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Hi John,
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Republicans swore that defunding public broadcasting wouldn’t hurt lifesaving emergency alerts.
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They lied. Now, rural stations are already feeling the effects of these cuts.
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Local radio stations are lifelines. Flood warnings. Tsunami alerts. Pandemic updates. When danger hits, folks don’t scroll social media or refresh The New York Times home page – they turn on the local radio.
Stations are losing hundreds of thousands of dollars in federal support, reporters are leaving, and disaster coverage is hanging by a thread.
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But Republicans don't care. They were ready to rubber-stamp whatever Trump wanted, so they voted to gut public broadcasting funding. Even though they knew it’d hit their own constituents hardest.
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That’s not just reckless. It’s shameful.
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And Republicans think no one will notice.
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So we have to prove them wrong. Please, will you let me know where you stand by taking my 60-second public broadcasting survey now?
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Thanks, John,
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John ❤️
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