I ABSOLUTLY LOVE PBS radio and TV. I trust PBS more than any other network to get the truth!
And since I have much physical pain and need to lay down during the day to get relief from some of that pain. I find Molly of Denali soothing and commercial free! so, I tape that show and when i lay down, I pull up one of the recorded Molly of Denali shows( because even though I am now 79 years old , I do learn a thing or 2 from watching it.)
One thing that really disturbs me is the segment that PBS did on Molly's dad having a bat in the attic and it was flying around his head he was swatting with his hand at it and Molly was making pictures of it and grandma was even coming and capturing it in a little box with holes in it.
Being a country girl and knowing that bats carry Rabies, I tk you should do a segment on how dangerous bats are to even be around and how only professional "critter catchers" should only be close to them and definitely a bat is flying around near a person they should NOT be swatting their hands around the bat!
A few years back, after I had a close encounter with a bat bite on my ear, my doctor* who grew up on a farm said," I don't even want to be near one , let alone even be in the room where one has been!"
* fortunately my medical doctor who was about 50 at the time, and did know how dangerous they were and sent me to the hospital to get the staff at the emergency room to follow the CDC guideline for treating me for rabies exposure.
Most frustrating to me was when I got to the emergency room for those treatments , the 30-40 yr old emergency room doctors were clueless about the dangers.
I told them " it landed on my ear and I through I got bit" They looked at my ear and said they could not see a bite.
But because I had worked with the TN State Health Dept. and knew that because their teeth are so fine, that one could be bit on the toe while sleeping and not even know it! Finally ,after much back and forth between my doctor and emergency room dr.s and State Health Dept people the young medical staff at the hospital began to administer the correct time bound protocol of treatment for me!
So, Molly and her dad should get out of the attic and let professional remove the bat. Bats should not be killed because they eat millions of mosquitos and some bats even pollinate food.
But the younger generation need to know that while that are mammals and might be consider "cute" they can be dangerous to be close too.
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another critique is how much advertising you are doing to the young people about how much more and more cartoons they can watch off an NPR app.
I though that "people in the know" are now concerned about how young people are getting to much screen time /blue light and not interacting enough with other humans-especially extended family like grandma and not enough physical exercise.
Please consider my suggestion. I know your funding is probably going to be cut by the "chain saw" crew !@@#$%! and while I don't have much money I intend soon to start contributing more than I usually do to PBS radio!
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concerns over some programing for children
Tennessee
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Federal funding should be cut
Missouri
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Since I was a child in the 1970's I've been watching PBS. I would recommend it constantly throughout my life as a great source of educational information. Something happened to both PBS and NPR sometime between 2008 and 2016. You all became leftist shills insulting me and my intelligence daily. The things I've heard said and seen broadcast on both NPR and PBS is nothing short of propaganda. Propagandist scum should not be funded with tax dollars. I hope everyone there loses their job and you are forced to shit down for good. Then maybe we can start another public station that doesn't use it's position for nefarious activities. Go away nobody believes the garbage you spew.
I am so happy that you lost funding
New Jersey
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CPB is and always has been a parasite who has been sucking off our federal tax dollars for decades while delivering nothing less than biased, activist propaganda. I have been hoping that NPR and PBS would lose their funding for as long as I've been aware of culture and politics. Good riddance and I have nothing but wishes of bad luck and ill will for anyone involved in your enterprise in the future.
Public Social Media Idea
Michigan
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I have an idea that CPB may be interested in. I think the public would benefit from a non profit social media site. One that has no or a very limited algorithm that only shows posts filtered under most recent or most engaged with. It could have a timeline for friends/family and another section for entities/people you just follow. Again only showing actual most recent posts or ones with the most engagement (likes, comments, etc...) in a certain timeframe, days, weeks, months, year. It could have a single spot for small advertisements as well as a donation link to assist in operating costs. A passport (for PBS/NPR) subscription could give you the benefit of not seeing the advertisement as well. Basic, customizable profiles to share some personality and personal flair would be helpful too. It could take social media back to its roots of being about genuine connection with friends and family, sharing life, stories, photos, etc... as a non profit under CPB it could serve as a bastion for free public speech. It could also have an educational section to link people to educational resources including how to identify misinformation. It could be a people only site as well, no business/corporation accounts. It could be called The Agora or something to play on that theme. I think this is exactly the sort of project that the CPB would be perfect to administer and promote through its various mediums of media.
