This past weekend, Margaret Brennan was heard repeating a worn-out lobbying effort regarding the need for taxpayer dollars going to public broadcasters. Speaking with Rand Paul, Brennan uncorked the talking point that sounded like it may have been written for her by Steve Inskeep. “Public broadcasters provide critical emergency warnings for the government. If there is a storm, for example. Are you concerned that these kinds of cuts will endanger people?”
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With federal financial support for public broadcasters pinned to the ax-throwing target this week, the wailing will be constant. NPR has been digging its talons in on the federal teat for months with an audacious claim made to retain its share of public largesse, but its primary argument may have been submerged with the recent Texas flooding event. This is an amazing rebuke they never anticipated.
With the emergence of Donald Trump 2.0, there has been all