PBS News Hour West to go dark after ASU discontinues contract (statepress.com)

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I’m glad Walter Cronkite is remembered through that school. In my mind, he was one of the last great journalists from an era that wasn’t strongly politically biased.

The article doesn’t mention it, but I wonder if this has anything to do with ASU’s President trying to cozy up with the Trump administration [0]. Trump has already at least tried to cut federal funding for PBS [1]. I’m not sure where that’s at now.

[0]: https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/arizona-state-universi...

[1]: https://www.npr.org/2025/05/02/nx-s1-5384790/trump-orders-en...

Of course it’s due to the federal funding cuts. At least DHS got 2,000x more than these cuts saved from PBS as our deficit continues to explode.

https://current.org/2025/11/weta-to-cut-staff-cancel-pbs-new...

It's no coincidence that at a time of eroding democracy, public journalism is being cut.

ASU accepted $20M in criminal gains IMHO AFAICT. I have receipts

Paging MacKenzie Scott....