Federal funding for PBS
New Jersey
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I wish to object to the federal government desiring to cut off funding for PBS. PBS provides amazing and informative programs for the general public.
While I understand the need to reduce government spending, stopping aid for PBS is not a wise decision.
Funding of NPR and PBS
Michigan
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I am writing about President Trump's Executive Order halting public funding of NPR and PBS. I strongly object to what he is trying to do. The First Amendment of the Constitution guarantees freedom of speech and press. NPR and PBS provide vital services to the communities they serve and the country. NPR and PBS should not be punished just because President Trump does not like what they are reporting. Please do whatever you can to halt this madness and protect the right of NPR and PBS to report the news.
PBS
Georgia
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Please protect PBS Digital Studios.
Facillitate donations to CPB
Michigan
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CPB is missing out on a TREMENDOUS opportunity. Trup's threat to public media is the greatest potential fundraising motivator that culd be imagined. It is all well and good for it to stimulate increased donations to local stations. CPB has the opportunity to take advantage of this crisis to promote investing in nationall public media per se.
Add a donation mechanism to your home page.
Pbs
Tennessee
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We have watched pbs for 20 plus years.it has gone from non opionated to beong a left leaning.tjey push homosexual and transgender crap and yhey hate trump.you shouldnt know their political opinions and we all know tjey dont try to hide their bias so why should tax dollars support democrat tv station we have stopped viewing most pbs shows
Federal funding
California
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If Trump has no authority to end or direct CPB funding, then just ignore his executive orders. He's ignoring the courts, so ignore his orders and tell him you will do so. His head will explode.
We love CPB
Arizona
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Thank you for your great service to all Americans. I am a sustaining member of my local network, KUAT, here in Tucson, Arizona. I will continue to financially support your incredible, important work as much as I can. Please stay strong and carry on to help represent the voices and experiences of all Americans!
President Trumps actions
Pennsylvania
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I believe that president Trumps action against the CPB NPR and the PBS are illegal and he knowingly targeted them in spite of this knowledge to satisfy his “ personal” vendetta against them. The effected entities should sue Don Trump “personally” for abusing the power of the presidency in his personal quest for retribution he feels was directed at him as a private citizen.
Providing more clarity in how the CPB operates could be essential in more bipartisan support
Minnesota
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CPB -
I recently sent PBS a long email with suggestions on how to make their role and programming more transparent and understandable to the general public. That message came from the perspective of a long-time PBS viewer who’s spent time watching how conversations around CPB, PBS, and NPR unfold online — in articles, social media threads, and comment sections.
I won’t include that full message here (unless it would be helpful), but I wanted to share a similar sentiment directly with CPB — because I deeply care about the role you play in American public media.
A lot of the criticism aimed at PBS or NPR funding reveals a widespread misunderstanding of what CPB actually does. While your recent statement responding to the executive order was concise and effective, I think there’s also an opportunity here: a public-facing effort or campaign to clearly explain CPB’s purpose and structure could go a long way in helping skeptics, regardless of political leaning, see the value of your work.
Here are some key facts I believe need to be communicated more directly and plainly in places beyond your website (video/social media, etc):
- CPB is a firewall — designed to protect public media from political interference.
- CPB is legally independent from both government control and corporate influence.
- Funding decisions are not political — they’re based on structured oversight, not partisanship.
- Local stations make local decisions — CPB enables community broadcasting, not top-down mandates.
- The structure is decentralized and supports rural and underserved communities, (often in conservative areas, I point that out because of the next paragraph).
One of the loudest arguments I’ve seen from critics, often currently from modern conservatives, is a desire to reduce state control — to move away from government-led messaging. Ironically, that’s exactly what CPB is built to ensure. The claim that public broadcasting is like state-run media in authoritarian regimes is a myth — and one that should be publicly and clearly dismantled.
It’s also worth pointing out that CPB’s lean structure and high impact should resonate with anyone who values efficient government spending. You support local institutions directly — not bureaucracy. You do more with less.
The bottom line is: if people TRULY want balance and independence in media, defunding CPB removes their own seat at the table.
These messages are being drowned out by the noise of outrage-based headlines and social media engagement algorithms. I’m not suggesting you tailor your communications to any single political audience — but rather, that you consider offering a clear, public breakdown of how CPB operates, what it protects, and why it exists. Transparency around board structure, grantmaking, and mission could help create shared understanding, regardless of political identity.
