markets. So you're in D.C., I'm in L.A. We're in big markets. The public stations here and in D.C. don't rely as much on those funds from CPB the way smaller market stations do. But you go out into smaller markets and you might be talking about 15, 20 percent of their funding comes from the corporation.

Well, I think it really depends on the particular markets. So you're in D.C., I'm in L.A. We're in big markets. The public stations here and in D.C. don't rely as much on those funds from CPB the way smaller market stations do. But you go out into smaller markets and you might be talking about 15, 20 percent of their funding comes from the corporation.

And so if they lose that money, a lot of these stations, of course, produce their own local content. They're covering town halls. They're covering the markets they're in. They're doing their own TV shows. And so without that funding, they won't be able to make as much or do other services inside a town that they might provide.

And so if they lose that money, a lot of these stations, of course, produce their own local content. They're covering town halls. They're covering the markets they're in. They're doing their own TV shows. And so without that funding, they won't be able to make as much or do other services inside a town that they might provide.

And so if they lose that money, a lot of these stations, of course, produce their own local content. They're covering town halls. They're covering the markets they're in. They're doing their own TV shows. And so without that funding, they won't be able to make as much or do other services inside a town that they might provide.

Well, in the spring, there was a hearing chaired by Marjorie Taylor Greene to discuss the bias in public media.

Well, in the spring, there was a hearing chaired by Marjorie Taylor Greene to discuss the bias in public media.

Well, in the spring, there was a hearing chaired by Marjorie Taylor Greene to discuss the bias in public media.

And these hearings happen every few years, and they are somewhat predictable. Entertaining, but predictable. You will have Republicans telling us that the political bias of NPR and PBS is outrageous and that they carry a lot of children's content that isn't necessarily appropriate for children, that they are pushing an agenda and a culture that they don't feel should be pushed to their kids.

And these hearings happen every few years, and they are somewhat predictable. Entertaining, but predictable. You will have Republicans telling us that the political bias of NPR and PBS is outrageous and that they carry a lot of children's content that isn't necessarily appropriate for children, that they are pushing an agenda and a culture that they don't feel should be pushed to their kids.

And these hearings happen every few years, and they are somewhat predictable. Entertaining, but predictable. You will have Republicans telling us that the political bias of NPR and PBS is outrageous and that they carry a lot of children's content that isn't necessarily appropriate for children, that they are pushing an agenda and a culture that they don't feel should be pushed to their kids.

So these things quickly turn into kind of a lot of broad attacks.

So these things quickly turn into kind of a lot of broad attacks.

So these things quickly turn into kind of a lot of broad attacks.