With local public media stations on the brink of collapse followingTrump’s successful push to strip federal funding, the Public Media Bridge Fund hopes to raise $100 million over the next two years to keep local newsrooms alive.
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Calling on all the billionaires out there to contribute to this cause (how about you, Oprah ?)
aug 19, 2025, 9:02 pm • 4 0 • view
Then they don’t need to pretend.
aug 20, 2025, 2:47 am • 2 0 • view
Never forget that Politico is owned by a right wing billionaire. #EndFascists #EndOligarchs
aug 19, 2025, 11:56 pm • 2 0 • view
I'm confused by the sign. Do they want to be independent, or public?
aug 20, 2025, 5:16 pm • 1 0 • view
this is how fascism operates... we need to remove trump from office any way needed... impeach trump now..
aug 20, 2025, 4:27 am • 2 0 • view
I’m in!
aug 20, 2025, 2:36 am • 2 0 • view
Start telling the truth about him and stop normalizing him !
aug 20, 2025, 12:37 am • 3 1 • view
We need one in Australia too. It's nothing like as bad as the US, but there are signs of eroding funding over the years.
aug 20, 2025, 12:40 am • 3 0 • view
Let them go away! They were just Dumoratic campaign ads!
aug 20, 2025, 2:58 pm • 0 0 • view
Kpfa.org
aug 20, 2025, 2:27 pm • 1 0 • view
Destroying local media is one way for local government to be corrupted. Keep the masses stupid and they will believe your lies.
aug 20, 2025, 8:55 am • 1 0 • view
aug 20, 2025, 8:37 pm • 0 0 • view
I donated to a small station in Kansas because those are the news outlets most in peril. I encouraged others to do the same.
aug 19, 2025, 9:46 pm • 2 0 • view
1939 Germany had no dissenting voices. How'd that work out?
aug 20, 2025, 3:58 am • 3 0 • view
Dissenting voices in the US today: ABC, CBS, NBC, MS-NOW, CNN, NYT, WAPO, LA TIMES
aug 20, 2025, 5:21 pm • 2 0 • view
@404media.bsky.social @josephcox.bsky.social What are real journalists opinion? All the above have lost the little credibility they once enjoyed. BTW, wyze-kracker.bsky.social what are the European and CBC saying? Thanks for the info.
aug 20, 2025, 6:10 pm • 0 0 • view
Just for anyone who cares, we immediately subscribed to the public stations in our State, and increased our monthly donations. We will continues until SouthPark finds out. Them we'll double it.
aug 20, 2025, 6:14 pm • 0 0 • view
Fund local news organizations directly
aug 19, 2025, 8:36 pm • 5 0 • view
I've been trying to raise like 130 dollars for my local PBS and nobody on this app seems to care cept 1 person that donated $20 Public media is screwed if it has to rely on the people on this app
aug 19, 2025, 8:02 pm • 4 0 • view
You mean it has to be self-supporting like every other media
aug 20, 2025, 5:18 pm • 0 0 • view
no I mean what I said. don't put words in my mouth. you don't know me
aug 20, 2025, 5:41 pm • 0 0 • view
I have already given to my local station twice.
aug 19, 2025, 11:41 pm • 5 0 • view
Where is Warren Buffet? Shouldn’t he be funding public media in perpetuity?
aug 19, 2025, 9:43 pm • 4 0 • view
Where are the so called benevolent billionaires? They could easily form non profit foundations to keep public media stations alive. By staying silent or inactive they have joined with the Bezos', Zuckerberg's, Musk's in letting the march to fascism continue. Control the message, control the masses.
aug 20, 2025, 4:40 pm • 1 0 • view
All part of the grand "information" strategy!
aug 19, 2025, 10:08 pm • 2 0 • view
Breaking: Greatness Local public media stations need corporate sponsorships because We the People is broke.
