The extinguishing of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) and PBS is not just a budgetary wound. It is the unraveling of a communication tissue woven through American cultural ecology. For nearly six decades, CPB nourished a public broadcasting system that served educational, civic, and cultural needs underserved by markets. Its collapse signals a seismic shift, a pivot from shared public media to atomized, algorithm‑driven content.
The Day Public Media Died: Share Your Opinion on America Without PBS
