It's no coincidence that at a time of eroding democracy, public journalism is being cut.
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PBS News Hour West to go dark after ASU discontinues contract
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#32Of course it’s due to the federal funding cuts. At least DHS got 2,000x more than these cuts saved from PBS as our deficit continues to explode. https://current.org/2025/11/weta-to-cut-staff-cancel-pbs-new...
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what are the revised priorities? what revised the priorities? maybe consider doing just the teensiest bit of journalism of your own
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#33Of course it’s due to the federal funding cuts. At least DHS got 2,000x more than these cuts saved from PBS as our deficit continues to explode. https://current.org/2025/11/weta-to-cut-staff-cancel-pbs-new...
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President Trump explicitly signed an Executive Order to defund public media: https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/05/endi...
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#36It's no coincidence that at a time of eroding democracy, public journalism is being cut.
At the same time, even with the mayhem of the current executive, it is important to read the room.
The house of representatives controls the budget. Moderating perceived bias would be an obvious survival strategy.
Edit: Oh, drat, I've been ostracized. Whatever will I do?
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#37It's no coincidence that at a time of eroding democracy, public journalism is being cut.
As an avid and long term PBS viewer, donor, news hour west was 90% a waste of time anyway. Most evenings it is virtually the same broadcast, same segments. Media is more VOD-oriented anyway. They have been posting both broadcasts to YouTube for years, so you can assess this if you'd like.
The exception is if there's something notable to report on between 5PM and 8PM EST
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#38Earlier quoted context omitted.
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President Trump explicitly signed an Executive Order to defund public media: https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/05/endi...
Okay, but do you actually know what monies changed hands under the now-ended agreement? Perhaps PBS was not paying ASU, as the person quoted said, it was a mutually beneficial relationship. ASU got to have a very cool internship opportunity right on site of its prominent J-school.
If PBS was not paying significant money to ASU, then it is unlikely to be related to federal politics.
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#39Paging MacKenzie Scott....
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#40Earlier quoted context omitted.
It got cut.
People shouting about PBS news being horribly biased are just flat-out wrong. Obviously their viewership leans centrist liberal, but no other news program in recent times approached their level of nonpartisanship when dealing with national politics. Regardless of their affiliation, they’d ask most interviewees a couple of pointed questions but always let them explain themselves uninterrupted, and let them have the la…
The first half is usually solid, the back half is, well, usually more opinionated/softer. Lots of interviews with professors who seek to have their opinions represented as facts or members of the public have their plight elevated as serious national policy concerns.