Well, this certainly didn't take long. 

The CPB made the announcement in a statement today: 

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) on Friday said it will begin “an orderly wind-down of its operations” after seeing its budget cut through GOP-led legislation. 

“Despite the extraordinary efforts of millions of Americans who called, wrote, and petitioned Congress to preserve federal funding for CPB, we now face the difficult reality of closing our operations,” CPB President Patricia Harrison said in a statement. 

“CPB remains committed to fulfilling its fiduciary responsibilities and supporting our partners through this transition with transparency and care,” her statement continued.

We've been told supporters have really been stepping up with financial donations so NPR and PBS outlets should be fine. 

Hmm, it's almost as if the CPB existed almost entirely to serve as a conduit to send taxpayer dollars to NPR and PBS outlets. 

And now they are truly "independent"! 

This kind of non-reporting helped get the defunding ball rolling:

 They begged for their fate.

Weird how that worked, right?

Here endeth the lesson. For now. 

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