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5. Well it was actually the CPB that had been deep-sixed

Reply to orangecrush (Reply #3)

Tue Mar 31, 2026, 04:38 PM

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which took a big chunk of funding from PBS, so they have had to rely on donors (including Foundations). What needed saving was the CPB that was the umbrella over PBS and NPR (and their various programs).

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