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It’s time to kill Elmo

Public broadcasting is an industry that has been rendered obsolete

6 January 2025

2:30 AM

6 January 2025

2:30 AM

Rumors are circulating that Vivek Ramaswamy and Elon Musk, heads of the incoming Trump Administration’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), are planning to abolish funding for PBS (the USA’s publicly-funded television network) in order to save taxpayer money.

If they try to do this, it is likely they will be opposed, not only by the rent-seekers at PBS, but also by some members of the public.

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