Food for thought - ENDING TAXPAYER SUBSIDIZATION OF BIASED MEDIA
The executive order cuts of public funds for National Public Radio (NPR) and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS).
The equivalent of these entities would be the ABC.
This is the openning of the executive order:
At the very least, Americans have the right to expect that if their tax dollars fund public broadcasting at all, they fund only fair, accurate, unbiased, and nonpartisan news coverage. No media outlet has a constitutional right to taxpayer subsidies, and the Government is entitled to determine which categories of activities to subsidize. The CPB’s governing statute reflects principles of impartiality: the CPB may not “contribute to or otherwise support any political party.” 47 U.S.C. 396(f)(3); see also id. 396(e)(2).
The CPB fails to abide by these principles to the extent it subsidizes NPR and PBS. Which viewpoints NPR and PBS promote does not matter. What does matter is that neither entity presents a fair, accurate, or unbiased portrayal of current events to taxpaying citizens.
I therefore instruct the CPB Board of Directors (CPB Board) and all executive departments and agencies (agencies) to cease Federal funding for NPR and PBS.
We can only hope for the same here. Alas, both Labor and Labor Lite (the Libs) are too scared of their own shadow.
I'm beyond caring anymore sorry Spart. They will just waste the money if they did get rid of it. I used to love the ABC and Tripple J especially in my younger days. My daughter tells me ABC is unwatchable and no-one listens to JJJ anymore. The only interest would be to see if anyone turned up to the protest marches apart from the staff.