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PBS DEI

West Virginia
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To Whom it May Concern: As of this week, with PBS's capitulation to the "rule" of Donald Trump, our family has deleted all access to PBS programing on our cable system. Also, our employers have been informed that NONE of our charitable contributions will be designated to PBS or our local affiliates as long as this situation maintains. My father and my uncle fought against exactly this kind of fascism during World War II. And my family will continue to fight against the Trumps today. And... we will NOT support corporate COWARDS like PBS has just proven themselves to be. Goodbye. And God damn you. cc: NYTimes, Washington Post, NPR

Doug James

California
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How about the song from Spike Lees movie Crooklyn, Oh Child things are gonna get better

Eliminating DEI

Illinois
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I cannot believe you caved in on the executive order to eliminate DEI !! I'm 72 years old, a subscriber, and have been watching PBS since I was a child. I thought you would stand up to this ridiculous, dictatorial, punitive edict! I am so disappointed.

Killer whales

Virginia
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It jacks my jaw so much that an organization like yours would sponsor a show called “Killer Whales.” I am a devoted follower of NPR and my local PBS(WHRO.) They are not ‘killer whales,’ they are whale killers and part of the dolphin family.Please put out some type of correction.

DEI Program Elimination

Massachusetts
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Dear CPB, I am HIGHLY disappointed to hear that you are bowing down to the most horrible, hate filled man currenly serving as president! That you are not standing up to this bully and his cronies makes me incredibly sick and heartbroken. As a longtime supporter of CPB (and PBS and NPR) this is a gut punch like no other. You had an oppertunity to stand up to this awful administration but not letting them bully you into shuttering your DEI office. If you can't stand up to them then how do you expect us to even put any faith (and money) into the work that you all do. This is incredibly disheartening and will cuase my family and I to likely end our run as sustaining members. Something I thought would never happen. Please do better. Stand up to this horrific administration and re-establish this important office. Feeling very heartbroken and hopeless, Shel Frolich-Tscherne

Funding

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Have you made plans to offset your loss of federal funding yet? It’s coming and it is well overdue. It is a shame you turned a wonderful product into a swarthy mishmash of progressive claptrap. You do NOT deserve tax dollars to push your warped worldview. I promise you I will spend all my energy to see you are defunded by the federal government. You purposely destroyed the non-biased presentation of the news. Now the tide is coming in and we aren’t going to float your boat. Good riddance!!

Funding of CPB

Florida
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I am reading that Trump and his cronies are targeting CPB and NPR to defund your operations. How are you responding? You need to speak up and justify your operations for all Americans. Or, if you are defunded, you need to start a massive campaign to raise money to keep your stations in business. Thank you.

Note from CPB: Thank you for your comment and for your support of public media. CPB remains committed to educating the public about the value of public media and the many essential services it provides to all Americans. However, as a federally funded organization, CPB is prohibited from engaging in lobbying or advocacy efforts. Efforts related to advocacy are led by other national organizations dedicated to this work.

WAMC biased left leaning talk shows

Connecticut
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I've listened to WAMC over the past 10 years. Without doubt, their morning show the "roundtable" can be cited as a prime example of why taxpayers are concerned about CPB's funding of shows with political bias. The format of this weekday morning show is 4 5 liberals discuss how bad republican policies are . Maybe once a month they might have one conservative speaker. I am also sure this isn't the first complaint on WAMC. I would appreciate that someone from CPB take the time and listen to just one show. It runs 9 to 11:30 out of albany NY and can be listened to by going to their website www.wamc.org. Thanks, J**n B***n

Caving to Trump/Musk

Connecticut
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Words cannot express how frustrated and angry I am that you've sacrificed your principles and eliminated all diversity training, etc. During pledge drives you're always saying how little the government awards CPB. It would be FAR smarter, as well as patriotic, to kiss that $ goodbye and fundraise based on that decision. The notion that Trump/Musk won't cut that funding anyway is absurd! I have been a generous donor to VPR, WGBH and CT public radio for decades. I am rethinking that giving now. Sincerely, R***n L******t D*******n, CT

Help us help you

North Carolina
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I know there is real and present danger of PBS & NPR being defunded. Please don’t ignore this on your website. We need you to tell us what we can do to help—what our letters and calls to our legislators should say. And not everyone is on social media. Please do this! I think we are all at a loss right now with regard to CONCRETE THINGS WE CAN DO. Please don’t keep us in the dark right now about losing public radio & television.

Note from CPB: Thank you for your comment and for your support of public media. CPB remains committed to educating the public about the value of public media and the many essential services it provides to all Americans. However, as a federally funded organization, CPB is prohibited from engaging in lobbying or advocacy efforts. Efforts related to advocacy are led by other national organizations dedicated to this work.

