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If a society, for the sake of commerciality, rejects the possibilities of well researched journalism, then this society is on its path towards fascism.
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Not so much "rejects" as "doesn't want to pay for", and that slide started years, if not decades, ago.
NPR and PBS do have some good programming, but also tend to lean left. I personally think they should both be defunded, tho I have no problem with that being a phase-out rather than cold turkey.
For those that have mixed feelings like me, I recommend you support funding cuts, then send a donation to your local station(s) along with a note that you're more concerned about their leftward leanings than their loss of government funding. 2 or 3 annual donations, then nothing more if they're not the objective, or at least balanced, outlets they should be.