NPR became indistinguishable from CGTV, Korea Central TV and Iran International.

PBS's old stuff was journalism and investigative with a human interest angle. The last couple of decades it was nothing but propaganda. There is an inherent conflict of interest in goverment handing out tax dollars to broadcast "news". PBS confirmed that theorem every day they broadcast.

In the era of Internet access throughout the US the concept of a government media empire is outdated. Use the billions of dollars they recieve to upgrade the internet for everyone.... including the rural areas that still lack access to high speed internet.