Washington Week with the Atlantic

Missouri
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Washington Week needs to be an hour long show. Thirty minutes is not enough time to address all the important events and issues that we are facing today. Please let me know if this is possible.

Note from CPB: Thank you for contacting the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB). Although CPB does not produce or distribute programming, we welcome all comments about public media’s content and services. CPB does not produce Washington Week with The Atlantic. Your comments will have more weight if you contact WETA at https://www.pbs.org/weta/washingtonweek/about-us/contact-us

Proposal to Sustain Public Broadcasting Without Federal Funding

Wisconsin
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To: Head of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB)

Subject: Proposal for a Self-Sustaining Public Broadcasting Model

Dear Patricia de Stacy Harrison,

I am reaching out with a proposal for ensuring the long-term sustainability of public broadcasting—NPR, PBS, and local member stations—without reliance on federal funding. Given the current funding environment, this approach would allow CPB to continue supporting rural and small-market stations while making NPR and PBS fully independent of government funding.

Key Plan Summary

1. Replace the $100 Million Federal Shortfall with Modest Subscriber Increases NPR and PBS combined reach over 122 million people (adjusting for overlap). If just 10% of those listeners/viewers were active subscribers, they would number 12.2 million. To replace the $100M loss, each would need to contribute only $8.20 per year (about $0.68 per month). This keeps public broadcasting free of government influence while maintaining financial stability.

2. Create a CPB-Managed “Public Broadcasting Fund” for Rural Stations A percentage of the newly raised funds (e.g., 30-40% or $30M–$40M annually) would be funneled through CPB to keep rural/small-market stations operational. CPB remains an independent distributor of private contributions rather than relying on federal tax dollars.

3. Require Larger Urban NPR/PBS Stations to Contribute a Portion of Revenue Major urban stations (WNYC, KQED, WBUR, etc.) have more corporate sponsorships and wealthier donor bases. These stations would contribute a small portion (e.g., 5–10%) of their increased private revenue to support smaller stations.

4. Offer a “Support Rural Stations” Option for Donors NPR and PBS could add a checkbox when donors contribute, allowing them to direct funds specifically toward rural public broadcasting. This engages the audience in sustaining small-market journalism and education programming.

5. Allow Large Stations to “Sponsor” Rural Counterparts Larger urban stations could partner with rural stations (e.g., WNYC supporting a small station in Wisconsin). A portion of listener contributions from urban areas would directly fund rural operations.

Benefits of This Model

✔️ Eliminates need for federal funding, ensuring full independence from political influence.

✔️ Keeps rural stations funded through CPB-managed private redistribution.

✔️ No drastic donor increase required—just $8.20 per year per active subscriber.

✔️ Strengthens the public broadcasting system by leveraging existing audience loyalty and funding.

This approach ensures that public broadcasting remains strong, accessible, and truly independent. I would love to discuss this further and explore how CPB could structure this transition effectively. Thank you for your time and consideration.

Best regards,

J**n L****n M*****n, Wisconsin j******n@yahoo.com

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Funding

South Carolina
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Why is the Federal Government (i.e. United States Taxpayer) tasked with funding the CPB when clearly a majority of taxpayers have no interest in a propaganda arm of leftist policies? Any thinking person listening or viewing 24 hours of typical PBS or NPR programing can clearly understand the political bent eminatiing from the broadcast. To say that programming is of equal content in equal time periods is easily disproved.

