Help save public broadcasting! Will you chip in even just $1 to help get out the truth and urge Congress to restore funding for public broadcasting?
Robert Reich here. The past 12 months have been a rolling disaster for public media.
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting — once the backbone of American public media — no longer exists.
At least 550 jobs have been eliminated at local stations around the country. Rural and tribal stations have been the hardest hit. Some stations have cut more than half of their staff, while others are down to a single employee. Without federal funding, more than 115 stations are in danger of shutting down.
And NPR announced last month that 28 news staffers — including some of the most experienced and admired journalists in radio — are being let go.
But here's what I want everyone who loves public radio and television to understand: This fight is not over.
Congress is debating legislation right now that could restore funding and provide local stations with a critical lifeline as they struggle to stay on the air.
Inequality Media Civic Action is sounding the alarm and mobilizing people to contact Congress in support of restoring funding for public media.
Can you chip in right now to help us educate the public and save public media? Every dollar you give will help.
The defunding of public media is a tragedy for democracy and our country. But if we act now, it's not too late to prevent even greater and irreparable losses.
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