Studies link public broadcasting to higher voter turnout, better factual knowledge and lower susceptibility to extremist rhetoric. Those contributions to democracy may be diminished by Congress’ cuts.
Both PBS and NPR are biased in much the same way as the rest of US corporate media is. They use the same both-sides tactics, they never question neoliberal economic assumptions, they almost always buy into the bipartisan imperialist consensus. That’s because they’re largely funded by large corporations.
Both PBS and NPR are biased in much the same way as the rest of US corporate media is. They use the same both-sides tactics, they never question neoliberal economic assumptions, they almost always buy into the bipartisan imperialist consensus. That’s because they’re largely funded by large corporations.