How long will Anna Gomez remain an FCC commissioner after this interview on defunded PBS?
WGBH in Boston produces the series American Experience. I recently wrote about its “Mr. Polaroid” documentary. Looking at the series channel on YouTube, there are quite a few programs that the Trump administration would consider “woke.”
https://www.youtube.com/@AmericanExperiencePBS
Because of loathsome Trump, WGBH must cut back and American Experience is a casualty of those cuts.
“The 13 employees worked on the “American Experience” documentaries and further production of the series had been halted as of Tuesday.”
https://www.boston.com/news/media/2025/07/24/gbh-layoffs-defunded-sign/
I have a few choice words for the defunding of PBS and NPR, but being a good Christian woman, I can’t say them!
“American Experience” was my favorite show: intelligent, well-researched, well-edited, and just the facts, all read by that narrator I like so much.
What does Trump expect to accomplish by defunding two of the last bastions of superb, fair, interesting TV for smart folks like us? Save a boatload of money?