Yes, I know this information kind of exists on your website. But people aren’t going there. They’re hearing about CPB secondhand, through media interpretations or partisan soundbites. Perhaps there’s a way to work with PBS or a different external organization on a shared messaging campaign or effective break down video — or maybe that’s beyond your scope or staff capacity, I don't know. Still, I believe even a modest step toward clarifying your values and structure could make a real impact in changing minds.
Although it's true that some days I believe the days of "changing minds" is over - I have to retain hope that it's still possible.
Just some thoughts from someone who deeply values public media and your continued existence.
Warmly,
Paul
WOULD IT BE POSSBILE TO SUE DONALD DECEIT TRUMP & HIS ADMINISTRATION FOR LIBEL, SLANDER, OR DEFAMATION FOR A LARGE SUM OF MONEY?
Illinois
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PUBLIC BROADCASTING IS THE GOLD STANDARD FOR FACT-BASED, VERIFIABLE TRUTH, UNLIKE THE RT WING "CAMPAIGN OF DECEIT" NOW IN AT LEAST IT 9TH DECADE W TREMENDOUS INVESTMENTS IN LIES, DECEIT, FABRICATIONS, & VIOLATING IGNORANCE MOST AREAS. NOBODY, WHO CARES ABOUT VERIFIABLE TRUTH, LIKES TO LISTEN TO AN INTERVIEW WITH A RT WINGER WHO LIES REPEATEDLY, WHICH IS WHAT MOST PRESS GET W ANY INTERVIEW W MOST OF THEM.
THEY SEEM TO CONSTANTLY BE PROJECTING THEIR OWN OPERATING MODE ONTO THEIR OPPOSITION. "RIGHT WING ACCUSATIONS ARE AN ADMISSIONS OF THEIR OWN OPERATING MODE" WAS A POPULAR SAYING ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
A BUNCH OF SICK, DYSFUNCTIONAL, UTTERLY DECEITFUL, PATHOLOGICALLY LYING, SOCIOPATH WHO OPERATE W/O CONSCIENCE & ARE INCAPABLE OF TELLING THE TRUTH > 95% OF THE TIME. THEY ACTUALLY THOUGHT A "CAMPAIGN OF DECEIT" WAS A GOOD IDEA, STARTED BY JOHN BIRCH SOCIETY, 1958-72, PUSHED SINCE THE 1980S BY THE CLIMATE DENYING BILLIONAIRES FUNDING THE KOCH DECEIT NETWORK ENGAGING IN MASS MURDER OF MILLIONS/YR HEADED TO 8 BILLIONS FROM THEIR INCESSANT CLIMATE DENIAL LIES SINCE 1980S. PLANET IS FLYING BY THE UPPER LIMIT OF 1.5 DEG CEL INCREASE, 2025, HEADED TO CATASTROPHIC 3 DEG CEL INCREASE 2040. THEY'RE DUMB ENOUGH TO SEE THEIR OWN CHILDREN HAVE NO FUTURE, B/C NOONE < 50 HAS A FUTURE WITH THE HORRIFIC FORCES THEY'RE UNLEASHING ON PLANET'S CURRENT TRAJECTORY. THEY NEED TO BE CHARGED WITH:
1) MASS MURDER,
2) CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY AS THEY DESTABALIZE 16 CRITICAL TIPPING POINTS, WITH 9 ALREADY UNSTABLE, & 4-5 TIPPED 2025. THEY'VE ALREADY LOCKED-IN 65FT OF SEA LEVEL RISE.
3) BREACH OF NATIONAL SECURITY AS THEY CREATE 3 BIL CLIMATE REFUGEES WHO WILL MIGRATE TO FIND, FOOD, WATER, SAFETY, & SHELTER.
THOUSANDS OF MENTAL HEALTH EXPERTS HAVE WARNED ALMOST A DECADE CREATING DOCUMENTARIES LIKE "UNFIT: DUTY TO WARN, OR "TRUMP CONTAGION", OR "DANGEROUS CASE OF DONALD TRUMP". UNFORTUNATELY MOST OF TRUMP'S SUPPORTERS OPERATE SIMILARLY. THERE ARE NUMEROUS VIDEOS ON YOU-TUBE WITH INTERVIEWS BY FORENSIC PSYCHIATRIST, BANDY LEE. SHE HAD REPEAT CONVERSATIONS W ANTHONY DAVIS OF MEIDAS TOUCH ON YOU-TUBE. PUT TOGETHER TRAINING VIDEOS TO HELP PEOPLE STAY SANE. MENTAL HEALTH EXPERTS HAD A CONFERENCE IN THE FALL OF 2024.