aug 19, 2025, 7:54 pm • 2 0 • view
If freedom of press dies democracy dies
aug 20, 2025, 8:33 am • 1 0 • view
Where are our billionaires when trumpugly pulls funding? I haven't seen them step up to the task yet! Billionaires! They are all the same. Worried about their money when the world about them is crumbling.
aug 20, 2025, 5:49 pm • 1 0 • view
one incredible way to highlight the dissent with our current martial laws in effect, and more to come, how about the millionaire MLB, NBA, NHL, all call a players strike? The NBA stood up for Mr Floyd's killing. Empty stadiums would still talk, even with the owners ESPN bribes.
aug 20, 2025, 6:21 pm • 1 0 • view
I love this idea!
aug 20, 2025, 6:28 pm • 0 0 • view
Throw in STOP buying Sports merchandise. Period Dot. End of Sentence. Looking at you #Manchester
aug 20, 2025, 7:07 pm • 0 0 • view
saveourlocalnews.ca
aug 20, 2025, 4:28 am • 2 0 • view
It is an important service to the nation. cbwrong.blogspot.com/2025/08/dona...
aug 19, 2025, 8:16 pm • 1 0 • view
Another thing they could have done was to be objective and holy fuck this problem would not have existed for them This is a classic FAFO.
aug 20, 2025, 2:32 am • 2 0 • view
Warren Buffet, Bill Gates, maybe even the "new" Elon could solve this problem with a single check. The first two give alot to charity, in thoughtful and sustained ways, but why not just write the check? Ray Krocs widow gave what, $500 million to NPR?
aug 20, 2025, 8:56 pm • 0 0 • view
WAY TO GO 🩵💙🦋
aug 20, 2025, 4:31 pm • 1 0 • view
I’m in Australia and have already donated to NPR.
aug 19, 2025, 11:11 pm • 7 0 • view
IDK if you can get PBS passport over there. But if you can I recommend it.
aug 20, 2025, 8:16 am • 0 0 • view
We get Newshour on SBS
aug 20, 2025, 8:20 am • 1 0 • view
THANK YOU, MATE!!!!
aug 19, 2025, 11:42 pm • 3 0 • view
Your AUS dollars would be better spent guzzling a beer and then pissing it out.
aug 20, 2025, 2:34 am • 0 0 • view
Who gives a shit what you think.
aug 20, 2025, 7:24 am • 1 0 • view
Yeah, thats important, but not as important as the fact he’s a fucking PAEDO!
aug 19, 2025, 8:56 pm • 8 2 • view
fucked up to think many Americans in the top 1% could just get that $$ out of their couch cushions
aug 20, 2025, 1:59 am • 6 0 • view
Nothing more important then this right now. Unbiased, non tainted media is the only way to to keep them in check with accurate information.
aug 20, 2025, 1:55 pm • 1 0 • view
Browse Project 2025 to see their thoughts about broadcasting. I don’t remember. Can’t be comforting. 😶
aug 20, 2025, 3:59 am • 3 0 • view
Vulture Capitalism at its height
aug 20, 2025, 12:50 am • 2 0 • view
aug 19, 2025, 8:48 pm • 3 1 • view
Taxpayers thank you.
aug 20, 2025, 4:06 pm • 1 0 • view
I think the TV part is hopeless. I'd concentrate in saving NPR. Its.much more used still.
aug 20, 2025, 12:09 am • 2 0 • view
"Fox News to pay $787M settlement to Dominion Voting Systems over stolen election lies" www.pbs.org/newshour/sho... Trump and the Republican Party are scum! They want scum dishonest propaganda channels. www.npr.org/2025/08/19/n...
aug 20, 2025, 2:57 am • 2 0 • view
How tha f does conservative talk radio continue to exist unimpeded? HOW!?!?!?!
aug 20, 2025, 4:30 am • 3 0 • view
They take ZERO tax dollars, that's how.
aug 20, 2025, 5:19 pm • 1 0 • view
What are we paying federal taxes for? A military suppressing American citizens? What else?
aug 19, 2025, 8:50 pm • 17 3 • view
How many of those affected voted for same?
