Congress Shrinks PBS: Now Playing, 100+ Unemployed Humans
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After Congress decided that 'public media funding' was suddenly a villain, PBS is trimming its corporate lawn by slashing 15% of its staff â more than 100 jobs vanished faster than your favorite documentary on late night TV. In a bureaucratic plot twist that screams âsorry not sorryâ, those hardworking humans who brought you pledge drives and Ken Burns marathons suddenly face the cruel inequality of capitalism, while Congress probably high-fives in a room full of corporate lobbyists. The timeline is grim and ongoing: recent cuts ripple through PBS HQ as their trusted huggable mascots of educational grown-up TV wave goodbye in freeze-frame.
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Source: Feeds | Published: 9/5/2025 | Author: David Folkenflik
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