NUMEROUS PEOPLE HAVE TRIED TO EXPOSE THEIR "CAMPAIGN OF DECEIT".
**NPR, FRESH AIR INTERVIEWED THE AUTHOR OF "BIRCHER: HOW THEY RADICALIZED THE RIGHT".
** JANE MAYER EXPOSED KOCH DECEIT NETWORK IN "DARK MONEY". ALSO "KOCHLAND" AND "SONS OF WICHITA". THERE ARE PROBABLY OTHER BIOS & MOST OF THE AUTHORS ALSO HAVE INTERVIEWS ON YOU-TUBE.
**JOE CONASON RELEASED "THE LONGEST CON" & DID AN INTERVIEW W THOM HARTMANN, JOE DID INTERVIEWS WITH OTHERS ON YOU-TUBE.
E.J. DIONNE& NORM ORNSTEIN WROTE "WHY THE RIGHT WENT WRONG" AND BARRY GOLDWATER & JOHN DEAN WROTE "CONSERVATIVES W/O CONSCIENCE" THEY STARTED ON IT IN THE 1990S, BUT DEAN FINISHED IT AROUND 2007 AFTER HE RELEASED "WORSE THAN WATERGATE" ABOUT THE CORRUPTION IN THE BUSH-CHENEY ADMIN. DEAN HAS WRITTEN OTHER BOOKS SINCE THEN. THERE ARE PROBABLY OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE ALSO TRIED TO EXPOSE THIS "CAMPAIGN OF DECEIT".
SO LOTS OF PEOPLE HAVE TRIED TO EXPOSED THIS "CAMPAIGN OF DECEIT". NOW MAGA TRYING TO DESTROY U.S. DEMOCRACY W "PROJECT 2025" SOMETHING THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON SINCE 1980S. ONE REPORT SAID THEY IMPLEMENTED ABOUT 60% OF THE FIRST PHASE IN THE REAGAN ADMINISTRATION.
OF COURSE A GROUP OF PEOPLE ENGAGING IN A "CAMPAIGN OF DECEIT", NOW AT LEAST 9 DECADES, WOULD LOVE NOTHING MORE THAN TO SHUT DOWN A FACT-BASED GROUP THAT LEANS ON VERIFIABLE TRUTH LIKE CPB.
SO CAN CPB SUE TRUMP, HIS DOJ, OTHERS FOR LIBEL, SLANDER & DEFAMATION FOR LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY? YES HE HAS NOT AUTHORITY TO FIRE BOARD MEMBERS OR CUT FUNDING.
PLUS THEY CORRUPTED THE 2024 ELECTION TO GET INTO POWER. SO THEY CHEATED & ACTUALLY DIDN'T WIN, THEY HAVE NO REAL POWER, PERIOD. ALREADY SENT YOU THAT INFO THAT CAME BACK WITH REFERENCE NUMBER 03002155.
WISH VP HARRIS OR SOMEONE WOULD SUE THEM USING THE 4 WAYS THEY CORRUPTED THE ELECTION, WIN, TAKE CONTROL; THEN THEY CAN BE CHARGED WITH THEIR CLIMATE CRIMES. MOST MAGA ARE CLIMATE DENIER & THOSE WHO SUPPORT THEIR CORRUPTION ARE COMPLICIT IN THEIR HORRIFIC "DAMAGE REPORT".
Statement Regarding Executive Order on Public Media
California
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THIS is the perfect stance to take. THIS is what I want my tax dollars to fund--independent media for the PUBLIC, not the tyrant. Keep up the good work!
“CPB is not a federal executive agency subject to the President’s authority. Congress directly authorized and funded CPB to be a private nonprofit corporation wholly independent of the federal government.
“In creating CPB, Congress expressly forbade ‘any department, agency, officer, or employee of the United States to exercise any direction, supervision, or control over educational television or radio broadcasting, or over [CPB] or any of its grantees or contractors…’ 47 U.S.C. § 398(c).”