aug 19, 2025, 10:23 pm • 3 0 • view
That’s like 50 dinners for a millionaire. Where’s Oprah hiding?
aug 19, 2025, 7:44 pm • 12 1 • view
Oprah is part of the Regime. She gleefully attended Bezo’s wedding in Venice.
aug 19, 2025, 9:06 pm • 14 0 • view
Sniprah
aug 20, 2025, 2:04 pm • 1 0 • view
There are plenty of places in the world where you can see the effects of super rich and the poor. America has held out quite well until now.
aug 20, 2025, 8:43 am • 1 0 • view
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aug 20, 2025, 5:12 pm • 0 0 • view
Time to DONATE, America !
aug 19, 2025, 7:40 pm • 7 1 • view
Then we should stop paying federal income taxes. Or at least have our state keep the federal taxes withheld to cover everything that is needed because of federal cuts.
aug 20, 2025, 10:03 am • 1 0 • view
Hide hide hide information is Trumps mandate …..
aug 19, 2025, 9:25 pm • 3 0 • view
Protect/Save PBS/NPR stations! We’ve already lost so many small TC/Radio station, local newspapers which help us stay informed on the I’ll-behaviors/actions of extreme donni+Rump regime.
aug 19, 2025, 8:22 pm • 4 0 • view
Government news media
aug 20, 2025, 12:42 am • 2 0 • view
This would be a very good time for a wealthy philanthropist to step in. Local news organisations are important, and fascists hate small news outlets they cannot control, and who report what's actually happening in communities, rather than just repeating the lies from big media.
aug 19, 2025, 11:49 pm • 1 0 • view
It'd be an even better time for a functioning government to step in and provide services for its citizens.
aug 20, 2025, 3:19 am • 5 0 • view
Of course it would, but unfortunately an incompetent kleptocratic fascist dictatorship is currently in charge instead.
aug 20, 2025, 11:39 am • 2 0 • view
Oh yeah, I forgot 😢
aug 20, 2025, 11:41 am • 2 0 • view
#LesterHolt train me how to be a reporter
aug 19, 2025, 8:01 pm • 1 0 • view
#LesterHolt train me how to be a reporter
aug 19, 2025, 8:00 pm • 1 0 • view
🧵 Let’s do some math here. According to what I just looked up, “Antiques Roadshow” is one of the highest rated PBS shows with 5M viewers a week. If 1/2 of those viewers chipped in another $5/month, that alone would be $12.5 million a year. I wonder how many of those viewers pay $8/mo for
aug 19, 2025, 9:17 pm • 5 1 • view
Paramount+, but send nothing to PBS? We should be able to cover this $100M over the next few years.
aug 19, 2025, 9:17 pm • 2 0 • view
It has really served a great purpose and educated us on so many things.That said it mirrors corporate media in sounding good but eliminating key facts because of the effect they would have on capitalism, like US foreign policy (code for we take want when we want for US multinationals
aug 20, 2025, 1:11 pm • 1 0 • view
I hope this fund includes new programming and appeal week specials on Public TV. I love the shows, but I've reached the point I want to see new shows. And I am so bored by their pledge period show, I subscribe to Marquee for a month.
aug 19, 2025, 8:44 pm • 3 0 • view
Great Ceasar's ghost ! Guess I'll take that job offer at The Daily Planet.
aug 19, 2025, 8:05 pm • 2 0 • view
The Public Media Bridge Fund might just be able, I was hopeful, resurrect, revive, and expand the scope of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. It could even force the restoration of federal funding and undo the EVIL of which #Chump was GUILTY.
aug 20, 2025, 10:03 am • 1 0 • view
Then it’s no longer public media?
aug 20, 2025, 12:21 am • 2 0 • view
Are there endowments? I do recall that Joan Kroc, widow of McDonald’s, willed $200M to NPR in 2003. I love you NPR, and I’m hoping you didn’t blow your windfall.
aug 19, 2025, 8:20 pm • 7 0 • view