PBS and NPR

Entertainment on TV

Or radio depends

On funding from the government

Or ads for private ends.

Both PBS and NPR,*

With Public in each name,

Provide such joy for tuners-in,

With years of much acclaim.

From children’s shows to orchestras 

To journalists with news,

The varied offerings present

A host of different views. 

Yet now an order has been signed -

I’ll let you guess by whom -

To end all public funding,

As these stations meet their doom.

To stop “woke propaganda”

By the “monsters” on the “left,”

This, instead, will damage children

And leave listeners bereft.

The only monster I can see

Is one who thinks he’s king

And every day I wonder 

What new horror he will bring.

*Public Broadcasting Service and

National Public Radio