Pbs is not being privatised. These are private donations.
Non-paywall
https://archive.ph/2026.04.17-021604/https://www.thewrap.com/media-platforms/journalism/npr-donations-113-million-after-trump-federal-funding-cuts/
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SmodphanApr 17, 2026
-16
Cuts are step one. It'll become just not worth the cost now that the product has degraded, snd the. It will be privatized or dissolved.
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Silly-avocatoeApr 17, 2026
+19
Pbs has always run on a mix of donations, grants and charitable instruments. The pulling of govt funding was deemed illegal by the court last month, but its unknown what will transpire from that. The receipt of this grant in itself does not indicate it will be privatised.
It should be obvious that privatisation would mean the entity cant be non profit. Therefore they wouldn't be able to receive donations like this.
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SmodphanApr 17, 2026
-15
What does that have to do with anything that I said? Im giving the intend for defunding it from the Fed.
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BigSkyLittleCoatApr 17, 2026
+2
Sorry - you can’t follow how his post relates to what you said?
Do you need help? There are some tests that maybe you should take.
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Splashy01Apr 17, 2026
+2
If you don’t know I’m not going to tell you.
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SmodphanApr 17, 2026
-2
So you dont know, got it
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Agent_McNasty33Apr 17, 2026
+4
More like they can give you information but can’t make you understand the words in front of you.
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Silly-avocatoeApr 18, 2026
+1
Nothing you said both times is valid or relevant. Being privatized or dissolved are not similar options and aren't logical responses to hearing about an organization getting donations.
The decision related to your "intend for defunding it from the Fed" has already been deemed unconstitutional, which I mentioned, so that's up in the air.
So nothing you said had anything to do with this article, or my response.
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Careless_Hat960Apr 17, 2026
+2
Exactly 💯this is how everything gets ruined 😡
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UsefulCrab4181Apr 16, 2026
+125
Turns out privatizing everything was the goal the whole time.
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bforce1313Apr 17, 2026
+17
Always is for conservatives, then they get a cushy job after on a board
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InvestigatorOk7015Apr 17, 2026
-4
For conservatives? We just pretending the dems dont have a neoliberalism issue?
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bforce1313Apr 17, 2026
+1
To be more correct yes, neo-liberal as a whole. More obvious by conservatives, especially in Canada.
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8ROWNLYKWYDApr 18, 2026
+1
Could you be a bit more vague?
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emmany63Apr 17, 2026
+4
This isn’t “privatizing.” They’re donations to a 501c(3) from private donors. Very different.
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uzzmakApr 16, 2026
+51
We're headed towards socialgarchy folks.
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-Motor-Apr 17, 2026
+20
A society reliant on the donations of the wealthy is a poorly run society.
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ohaicookiesApr 17, 2026
+9
Please, trickle down on me.
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iveseensomethings82Apr 17, 2026
+3
It will probably smell like urine
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squidvettApr 17, 2026
+1
Trickle on me daddy!
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-Sofa-King-VoteApr 17, 2026
+7
America would prefer spending $1b a day on an unnecessary war, thank you
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No_Customer_84Apr 16, 2026
+28
Oh great, public radio is getting privatized. What could go wrong.
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isomaeApr 17, 2026
+13
Dave Chappelle was probably one of them- given he saved the NPR station is his town…
https://www.npr.org/2026/04/15/nx-s1-5785161/dave-chappelle-public-media-free-speech-comedy
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chibebe5Apr 17, 2026
+4
We can save this country if more rich people invested in the people who made them rich. It costs nothing to be kind
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Sacred_TimelineApr 17, 2026
+1
No, but it isn’t profitable enough for the greedy.
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HealthyInstance9182Apr 17, 2026
+4
It’s great that they’re getting funding, but it’s concerning that it concentrates the funding between 2 donors
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tooclosetocall82Apr 17, 2026
+1
Yeah this isn’t good news. They basically just bought a news outlet.
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Finally-Peace2322Apr 17, 2026
+2
Donate to public broadcasting. Just a few dollars a month.
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LibinkyApr 17, 2026
+2
Thank you to someone’s! Generosity and commitment to press freedom!
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1jb1Apr 17, 2026
+1
Thanks for supporting NPR, one of the few places to get accurate news. We all need to be sustaining members to keep them going.
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StlouiskenApr 17, 2026
Unfortunately some in Congress will see these beneficial donations as “reasons” to continue to cut or deny funding.
“Someone else will pay for it!”
I’m thankful these donors stepped up though. Hopefully the next administration will renew the focus of funding NPR.
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angelabarakaApr 17, 2026
Maybe I can read 1 article without them asking for money now.
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poopySkilletApr 17, 2026
-1
NPR is looking more and more like PBR. Might as well be
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tooclosetocall82Apr 17, 2026
+4
There’s nothing more hipster than drinking a PBR while listening to NPR.
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urbnwtchApr 17, 2026
-9
That’s the way it should be
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OmatzusApr 17, 2026
+3
Public broadcasting is a common good and should be supported by a democratic government
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urbnwtchApr 17, 2026
+1
No offense people but we don’t live in a democracy anymore.
If we want truth we will have to find a way to fund it.
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Careless_Hat960Apr 17, 2026
+3
Found the libertarian ☝️
Have you ever wondered what a truly free place would look like?
No taxes.
No zoning laws.
No state interference.
No obligations beyond those you voluntarily accept.
No government telling you what to do, where to live, or how to live.
For a group of American libertarians in the early 2000s, this wasn’t just a thought experiment. It was a plan. And they believed they had found the perfect place to make it real.
That place was Grafton, New Hampshire.
What followed became one of the strangest political experiments in modern American history—a real-world attempt to abolish the state at the town level. It ended in crime, fires, lawsuits, social collapse, and ultimately something no one predicted.
Not taxes.
Not federal intervention.
Not even internal ideological conflict.
It ended because of bears.
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