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Mister Rogers’ Heartwarming Defense Of PBS

In 1969 PBS faced losing federal funding as a consequence of budget cuts proposed by President Richard Nixon. Fred Rogers appeared before the Senate Subcommittee on Communications to argue on behalf of the network and his show, Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood.

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      The original OG

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    • bxmedic19 7 months ago

      PBS is 0.012% of the federal budget. You think the Republicans have an ulterior motive?

    • benjaminc5 7 months ago

      I don’t think he advocated borrowing money from China in order to fund PBS. Also all of PBS’s licensing agreements have to be worth billions. It’ll be fine.

    • Ajbd 7 months ago

      What other channel gets government funding? They are always begging for people to donate money. That plus commercials and they will be fine. The channel isn’t going anywhere. I just read that it would cut out 445 million in government spending. That’s a start.

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      gotta love mister rogers

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