http://twitchy.com/justmindy/2025/09/05/pbs-lays-off-100-workers-oh-well-n2418495
New York Post (@nypost) ~ PBS to slash 15% of workforce, lay off 100 staffers after Trump funding cuts
http://trib.al/5gmAQQq
Maybe they can shack up with Oscar in his trash can as a last resort.
PBS is laying off 100 staffers — about 15% of its workforce — after Congress and President Trump followed through on a decades-old conservative goal: ending taxpayer subsidies for public broadcasting.
The public broadcaster confirmed the cuts on Thursday, citing the loss of $500 million in annual federal funding that vanished in July under a sweeping Trump-backed rescission bill.
News of the layoffs was first reported by the New York Times. The Post has sought comment from PBS.
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which once distributed those dollars, is shutting down entirely by the end of this month. CEO Paula Kerger told station managers in an email that the layoffs were unavoidable despite earlier hiring freezes and pay pauses.
Ultra MAGA Kelly (@KellySuzanne9) ~ I voted for this!
Maureen (@maureen9112001) ~ Good they should be looking for a new job.
Marxism is SO passé ... maybe they should learn how to code, eh?
THATISABSURDITY.COM (@AuthorofAbsurd) ~ Just 100 people? Maybe we need some additional funding cuts.
Robbie Mouton (@mcgmouton57) ~ Raise your own money. If you have a good product, people will support it. If you only appeal to one political party, only that party will support you!
NewsieOne (@NewsieOne) ~ That was the choice of PBS. All they had to do was be balanced, but they would prefer to dig in on leftist ideology and have people lose their jobs. Nice going.
It was absolutely their choice. They've been warned about this since 2012 when Mitt Romney was running for President. They were reminded to stop being so partisan and consider all viewers. Then, Yamiche and others decided to just double down and go further Left. They made the bed. Now, they can lie in it.
Brian Doherty (@BDOH) ~ Employees described the mood inside as somber. “It feels like the soul of public television is being gutted.”
If they are the soul of public television, it is black and ugly.
Yep, the heart and soul of PBS/NPR for decades now has been the cold, evil cesspool of anti-American Marxism, and it desperately needs to be gutted.
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