Trump has called for the defunding of National Public Radio and of the Public Broadcasting System. Both were big in the past, not so much any more. That's because they lost much of their audience when they veered left. I used to be a big fan of both the TV and the radio service. I was one of their supporters. But I noticed the left-lean in the mid-2000's, and stopped my monetary support. Then in the early 2010's the lean increased, and it was difficult for me to lean back on what appeared to be PR for crazies so that I could figure out what reality looked like.

The BPS and NPR of four years ago were so stuck on false narratives that I stopped watching and listening to them. Nova, the science show, bought so hard into climate change and carbon dioxide that they had to dumb down the content for fear of exposing their own silliness. Frontline turned into the personal diaries of left-wing activists, every episode filled with more "I's" of the narrator that it seemed they were reading their own diaries.

When NPR fired Garrison Keillor, their one big money maker, for touching a lady's back, there was nothing left of entertaining value. That's when there was simply nothing left on NPR to listen to.

But I agree with Trump that they should be defunded. But not for the reasons above. That's just why I stopped listening. My reason to defund is the CPB. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is the funding middle man for both NPR and PBS. CPB is funded by Congress, and CPB passes 70% of that to the TV and radio stations, and to other companies that produce content for they stations. The other 30% goes to about 100 well-funded employees.

The charter of CPB from Congress says that it is to be balanced and objective. It's the CPB that created both NPR and PBS, and currently controls them. Well, doesn't control them. The board is appointed almost entirely by Biden, and even when a small amount of pushback from the board to create balanced or conservative content is directed, the stations respond with cries of political bias. CPB has lost control over NPR and PBS. 

It's time to go.

If they stations want to remain open, find content that the public will watch, and become a truly public-supported station, not the congressional-supported PR arm of the Democratic party. Or get funded by the Democratic party directly. Then all will know what to expect when they tune in.