“Not only is the federal government trillions of dollars in debt and unable to afford the more than half a billion dollars squandered on leftist opinion each year, but the government should not be compelling the conservative half of the country to pay for the suppression of its own views.”
Citation: Project 2025, Section 2.5; Media Agencies: Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Mike Gonzales, page 278, paragraph 4
Context:
Wow. You don’t get much clearer in your intentions than that statement. Defuding public broadcasting would result in a number of consequences including educational, cultural and local programming being reduced or canceled; small or rural stations being forced to close, leading to a loss of access to reliable information in underserved areas; public broadcasters might have to turn to commercialized funding to stay afloat, potentially leading to biased and commercial programming that appeals to advertisers rather than the public interest, huge impact on free access to information, and more.
Full contextual analysis of Section 2.5: Media Agencies: U.S. Agency for Global Media & Corporation for Public Broadcasting here.