Sorry For The Mess

PBS and NPR were never beholden to the US government.

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting was created so that the US government could fund public media without public media being influenced by the government. It was a private non-profit funded by the government, not a part of the government itself. This is by design. This was a good thing. It meant that even small local TV and radio stations, could afford to create media for the public good, without government influence.

This meant TV and radio stations for poor communities. For non-english speaking communities. For rural communities. For minorities. It meant that free and accessible media could be created for everyone, even if the government didn't like it.

That's why conservatives defunded it.

Because if they couldn't control it, and if it helped the people they hated, then they would have to destroy it. Do you really think that a fascist government would defund their own propaganda machine?

Not only is the idea that PBS before being defunded was propaganda wrong, but ignores the fact that defunding it is going to have long-term negative effects on vulnerable communities.

Hordak: No! I’m too young to die!

Catra: *snort*

Hordak: Oh not right now Catra.

Catra: Well it’s not all bad; you have a hot young wife who, granted, makes you look older.

Hordak: …Entrapta is older than me.

Catra: Oh wow you aged bad.

(source)

Hordak: Go to bed.

Entrapta: Dang it.

Entrapta: Only if you do.

Adora: What?

Hordak: Order us to go to sleep.

Adora: Why?

Entrapta: Because we’re too good at bribing each other into staying awake.

Entrapta: Of course.

[window opens to a blinding light]

Hordak: IT’S TOMORROW?!?

Entrapta: No. They’re taking out the trash. It’s Tuesday.

Hordak: WE HAVE BEEN IN THERE FOR THREE DAYS?!?

Entrapta: That’s a new record! And it’s probably bedtime.

Hordak: Yeah, probably.

Entrapta: …or. We could close this window and pretend we never saw this.