More than money: CPB cuts could cause system to fracture
What are we going to do now that Mom is gone? That’s how I’m thinking about the public media system after the defunding of CPB.
In this metaphor, CPB is the parent, and local stations are her adult children. We are reeling from this moment we thought would never come.
Now, we’re left to figure out how to keep the family together. Who’s going to host Thanksgiving now? Will we gather at all?
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