News

Oregon
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Where are the voices warning us that this is far more than business as usual? That we are in the midst of a Consistutional crisis? That the efforts through the courts are placeholders giving citizens time to take action to preserve their democracy? During Trump I, people and groups like Indivisible and Norm Eisen were covered by NPR. Not so in Trump II. The people need to hear their voices again. When I search the word coup on NPR, only foreign countries come up, yet that word is being used by reputable folks to describe what is happening now in the US. That is unprecedented, yet you, supposedly professional journalists, are not covering this aspect. Where is the full coverage? Where are the amazingly undemocratic quotes by Republicans? By Trump? By Musk? Where is Heather Cox Richardson’s voice, or Joyce Vance’s, or Bernie Sander’s, or Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’? Robert Reich’s? Where is the interview of Steven Levitsky and Lucan A. Way who authored the thoughtful article in Foreign Affairs entitiled The Path to American Authoritarianism? Where is your coverage of our situation by foreign journalists? Is that also as watered down as yours? What is the importance of Volodymyr Zelensky’s urging European leaders to accept that automatically assuming there will be US support is no longer valid. What does it mean that Trump said the Ukraine may be part of Russia someday and Vance did not rule out US troops there? What could that mean? How can you resist connecting those potential dots? What you’re doing is not journalistic neutrality, it is jouranlistic fear. As I understand it, journalists pair fear with courage for an essential reason. This is a scary moment, but it’s one journalists should be drawn to. It’s the biggest story of your lives (of our lives). It’s the second biggest story in US history (the Revolutionary War being the first). Thorough journalism is a pillar of democracy for a reason. We all do this together, or we’re all done until the next opportunity for a revolutionary war, if it ever comes again, because, as you know, the circumstances were just right for us to win the first one. The odds were completely against us; we shouldn’t have won. And if the media is not doing their job completely in the current long odds, we won’t win, and real journalism will go away. Crack this open while there is still time to do so. Go ahead and include the complete Democratic chaos and wobbly response. Go ahead and interview those who wonder what the next steps will be even if we manage to shut this coup down anytime soon, because Democrats are as responsible for getting us here as Republicans. And what about my local station, KLCC? I’ve heard nothing about Merkley’s and Wyden’s jam packed townhalls. Nothing about what our representatives are doing to push back or hold other legislators accountable. I’ve heard no local stories asking hard questions of Governor Kotek or Attorney General Rayfield how exactly they are acting to protect Oregonians. No coverage of the February 5th protest in Salem or the planned Presidents Day protests. No stories about our the scientists in Oregon research insitutions that are having to cut back on research and are considering the possibility of shutting down labs. Why am I having to suggest the possible stories? The possibilities are deep! People are terrified they’ll lose their Social Security, their Medicare, their retirement mutual funds, their child’s school, their libraries, their safety nets, their homes and their health. We have a homeless crisis. Is this making it worse or better right now in this moment? How about local commercial banks? Are they safe for consumers? How about VISA queing up to partner with Musk. Wonder if he’ll be fair, ethical and honest in that business deal? Is VISA the least bit concerned he might be untrustworthy to partner with or expose sensitive consumer information to? We are in a moment of journalistic feasting and I’m still hearing stories about moss (not making that up). While we need relief from the enslaught, we also need the truth — all of it. We need acknowledgement that this is not regular times, our feelings of fear are justified. Your reporting increases the surreal nature of what is happening. This is not a time for giggling on air. We need to hear in your voices both calm and deep seriousness. Don’t want to panic the public? Why not? Now is a time to feel panicked. And, do you really want to take on the task of deciding what the public can and can’t handle? Not your job. Please live up the the Public Radio I have known my entire adult life. Please match your journalism to the extreme moment we are in. I’ve seen some improvement this week, but not nearly enough. More please. Make it count! S****y W******n ***** K*****d St. Eugene, OR 97405

Please reform or defund NPR

Pennsylvania
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NPR is the strongest transmitting station in my neighborhood so I have been listening to it almost daily in the past 18 months. With the exception of the few minutes of hourly news, all of its programming is intricately crafted extreme left wing propaganda. Examples abound, when a theater play is presented, it is about illegal immigrants, by an illegal immigrant or both. Only yesterday, an NPR moderator called for non-violent resistance including blocking highways, to the efforts to remove illegal immigrants. The commentary on Gaza is so clearly unbalanced that it would take a separate letter to describe. Lastly, NPR presents unfair competition to commercial stations who are forced to include advertising and are unable to repeat every item numerous times a day. Please completely reform NPR by freezing and reviewing its workers and programming and replacing all senior and creative staff. Alternatively, please replace this out of control propaganda mouthpiece with an emergency channel that transmits weather and emergency messages.

Newt & Calista Gingrich show profiling 9 immigrants on PBS - WHYY TV 12

Pennsylvania
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Dear CPB, I was stunned beyond belief when I was channel surfing and found an interesting program featuring 9 immigrants to the USA, but the title of the program was..."Newt & Calista Gingrich Presents...". Newt Gingrich wanted to KILL CPB back in the 1990s! What is going on? Newt Gingrich has furthered the Big Lie, and is certainly a super MAGA member! I just wanted to vomit. Are you giving your approval in advance - as Professor Timothy Snyder tells us was what many did in Nazi Germany to ensure their safety under the coming Dictatorship? Just unbelievable! I will never give a dime again to CPB or NPR or any local station. You just so disgust me with this decision.

Sunday morning radio program

Delaware
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Ayesha Roscoe has got to go! Absolutely terrible and grating. I cannot listen to your program while she’s on the air.

Ayesha Roscoe

California
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Please get her off the air. I always turn away from the station when she’s hosting because her voice is so horrible and her grammar so appalling

Weekend Edition Sunday

Ohio
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Can’t listen to NPR on Sunday mornings any longer because of Ayesha Roscoe’s voice. I really miss being able to listen on Sunday morning but can’t take her annoying voice.

DEI at NOVA

Louisiana
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Your DEI efforts on the NOVA program are obvious. My question is - do you have federal funding or a federal mandate to implement DEI in this show? If this is the case, you should state this in the program. It's a show about science, and I don't really like seeing under the table political agendas.