Source: Future of Freedom Foundation
by Jacob G Hornberger
“According to an article in the Wall Street Journal, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting has announced that it is shutting down. That’s the entity that receives hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars from the federal government and then uses the loot to fund ‘public’ (i.e., government) radio and television stations across the U.S., including the Public Broadcasting Service and National Public Radio. Why is the CPB shutting down? Because the federal government, under the Trump administration, is terminating the flow of federal taxpayer dollars into its coffers. But wait a minute! Can’t the CPB get funding voluntarily from donors? It could, but obviously people don’t wish to donate money to fund this operation. If they did, the CPB wouldn’t be shutting down.” (08/04/25)
https://www.fff.org/2025/08/04/voluntary-support-versus-coerced-support/