Should Taxpayer Dollars Return to Public Broadcasting?

Earlier this month, Congress approved President Trump's request to strip away the next two years of funds previously allocated to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. As a result, our local public television station and about 1,500 others — along with the national PBS and NPR networks — will no longer receive federal funding starting in October. This week, we invited two local opinion columnists to continue a debate that has been heard in Washington D.C. for years: Should taxpayer dollars fund public broadcasting? Since our funding is caught up in this debate, we put up several firewalls to avoid a conflict of interest. Trip Jennings, executive editor of New Mexico in Depth, hosts this two-part conversation with Santa Fe New Mexican opinion page editor Inez Russell Gomez and Albuquerque Journal editorial contributor Jeff Tucker.Podcast Host: Lou DiVizioCorrespondent: Trip JenningsProducer: Gwyneth DolandGuests:Inez Russell Gomez, Opinion Editor, Santa Fe New MexicanJeff Tucker, Opinion Contributor, Albuquerque Journal