MSNBC’s Ana Cabrera grew up in the 80s, and the media landscape has changed a lot since then, but on her Thursday show, she implied her family’s inability to pay for cable as a child means Congress should not approve President Trump’s rescission package that seeks to defund PBS and NPR.
During an interview with ranking member of the House Budgetary Committee, Rep. Brendan Boyle, Cabrera wondered, “The House today will also debate a spending package that will codify some cuts to the USAID and to public broadcasting. It would claw back about $9 billion in previously approved spending. Do you expect any moderate Republicans to oppose this?”
Boyle didn’t begin with public broadcasting but still managed to make some un-fact-checked assertions that should’ve merited a second look:
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