RE THE PRESIDENT TRUMP?S EXCUTIVE ORDER TO DEFUND NPR AND PBS
New York
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I TREVOR .MERCHANT A LEGAL .LAWFUL AND TAXPAYING PUBLIC IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK AND EVEN MORE SO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WHERE IN I AM ONE OF THE PUBLIC PERSON WHO FROM THE LONG PERIOD OF TIME I WERE THEN AND STILL IS ONE? S THAT READS AND WRITES EXTENSIVELY ON BROAD PROFIUND OF DUE DILIGENCE BOTH HERE AND GLOBALLY FOR REFERENCES AND INFORMATION .THE INSTITUTION THAT I AM EXTENSIVE GOES TO PERFORMS SUCH READING WRITING AND COMMUNICATIONS IS THE NEW YORK CITY PUBLIC LIBRARY LOCATED AT 3060 MIDDLETOWN ROAD BRONX NEW YORK CITY ZIP CODE . 10461 AS SUCH WHERE IN IT IS CLOSELY LOCATEC TO WHERE I RESIDE AT 30 33 MIDDLETOWN ROAD APT 7 D BRONX NEW YORK CITY FROM ACROSS THE STREET SO FROM AN EXTENSIVE TIME I BEGAME AWARE OF THE FACTS THE PBS PUBLIC BROADCASTING STATIION IS EXTREMELY BIAS AND POLITICAL EXTENSIVELY IN THE FAVOUR OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND THEIR SUPPORTERS OF THE LIBERALS .RADICALS OF THIS SAME PARTY . FROM THE THE START THIS WEREE EXTREMELY OFFENSIVE AND DICTATORIAL AS I MADE CONTACTS WITH THIS MEDIA OUTLET FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE PUBLIC .WE THE PEOPLE AND MY COMPLAINST AT ALL TIME WERE REJECETED AND IGNOREGEDE YES QUITE OFFENSIVE SO HERE IT IS ONCE MORE I AM VERY DELIGHTED .THANK FULL APRCIATE AND WELCOME THIS ACTION ACCORDINGLY THAT WAS ENTENSIVE NEEDED THERE ON I WILL BE DRAFTING A MEMORANDUN OF UNDERSTANDING SHORTLY TO COMMUNICATE MORE OF THE ISSUES RELEVANT TO THE PBS BROADCASTING CORPORATION FOR THE PUBLIC AND PUBLIC ALONE HENCEFORCE I ANTICIPATE A TIMELY AND BROAD RESPONSE WITH REGARDS TO THE AFOREMENTIONED THANK YOU TREVOR .MERCHANT
Federal funding
North Carolina
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Cutting off Federal funding to this propaganda machine is long overdue. Not only is it a waste of money, it creates dangerous content and has caused division in the US. They take advantage of people with low emotional quotient values and fill them with absolute nonsense and anti-science rhetoric.
Not only should the Corporation for Public broadcasting, PBS and NPR have it taxpayer funding cut off, it should also be investigated for fraud. It has deliberately and maliciously defrauded the American public with lies, misinformation and propaganda. I also believe that their tax status should be re-examined by the irs, as it is obviously, the propaganda arm of the democratic party in the United States.
Federal subsidies
North Carolina
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While I continue to watch most of your programming, when it comes to nature programs being negatively affected, it is always due to climate change. Had there been both pros and cons regarding this, no it is always the rhetoric from the left that human interference being the cause of higher temperatures, never are any of the many facts covering if infact global warming is valid, or if is, never are any of the many, many facts and theories provided that shows it is just a earthly reciprocal action. That is when I turn off that programming, and wish that my tax funds are not used to subsidize this totally left leaning factor.
Federal subsidies
North Carolina
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While I continue to watch most of your programming, when it comes to nature programs being negatively affected, it is always due to climate change. Had there been both pros and cons regarding this, no it is always the rhetoric from the left that human interference being the cause of higher temperatures, never are any of the many facts covering if infact global warming is valid, or if is, never are any of the many, many facts and theories provided that shows it is just a earthly reciprocal action. That is when I turn off that programming, and wish that my tax funds are not used to subsidize this totally left leaning factor.
Federal Funding
Missouri
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The CPB has my complete support against White House and Republican led attacks effecting funding. I’m 73 and have watched and listened to many beloved shows throughout my life. If I turn on the TV it’s more often than not to watch Nature, Nova, Finding Your Roots, Masterpiece Theater, etc. Quite frankly the only substantive shows on television or radio. They are unbiased, informative and entertaining. Please let me know how I can assist with this ludicrous situation.